Cambodia will send back 1,600 tonnes of plastic waste found in shipping containers to the US and Canada, as Southeast Asian countries revolt against an onslaught of rubbish shipments. 

China's decision to banned foreign plastic waste imports last year threw global recycling into chaos, leaving developed nations struggling to find countries to send their trash.

The Queensland government has commenced legal proceedings against Adani in Brisbane’s magistrates court over a report it produced on its Carmichael Mine operations. 

The Department of Environment and Science alleges Adani’s 2017/2018 annual return contained false and misleading information about land disturbances undertaken at the coal mine in the Galilee Basin. 

Refugees on Manus Island are being delivered what is being called symbolic Aboriginal ‘passports’ signed by Aboriginal Elders as well as letters of solidarity from many Australians to show support during their struggles in detention.

The month long boat Journey from Cairns to Manus to deliver these items will raise awareness of what the organisers of the event are calling massive human rights violations to the hundreds of refugees held in processing centres since 2013. 

Historical trauma and cultural dispossession has contributed to lower emotional and social well-being among Aboriginal Victorians, the state's mental health royal commission has heard.

The inquiry heard Aboriginal Victorians are twice as likely to be hospitalised for mental health issues and three times more likely to experience high levels of psychological distress compared to the general population. 

A toddler has died of meningococcal disease in the NSW New England region, the fourth registered case in the area this year.

Public health physician Dr David Durrheim said in a statement this is a tragic event and his sympathies are with the child's family at this very difficult time.

The diagnosis was confirmed on Monday after the toddler's death last week and the child's family have been medicated to prevent further spread of the illness.

Pakistan has fully reopened its airspace to civilian flights almost five months after a tense military standoff with India caused by a suicide bombing in the disputed Kashmir region. 

A Pakistan-based militant group claimed responsibility for the attack, which led to India launching an airstrike in Pakistani territory and Pakistan shooting down an Indian fighter jet, bringing the two countries to the brink of war. 

Used cooking oil which has been labelled a “green fuel” source may be inadvertently increasing demand for palm oil and in turn increasing deforestation.

The waste oil imports currently being used as the basis for biofuel, a low emissions alternative to fossil fuels, is reportedly being replaced across Asia with palm oil extracted from deforested areas.