A lobby group called Reset Australia found that Facebook does not protect teenagers from targeted advertising of gambling, alcohol, or dating sites.

The group set up fake accounts last year to see whether facebook treated teenagers accounts differently to adult accounts.

Reset Australia executive director Chris Cooper said advertisers were able to buy access, and target teenagers for ads in  gambling, smoking, alcohol and even their dating status.

Concerns about staffing levels and training have been raised during the death in custody inquest for Wayne Fella Morrison.

Prison officer Shirley Bell told the inquest that the Prison was "short-staffed all the time" and officers were "openly discouraged" from placing prisoners under constant observation because it was not considered "cost effective".

Mr Morrison died in the Royal Adelaide Hospital three days after being taken out of a prison transport van

A 40-year-old Brisbane police officer who developed blood clots after receiving the Pfizer vaccine has returned to work. 

Federal health authorities are working to determine if there is a connection between the vaccination and the blood clots the man developed shortly after, having already limited the Pfizer vaccine to Australians aged under 50.

Meanwhile, Pfizer said it had undergone comprehensive assessment of the vaccine’s aggregate safety data and said blood clots aren’t a risk associated with the jab.

Fewer Year 12 students gained senior school qualifications in 2020, a year characterised by severe disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. 

91% of Year 12 students received a QCE in 2020 compared with 95% in 2018. 

Fewer students also completed a university subject or school-based apprenticeship in 2020 compared with three out of the past four years.

The Brisbane Art Design Festival is set to take over Brisbane next month, showcasing local artists’ work in no less than 60 venues across the city.

The festival, which will run from the 7th to the 30th of May, will start in the CBD before making the rounds by utilising Brisbane’s extensive network of public display facilities.

Museum of Brisbane Director and event organiser Renai Grace says the event is an opportunity for Brisbane residents to enjoy the “incredible talent within our city.”

Australian women are stopping walking in public places due to the fact they are scared. One woman had been walking her dog for ten years but stopped due to having things thrown at her and hearing about continuous assaults in the news.

Monash University’s XYX Lab and CrowdSpot believe they can start addressing the issue once they understand what spaces women feel safe in.

New South Wales drivers are destroying speed and phone detection cameras after a big increase in fines for traffic offences.

9News obtained material that shows the attacks, including hammers being smashed into them, being set on fire, sprayed with graffiti and punctured tyres. Official reports show attacks on the operators of mobile speed camera vehicles as well.

The European Union is launching legal action against AstraZeneca for breach of contract, alleging the the pharmaceutical company failed to deliver an adequate number of COVID-19 vaccine doses to the bloc.

AstraZeneca says the move is “without merit,” and that it would “strongly defend itself in court,” after a protracted dispute over supply issues that has seen the company consistently downgrade its delivery targets.