A shipping container house on Queensland's Stradbroke Island is set to fetch over a million dollars on the real estate market, despite its petite size.

Sitting atop the island's Point Lookout, the home features a kitchen, bedroom, bathroom and ample entertainment space on a tennis court-sized property.

The holiday home near Brisbane was built using shipping containers, and is for sale fully furnished.

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Chris Ransley from Ray White Stradbroke Island said it's the perfect property for embracing the Stradbroke Island lifestyle, and it's attracting eager buyers after a change of pace.

"A modern contemporary Straddie Beach shack, just without the maintenance," Mr Ransley said.

"Shipping container, bit of an add on. High ceilings, nicely dressed, fully insulated as you can imagine and all the bells and whistles."

The pint-sized property is close to Point Lookout town and just five minutes' walk to the beach.

"There's no traffic, no road noise. You feel like you've got the place to yourself," Mr Ransley said.

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He added many buyers were ditching the city for island life, with the COVID-19 pandemic providing greater opportunities to work from home.

"A lot of owners are moving over now, setting up the zoom room and hitting the Brisbane office when they need to."

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For those looking for more space, the property comes with council approval to build up, creating a multiple-bedroom complex, adding onto the modular and space-efficient design.

"The emphasis really is on indoor and outdoor living, you open up and the place really opens up to the wildlife outside," Mr Ransley said.

"The owners have really taken care with what they've done."

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A woman who pretended to be a doctor at a Sydney hospital has apologised to the patients she helped treat.

Zhi Sin Lee, 27, pleaded guilty in Downing Centre Local Court today, admitting she held no qualifications when she worked as a medical intern at Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital from January 18 to August 9 this year.

"I would like to apologise in case there is anything that may happen to them as a consequence of my actions," she told 9News outside court.

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Ms Lee admitted she had failed her final medical exams at university and was under pressure to perform well.

"It's a bit of carelessness and recklessness at first and also a bit of social stress as well," she said.

"I'm approaching 30-years-old and I feel like there's a bit of social pressure from society to do something I guess."

Ms Lee's bosses discovered she wasn't registered when they contacted the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency.

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She's now facing a maximum penalty of two years in prison and/or a fine of up to $11,000 in the local court.

Ms Lee represented herself today and the magistrate suggested she seek legal advice before her next court appearance.

Her case will return to court on January 20.

The hospital says Ms Lee was supervised at all times she worked there.

A Melbourne restaurant has turned to using robots in place of waitstaff to deal with the state's shortage of hospitality workers.

Robot waiters, called Bellabots, are being used to serve food at Dodee Paidang Thai restaurant in Melbourne CBD.

The machines take meals straight from the kitchen to diners.

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Restaurant owner Boon Low said using the robots was as simple as "pressing a button, telling them which tray and which table number".

Each robot costs $24,000 to buy, however Mr Low rents them for $48 per robot per day as part of a leasing agreement — which is about the equivalent of paying someone to work for two hours.

Mr Low said he decided to bring the robots into his business after struggling to find enough waitstaff once the COVID-19 lockdown ended.

However, the robots also help him to keep costs down after difficult times.

"We've decided to keep our prices as low as possible with everything that's happened," he said.

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They also allow him to keep up with demand when the restaurant experiences an unexpected busy period.

"Days we're not predicting a busy lunch shift we can actually use the robots to assist,
he said.

Paul Guerra from the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry said staff shortages were likely to continue until Australia's international borders opened next month.

"Staff shortages are unfortunately a reality for us right now," he said.

"It's not just the CBD, it's across the state."

Data from Seek in October showed hospitality job ads surged by 204 per cent in the last month, while there were fewer people browsing job ads than almost ever before.

The issue was raised in Victorian Parliament today.

"The unemployment rate is currently lower than it was this time last year as we were coming out of last winter's lockdown," Minister for Employment Jaala Pulford said.

"The biggest issue facing Victorian business is a workforce and skill shortage."

Opposition Minister David Davis said 113,000 fewer Victorians were in work or actively seeking a job than they were six months ago.

Mr Guerra told Victorians now is the time to get into the workforce.

"The jobs are there."

A stroke survivor who was struck by a car in South Australia while on a charity trike ride, has vowed to get back on the road again.

Tommy Quick, originally from Melbourne, was struck by a car near Greenock in the Barossa Valley yesterday, as he attempted to cycle between the four furthest points of Australia.

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Posting to Facebook from Adelaide Hospital, Mr Quick today confirmed he shattered his pelvis in the accident.

"I'm feeling alright but unfortunately I had a car accident, or car – trike accident," he said from a hospital bed.

"I shattered my pelvis, going to surgery.

"Long road of recovery. I'm going to get back on that trike."

The 28-year-old said his three-wheeled bicycle – known as a recumbent trike – had been destroyed in the crash.

Mr Quick had cycled an impressive 3500 kilometres through Western Australia and South Australia on the trike.

His parents could only watch in horror as the car swerved across the road — and into their son.

"This car just screamed across in front of us," Rena Fisken, Mr Quick's mother, said.

"There's smoke and you knew it wasn't going to miss Tom".

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He was raising awareness for stroke, which he said kills more people a year than breast and prostate cancers combined.

When Mr Quick was 12, he suffered a life-changing stroke that put in hospital for "just short of five months".

On his website he said the stroke started as a "dull headache".

"(It) quickly began to get a lot worse," he said, saying he took an aspirin.

"I finished it and yet my headache got progressively worse, quickly. Five minutes later I lost consciousness."

Mr Quick woke up in hospital from an induced coma five weeks later, and had to learn how to walk, talk, and eat again.

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A man has been charged with murder after a woman was allegedly assaulted and set alight near the New South Wales border with Victoria.

The 42-year-old woman sustained significant head injuries before allegedly being set on fire at a home in Deniliquin, NSW Police said.

A male senior constable suffered burns to his hands while attempting to help the woman.

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Despite the efforts of emergency services, the woman died at the scene.

Superintendent Paul Smith said the incident began inside the home and ended in the front yard.

He said a number of people witnessed the incident occur and alerted the police.

A 31-year-old man was arrested at the home and taken to Deniliquin Police Station.

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Police said it was an isolated incident and alleged the two people were known to each other.

"It will be alleged that the victim and offender are known to each other and are in fact siblings," Superintendent Smith said.

The alleged offender was charged with murder (DV) and refused bail to appear at Deniliquin Local Court today.

Superintendent Smith said it was "very traumatic" for anyone who witnessed the incident and urged them to seek support services.

A young man who narrowly avoided death after drink driving is speaking out to those who may be considering making the same mistake.

Denzel Morandin said he was "in a bad spot" when he made the conscious decision to drive home after he "took it a bit too far" having beers at a mate's place on November 20 last year.

His mates had called a taxi for him but in a drunken rage he decided he could "get home quicker", as he chose to take the keys and get behind the wheel.

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"If I knew recovery would be like this, I would have never have (sic) done it," he said in a new campaign to stop people drink driving at Schoolies.

"I would not be able to watch someone go through the pain I went through; I would not even wish it on my worst enemy.

"I could've just taken that taxi home, but I decided to drive and now look at me… I was not thinking properly."

On the way home, Mr Morandin crashed his car while travelling 40km/h over the speed limit, and had a blood-alcohol level reading of 0.188.

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The Townsville man was also not wearing a seatbelt. The incident occurred only a few minutes from his home.

Emergency crews were forced to free Mr Morandin from his vehicle, rushing him to hospital with "glass still in his hair".

He sustained five brain haemorrhages, a punctured lung, and lost 80 per cent of his vision.

Mr Morandin also had a chip on his fourth cervical vertebra (C4) — which is in the neck region of the spinal column — and spent two weeks in an induced coma.

He then spent three months in a brain rehabilitation unit, which was the beginning of a long recovery process

Mr Morandin had to relearn how to talk, walk and tie his shoes.

He has shared his story as part of a new campaign by Queensland Police in a bid to save others from making a similar mistake, as over 53,000 new high school graduates are set to celebrate the end of their studies across the state.

Online retail juggernaut Amazon.co.uk will stop accepting Visa credit cards that were issued in the United Kingdom from early next year due to what it says is the high cost of payments.

The change affects users of Amazon.co.uk from January 19, 2022.

Shoppers on the Australian version of Amazon have paid a 0.5 per cent surcharge on purchases made using Visa credit cards from November 1 this year.

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Visa debit cards, Zip cards and all non-Visa credit cards like Mastercard, American Express and UnionPay are accepted without surcharge.

The surcharge does not apply to certain purchases such as subscriptions and digital goods and services.

In a statement provided to 9News.com.au, an Amazon spokesperson said rising fees for using credit cards were an "obstacle" for the new wave of online retailers.

"The cost of accepting card payments continues to be an obstacle for businesses striving to provide the best prices for customers," the spokesperson said.

"These costs should be going down over time with technological advancements, but instead they continue to stay high or even rise.

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"As a result of Visa's continued high cost of payments, we regret that Amazon.co.uk will no longer accept UK-issued Visa credit cards as of 19 January, 2022. Customers can continue to use all debit cards (including Visa debit cards) and other non-Visa credit cards to shop on Amazon.co.uk.

"With the rapidly changing payments landscape around the world, we will continue innovating on behalf of customers to add and promote faster, cheaper, and more inclusive payment options to our stores across the globe."

Amazon.com.au — the Australian arm — does not currently support the Verified by Visa program.

In a statement, Visa said it was "very disappointed" by the move on UK-issued credit cards, arguing that "when consumer choice is limited, nobody wins".

"We continue to work toward a resolution so our cardholders can use their preferred Visa credit cards at Amazon UK without Amazon-imposed restrictions come January 2022," a Visa spokesperson said.

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