Fans of Sydney Speedway have voiced their frustration about a decision to remove the track to make way for the Sydney Metro West rail line.

The speedway, which was built in 1977 have been treated as a home to speed racers in Sydney .

Transport Minister Andrew Constance has promised the relocation of the speedway facility as the Western Sydney has sufficient land.

The NSW government is undergoing an overhaul of its school curriculum that will cut down the number of subjects studied and focus on Maths, English and Science to emphasize ‘real skills’.

It also introduces a ‘flexible progression’ that tests students through levels of attainments, organizing syllabuses to show students their own learning progression on a scale.

Professor Geoff Masters says that this back to basic approach that allows students to gain lifelong skills.

A man has died and a woman has been seriously injured in an accident at a zipline park in the Daintree Rainforest in Far North Queensland on Tuesday, according to police.

A 48-year-old woman was flown by a rescue helicopter at around 5:30pm to Cairns Hospital in a serious but stable condition, however the 53-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene.

The pair from South Australia, were harnessed together and fell more than 10 metres form the zipline, however police say it is unclear how the accident happened.

A bushfire has broken out at Peregian Beach on the Sunshine Coast, forcing locals to be evacuated and roads to be closed, as the blaze produces smoke which is billowing across main thoroughfares. 

The fire which is spanning about 100 metres, is currently burning inaccessible bushland near Emu Mountain Road, north of Coolum State High School, and is heading north toward David Low Way.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has revealed at a joint news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin, that Russia and Turkey have agreed to establish a “safe zone” in Northern Syria.

Russia and Turkey agreed on Tuesday to ensure Kurdish forces withdraw from areas close to Syria’s border with Turkey and to launch joint patrols, in a deal hailed as “historic” by President Erdogan.

Abortion and same-sex marriage have been offically legalised in Northern Ireland after a group of local lawmakers failed on Monday in a last minute bid to prevent the London-ordered liberalisation of the laws.

Abortion had been illegal in the British-ruled province unless the mother’s life was in danger, but was decriminlised at midnight on Monday, with service providers to be allowed to operate next year.

The headmaster of an elite Melbourne all-boys private school has apologised for the "misogynistic attitudes" of a group of his students who performed an offensive chant on a tram. 

Headmaster Stephen Russell wrote to parents of St Kevin’s College in Toorak on Tuesday expressing his frustration and anger about the behaviour, saying that the attitudes of the boys could not go unchallenged.

He said the students were mainly in years 10 and 11 and were travelling on the tram to an athletics competition.

Australian teenagers are reporting increasing rates of psychological distress, according to a study commissioned by Mission Australia and the Black Dog Institute.

The study of 28 000 Australians between the ages of 15 and 19 has found that almost one in four teenagers are now reporting mental health challenges, with rates twice as high in girls and young women.

A state parliamentary committee has approved the government’s crackdown laws on protestors using “dangerous” devices to lock themselves to roads and train tracks in Queensland.

Brisbane has been subject to months of environmental protests where protestors stuck themselves in fences, roads, and bridges, halting the traffic.