The council assisting the NSW Special Commission of Inquiry into Ice has recommended decriminalising personal drug use and possession.

The commission will also be told that a drug-testing trial should be introduced at music festivals and other ongoing fixed locations.

Ms Dowling will recommend the New South Wales Government implement a new policy emphasising drug use as "a health and social issue" rather than a criminal one.

The commission heard from more than 160 witnesses in hearings across regional areas including Lismore, Nowra, Broken Hill and Moree.

Two quick-thinking Swedish nurses have been credited with saving the lives of two shark attack victims by grabbing anything they could, on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.

Swedish couple Billy Ludvigsson, who is an ambulance nurse, and Emma Andersson, an emergency response nurse, were on a day cruise vessel where the men were loaded after the attack.

Ms Andersson said they helped the man who was loaded on first but his injury was less severe.

A development application for a mixed-use office, healthcare and community space at the heritage-listed Boggo Road Gaol precinct in Dutton Park has been lodged with Brisbane City Council.

The application was made by development group Stockwell, which has been working with the state government to revamp plans for the state-owned site after a 2017 proposal was scrapped.

"boutique commercial development", which is the heritage boundary surrounding the 1880-era site, proposes demolishing some newer parts of the jail.

A five-member satirical poet group called ‘Peacock Generation’ was arrested in Myanmar after making fun of the country’s military.

The performance criticised the army’s power in parliament, showing images of a dog wearing a military jacket.

The poets were found guilty of undermining the military and sentenced to one year in prison while three of the members are facing charges for live-streaming the comedic performance.
 

The Pentagon has released a video showing the US forces raid and destroy an Islamic State compound in Syria.

General Kenneth McKenzie Jr, the commander in charge of the operation, confirmed US soldiers killed four women who had threatened them during the raid.

General McKenzie Jr says US forces discovered Baghdadi hiding in a tunnel when captured at the hands of US forces was imminent, Baghdadi detonated a bomb he wore, killing himself and two young children who were with him.

Australia’s aviation engineering union has called on Qantas to ground its entire Boeing 737 fleet after a crack was discovered on a second aircraft overnight. 

The airline said yesterday it would immediately inspect 33 planes after a crack was found during a scheduled maintenance check. 

The Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association said both cracks were on a part of the plane called the ‘pickle fork’, which holds up the wings. 

ALAEA boss Steven Purvinas says the aircrafts should not be flying. 

Labor frontbencher Clare O’Neil will challenge her colleagues to move beyond election postmortems centred on whether the ALP needs to shift to the right or left, arguing more resonant fault lines are emerging at the ballot box.

Ms O'Neil said Labor needs to rethink its economic program, consider how it engages with voters on cultural issues, and recalibrate how it campaigns to change minds rather than confirm pre-existing biases.