A senior UN official has warned the climate crisis will “wreak havoc” across the Australian economy if coal is not rapidly phased out.

Slewing Hart, the UN’s assistant secretary general for climate action, believes wealthy countries should phase out coal by 2030 and, “if adopted this would leave nearly a decade for Australia to ensure a just transition for its coal workers and others affected.”

The latest assessment by the Intergovernmental Panel on climate change found emissions were already affecting the weather and climate extremes.

Social media giants increase global child safety after UK regulations introduced.

TikTok has turned off notifications for children past their bedtime, Instagram has disabled targeted adverts for under 18s entirely and Youtube has turned off autoplay for teen users.

On Thursday, the UK introduced a new set of regulations aimed at protecting children online.

Rather than applying the changes just to the UK as they would be legally required to, companies have made changes global.

QLD Health authorities are warning that a Logan lockdown remains possible given the low level of community compliance in using the COVID check-in app at venues.

A search is underway for customers of the Nail Salon that the COVID-positive truck driver visited in Beenleigh last Monday, given that only one out of the eight customers checked-in.

Health Minister Yvette D’Ath is urging Queenslanders to remember their responsibility to check-in.

A new children’s book is hoping to inspire the next generation of First Nations readers.

Author Karen Wyld, a Martu woman, wrote the non-fiction book ‘Heroes, Rebels and Innovators’ to capture the lives and achievements of seven iconic Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people during the early contact period.

Ms Wyld considered that a child’s curiosity and understanding would make this book so important, especially for First Nations youth.

Today, a virtual national summit on women’s safety will take place, hoping political leaders will make a “sincere commitment” to reduce sexual, family and domestic violence through extra funding.

The summit follows this year’s earlier allegation by Brittany Higgins that Parliament House did not act on her complaints, but instead treated it as a “political problem”.

The existing 12-year strategy, which was unveiled by the Gillard government in 2011, will lapse in June next year.

Currently, the government is drafting a new 10-year plan.

Thousands march in Zurich, Switzerland to support same-sex marriage ahead of a national referendum.

Until now, same-sex couples in Switzerland can only get official approval for civil unions, which is not the same as marriage.

If a majority vote for the legislation of same-sex marriage occurs it would also allow adoption of children and access to sperm donations.

Additionally, this would also help couples to get Swiss citizenship for their foreign partners.

Queensland has reported a higher number of children entering state care in recent years.

Bryan Smith, the executive director of Queensland Foster and Kinship Care, has warned that these numbers are not sustainable.

Mr Smith says, “When we’ve got more than 10,000 children in care and we’ve got 5,700 carers, those numbers don’t add up.”

There is a need for more carers, but also better solutions.

A social media group is helping to keep the legacy of Brisbane suburban house gardens alive.

The 'Your Garden Legacy' Facebook group was created by Anthony Steele when he grew concerned that as property developers buy old houses they destroy the decades-worth of labour put into the gardens.

The group connects homeowners, real estate agents and developers with local gardeners who are keen to preserve the gardens of Brisbane homeowners when they no longer can.