News in 5: Blogger claims cancer is 'good'; 1 in 4 harassed at uni; Office lunch thieves.

1. A Brisbane wellness blogger who claimed cancer “could be good for you” has been forced to apologise.

A budding wellness blogger from Brisbane has been forced to apologise after she posted on Instagram that she believed cancer could actually be "good" for the body.

In the since-deleted post shared last week, Olivia Budgen suggested cancer and other diseases "might not actually be bad at all" and were instead created by the body to "help save you".

"What if these conditions were not actually bad at all? What if they were created by the body to help save you? What if disease is your body's survival mechanism?" she wrote.

"Being open-minded and changing your perspective around what disease actually is and why it's happening, will allow you to take back control of your health and realise that your body is ALWAYS working for you, and never against you."

Many of Olivia's 10,000 followers argued with her thinking, commenting that her views were irresponsible.

"I have a family friend who ate healthy and exercised daily and still got cancer. Cancer doesn't discriminate," one person wrote.

Others labelled her a "Belle Gibson wannabe" and said her advice on eating healthy to avoid or treat cancer could be extremely harmful to those suffering from the disease.

"What an incredible combination of ignorance, stupidity and ego all rolled into one post! I've reported your account for being incredibly harmful," one follower commented.

The blogger has since apologised for the post, sharing a video saying she was "in no way" trying to minimise the seriousness of cancer and was actually sharing the views of another published author.

"In retrospect, I did not reference the author correctly, I can see now that that was an error in my judgement and I want to thank you all for... bringing that to my attention," she said in the video.

"I am confused and disappointed my message came across as me saying that cancer was a good thing. I do not believe this and I'm sorry if my post appeared to suggest otherwise."

2. A Victorian court has stepped in to name a baby girl after her parents couldn't agree.

A Victorian baby girl has been named by a tribunal, after her parents squabbled over whose surname she should take, AAP reports.

The separated parents, who cannot be named for legal reasons, agreed on the child's first and middle names, but each wanted the child to have their surname only.

To settle the dispute, the Victorian Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages used its discretion in May to give the girl her surname, using a hyphenated version comprising both parents' surnames.

Unhappy, the parents challenged the decision in the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.

The mother said her relationship with the father was brief and long distance, ending early in her pregnancy.

She told the tribunal he gave low priority to building a relationship with the girl, made no financial contribution and had visited her only three times since her January birth.

The father wanted his surname used as a sense of pride in passing on his family name, she said.

The mother also believed it would be emotionally difficult and confusing for her daughter to carry her father's name in her life, and could lead to her being teased down the track.

The girl's father told the tribunal his daughter should carry his name, because it connected her to him, his family and her heritage.

He said while he would love to see his daughter more often, he was limited given his interstate responsibilities.

VCAT senior member Ian Proctor said the fact the child is living with the mother, with few visits from the father, is the most relevant factor in the case.

He ruled it was in the girl's best interest to take her mother's name.

"This will likely reduce potential confusion for the child as to identity, particularly if the father proves to be an absent parent," Mr Proctor said

In his ruling earlier this month, Mr Proctor also decided against including the father's surname as the child's third given name as it ran the risk the child will have a name of a person "who is a stranger to her".

"There unfortunately seems a real possibility that once the issue of the child's name is settled, he will have very little contact," he said.

"Therefore, the correct and preferable decision is not to include the father's surname as part of the child's name."

Mr Proctor said his decision in no way changed the fact the father could build a positive relationship with his daughter and if so, she may choose as a young adult to include his surname.

3. A new report reveals one in four women at Sydney University's colleges has been sexually harassed.

Sydney University's residential colleges have been told to have more women in leadership roles, less alcohol at events and zero-tolerance of sexual misconduct, AAP reports.

Former sex discrimination commissioner Elizabeth Broderick has made 23 recommendations for five colleges in her report which examined sexual harassment and assault on campus.

Ms Broderick handed over her report on Wednesday after an 18-month review acknowledging it was never easy "to hold the mirror up" and "face difficult issues".

The report found seven per cent of students had been sexually assaulted, while one in four said they had been sexually harassed.

Ms Broderick also recommended an explicitly worded stand-alone zero tolerance policy on sexual misconduct, an online module on consent for all new students in 2018, staff to be trained in responding to sexual violence and a single helpline for survivors and witnesses to incidents.

The report recommended reducing access to alcohol at colleges, and that at least 40 per cent of staff leadership roles should be women.

Women's College principal Amanda Bell said the five colleges had accepted all recommendations and had begun implementing them.

The report was commissioned last year by the university and five of its colleges - the female Sancta Sophia and Women's colleges and the mixed St Andrew's, St John's and Wesley.

Ms Broderick held 43 discussion groups, carried out 632 interviews with former and current students, and ran an online survey that 1000 students responded to.

"I want to acknowledge that students recounted distressing experiences - I want to thank all students who participated in the process," Ms Broderick told reporters on Wednesday.

She also acknowledged the positives of college life.

Despite the findings about shortcomings on dealing with sexual misconduct, 86 per cent of students surveyed said they felt a sense of belonging at their college.

St Paul's College had also agreed to being reviewed and findings would be released in 2018.

4. They're onto us! A study has revealed a third of us have stolen a co-workers lunch.

We've all done it: opened up the office refrigerator to grab the sad tuna salad you've been eating every single day and spotted something that looked a little more... inspiring.

Maybe it's a leftover chicken stir fry. Or a sandwich that looks as though it could have been professionally made. Either way, one in three of us is guilty of the ultimate workplace sin of stealing a co-workers lunch.

According to The Daily Telegraph, the study, conducted by food brand Primo, showed 33 per cent of the 577 office workers surveyed admitted to stealing a co-worker's food for the simple fact that it looked way more appetising than their own.

A further 12 per cent said they had resorted to the crime because they had failed to bring their own lunch and were hungry.

According to etiquette expert Anna Musson, lunch thievery is the "number one workplace issue".

"It is not a victimless crime. Stop it," she told The Daily Telegraph.

"It's their lunch, they've probably been looking forward to it all morning and if you take yesterday's lasagne, you have it coming."

5. SA students alerted police to a "plot to carry out a massacre" by two teens.

Teens allegedly planned attack on SA school with guns, explosives https://t.co/iHSvCBhTsp

— ABC Adelaide (@abcadelaide) November 29, 2017

Two teenagers had allegedly been planning a massacre at a South Australian school using knives and explosives, but their plot was thwarted when fellow students alerted police.

According to AAP, police believe there would have been significant casualties if the attack had gone ahead before the end of the school year. It's believed the pair had been planning the attack since June 1.

They would not identify the school in the Riverland area, but said the 16-year-old and 18-year-old had "a relationship" with the school.

Renmark High School posted a letter to parents on its Facebook page assuring them the school was safe. A community forum was held recently to discuss the issue.

SA Police in Riverland acted after they were first alerted of the plan on November 3.

"But at that stage it was not known whether that was rumour, innuendo, gossip and whether there was any substance at all to it," Detective Superintendent Des Bray said on Wednesday.

Det Bray said the pair had told others of their alleged plans and they in turn contacted police.

"We're extremely grateful to those students who came to us with this information," he said.

"Their actions and the actions of police prevented what could have been a significant loss of life in the Riverland region."

The 16-year-old was arrested at his home on November 7 after police conducted a search of his home. He has been in custody since then.

Det Bray alleged police found prohibited weapons, home-made body armour and materials that could be made to make bombs or incendiary devices. He said no firearms were found.

The 16-year-old will face court on December 5 charged with soliciting to kill. Police will oppose bail.

The 18-year-old was also arrested on November 7. He underwent a mental health assessment before he was charged.

He will appear in Adelaide Magistrates Court in January charged with aggravated counts of threatening to kill.

Police say further charges may be laid.

6. Channel Nine sets up counselling service for staff after sexual harassment claims against Don Burke.

The Nine Network has assured staff that, while it can't rewrite history, it's committed to a respectful and inclusive culture following damning accusations of bullying and sexual harassment levelled at its former ratings giant Don Burke.

According to AAP, Nine's chief executive Hugh Marks wrote to staff on Wednesday telling them "we all accept our role in ensuring we have and maintain a culture that has zero tolerance of inappropriate workplace behaviour."

"Everyone is entitled to come to work at Nine confident that our workplace is safe and that inappropriate behaviour will be dealt with effectively," he wrote.

Mr Marks said current and former staff have access to counselling to report inappropriate behaviour.

"As much as we might like to, sometimes we unfortunately cannot rewrite history," he wrote.

"But we can and will take steps to ensure that former employees, perhaps with old grievances, are supported."

His letter comes on the day the Senate called on media bosses to show what they've done to stamp out any "insidious culture" which may have enabled sexual harassment.

The Greens motion, which passed the upper house on Wednesday, follows allegations the former Burke's Backyard host sexually harassed and indecently assaulted at least three women who worked on his top-rating TV gardening program in the 1980s and 1990s.