The Jewish International Film Festival has wrapped up in Brisbane, closing on 28 February. 

Brisbane’s New Farm Cinemas ran over 30 screenings for the Festival, which highlighted Israeli and Jewish filmmakers, actors and producers. The Jewish International Film Festival, known as JIFF, has been running in Australia for 23 years. 

The Festival is still holding screenings in Sydney, Perth and Melbourne until 24 March 2021.

An action in support of sex workers is being held in Brisbane on 3 March 2021.

Respect Inc. in Brisbane has planned the action for Wednesday from 4.30pm in Centenary Place Park in Fortitude Valley, on International Sex Workers’ Rights Day.

International Sex Workers’ Rights Day was first recognised in 2001, after 25,000 sex workers gathered in India for a festival despite significant pressure on the Indian government to revoke their event permit.

Doctors at Brisbane’s Prince Charles Hospital are washing out the lungs of silicosis victims in an effort to stop the condition, which is caused by the inhalation and buildup of silica dust.

The procedure, known as lung lavage, involves filling one lung with saline solution and draining it and repeating the same on the other lung on the next visit.

Rates of silicosis spiked in recent years with the introduction to Australia of cheap stone, which can be more than 90 per cent silica.

Food delivery giant UberEats has introduced new technology and safety gear in an effort to help it’s riders stay injury-free on Australian roads.

From Tuesday, Uber will roll out a new object recognition feature in its App to detect whether it's riders are wearing a helmet and will require them to meet a checklist of their bike’s roadworthiness.

Later this month UberEats employees are set to receive lights, reflective vests, bells and phone holders from the company.

The Disability Royal Commission rolls into Day 3 of public hearing number 10 tomorrow, with the education and training of dentists, pharmacists and allied health professionals to be further scrutinised by the Commission.

Chair of the Commission, Ronald Sackville AO QC, says “Despite some worthwhile initiatives, the evidence before the Royal Commission indicates that there has been and continues to be systemic neglect of people with cognitive disability in the Australian health system”.

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In Myanmar on Sunday, 18 protesters were killed and 30 injured as the Junta crackdown on riots continue.

Sunday was the most violent day since the riots began on 1 February, bringing the total of protesters killed to 21.

The United Nations have been called on to take action before more people are killed, according to a twitter post by one of the late protesters. Authorities did not respond to requests for comment on Sunday’s violence.