Police investigate viral video of 'brutal' fight between teens

Queensland police are investigating after a disturbing sighting of teenage girls fighting in a Brisbane shopping centre emerged on social media.

In the footage captured at the Orion Mall in Springfield, two girls first appear to push each other before one of them violently throws the other over her shoulder and onto her back.

As the fight goes on, other young teenagers appear to stand around and watch.

At no point in the footage does anyone intervene to try to break up the fight.

Since its initial publication, the vision has been shared more than 6,000 times on Facebook.

The conflicting vision appears to have been posted online by one of the girls involved in the fight.

One of the teenager's mothers later shared this vision in an effort to raise awareness and end violence.

New study highlights threat of bullying

On Wednesday, a global survey released by the OECD found that bullying is “perhaps the most distressing threat to student well-being.”

The study asked students how they felt about their academic success, their relationships with peers and teachers, their family life and their leisure activities.

In 34 countries surveyed, more than 10% of students said they were made fun of by their peers several times a month.

About 4% reported being hit or shoved several times a month, while 7.7% reported being physically harassed several times a year.

Among those who reported frequent bullying, 42% said they felt like outsiders at school.

The study also warns against excessive internet use, saying that more than one in four respondents (26%) spent more than six hours a day online at the weekend, and 16% said they spent similar periods of time online during the week.

“These 'extreme Internet users' are more likely to feel lonely at school, have low expectations for further education and tend to arrive late to school,” the report said.

“There is no magic bullet to address the risks of the digital age, but schools can create opportunities for students to use the internet more responsibly,” PISA coordinator Andreas Schleicher said in the report.