The Queensland Police are cracking down on motorists who are disobeying safety rules on the road.

Authorities say that many motorists go to extreme lengths to break the laws when it comes to wearing a seatbelt.

Police say there have been incidents where motorists buckle up their seat belts before getting into the vehicle and they sit on top of the seatbelt to avoid the safety alarms going off.

About 40 per cent of people killed or seriously injured last year were not wearing seatbelts.

The Noosa Temple of Satan went to the Supreme Court on Thursday to push for Satanists to teach religious instruction in schools.

Temple founder Robin Bristow also known as Brother Samael Demo-Gorgon said many Satanists don’t believe Satan is real, rather they use Satan as a metaphor for rebellion.

Mr Bristow claims there is interest from families for it to be taught in schools and the decision will be delivered by the court at a later date.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has formally been handed a list of recommendations this week addressing concerns over a culture of sexism and misogyny in Canberra by a group of female youth activists.

Twenty year old university student and activist Jazmin Wright says “enough is enough” and wants to see change not only now but for the future too.

The recommendations include implementing workplace training, ensuring women feel empowered reporting incidents of sexual harassment and assault, and to include consent education in schools.

Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott joins calls for a Royal Commission into the handling of the response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

A group of Labor backbench MPs and independent senator Rex Patrick have also called for a royal commission.

Mr Abbott said there will inevitably be another pandemic in the future, so it’s important that our successors have the benefit of knowing what went wrong and what went right during this pandemic.

English police reported there was a shooting in the portside city of Plymouth where a number of people died.

Local MP Johnny Mercer says the shootings were not terror related.

The police confirmed there were a number of fatalities at the scene and that several other casualties are receiving treatment. 

The police are asking people to not speculate and to not share pictures from the shooting scene online.

A Senate inquiry has issued a 211 page report which provides 26 recommendations to fix the failures of the management of the Inland Rail project.

This is the largest freight rail project in Australia, and it aims to construct a 1,700 kilometre rail line connecting Brisbane and Melbourne.

Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee chair and WA Labor Senator Glenn Sterle described the "nation-building" project as rushed and half-baked.

Amid a worsening Covid-19 outbreak in Dubbo, it is warned the efforts to contain the virus are being hampered by a shortage of doctors.

The outbreak is the first to happen in a remote area with a high number of unvaccinated First Nations People, with elders calling for urgent additional vaccine and mask supplies and medical staff.

The Dharriwaa Elders Group in Walgett say the impacts could be devastating on their community.

NSW Health says they are rescheduling mobile community vaccination clinics to the area after they were put on hold last week.

An investigation by the Ombudsman found that former South Australian Minister Stephen Knoll committed misconduct by attempting to sack members of the Adelaide Cemeteries Authority board without authorisation.

Only the governor can dismiss members, but Mr Knoll tried to sack several members as well as its chair lawyer Ester Huxtable.

The findings were found last August but could not be released publicly until now, as Mr Knoll tried to challenge the decision in court but has now discontinued the case.