One Brisbane high school has outraged parents of students with the introduction of new uniform regulations which included shoes having to be a height of between 5 and 20 millimetres in the heel.

The Gap State High School had previously alerted the student body of the changes during a school assembly late last year and through the school newsletter.

This hasn’t stopped parents expressing anger on social media, with parent Karen Bishop branding the new rule as utterly ridiculous.

A new study has revealed just how beneficial applying sunscreen regularly can be for Australians.

The study conducted by Brisbane’s QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute found through regular sunscreen use, the incidence of melanoma may be reduced by 34% by 2031.

Professor David Whiteman expressed how there would be 28,000 fewer people being diagnosed with melanoma.

A Qantas Boeing 787 flight from the US to Australia yesterday was the first ever flight to be powered by mustard seed-based biofuel.

Qantas International CEO Alison Webster says the biofuel blend is expected to decrease emissions along the flight path by 7 per cent, paving the way to sustainable aviation.

Qantas says their goal is to be running regular flights powered by biofuel by 2020, creating a new industry for Australian farmers.

Telstra customers across three Brisbane suburbs will not be able to call, text or use data for up to ten days following construction work being carried out at the Brookfield Shopping Centre.

Affecting the suburbs of Gaythorne, Mitchelton and Everton Park, Telstra customers will not even be able to call triple zero services, with devices not being able to access other operators’ mobile networks.

Two Indigenous groups are in the Federal Court today seeking an injunction to prevent the construction of the Adani coal mine.

The construction of the mine would extinguish the native title rights of the two clans over part of the proposed site in Central Queensland.

Lawyer for the two groups, Colin Hardie, says although a land use agreement was registered with the Native Title Tribunal, there is evidence the agreement is flawed because it was struck with people who are not the traditional owners

A controversial plan to utilise computers to mark National Naplan tests has been scrapped, following significant backlash from parents and various teachers’ unions.

While the decision was made in december last year,  it has only just been revealed by council statements over the Australia Day long weekend, with education ministers quietly ditching the plan for so-called ‘robot marking’.