New global research has found excess screen time and a lack of physical activity is harming the mental health of adolescents.

The study By Asad Khan, from the University of Queensland School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences,  finds that girls experience detrimental health impacts after 2 hours of screen time and boys after 4 hours.

International search engine giant, Google, has announced new privacy measures to protect Teenagers and impose tougher standards on companies that fail to protect children. 

Children 13-17 will immediately be put on private mode, and anybody under 18 will have the option to remove an image of themselves on Google Images.

Federal Government MP, George Christensen, has received heavy backlash after calling for an end to the COVID-19 restrictions. 

During Question Time, the MP called for the complete easing of mask  wearing and lockdowns, saying they don’t work and stated; "Open society back up, restore our freedoms, end this madness."

An extension to Melbourne’s lockdown is expected to be announced at this morning's press conference after 20 locally acquired cases yesterday.

A majority were still active in the community during their infectious period and were mostly found in the western suburbs. 

Premier Annastacia Palasczuk has threatened a “ring of steel” border along the Queensland- New South Wales Border as cases continue to rise. 

“We are absolutely concerned about what is happening in NSW,” Ms Palaszczuk told reporters on Monday morning.

Infectious diseases specialist Dr Paul Griffin has claimed that mask wearing restrictions will be around for years. 

It comes after Queensland Health’s decision for Queenslanders to wear masks until August 22nd. 

Brisbane’s vaccine rollout will receive a boost this morning after the opening of the new vaccine hub at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre.

An expected thousand jabs will be given today, however, the number is set to rise to 3000 jabs a day by this weekend after a mass supply rolls in. 

Recent reports on climate change state Major climate changes are inevitable and irreversible. Human activity is changing the Earth’s climate in ways “unprecedented” in thousands or hundreds of thousands of years, with some of the changes now inevitable and “irreversible”, climate scientists have warned.