New laws have been proposed that could give the Australian government power to block websites from access in Australia in an effort to prevent the livestreaming of terror situations.

The government passed legislation in April which made companies and their staff liable for not quickly removing violent material from access, however this legislation was criticised as being ‘rushed’.

A report released on Sunday proposed updates to improve this legislation as well as the development of protocols in the event of another Christchurch-style incident.
 

Australia's newest Governor-General, Former defence chief David Hurley, has been sworn in yesterday at Parliament House.

He spoke in Ngunnawal, the local indigenous language in his first speech and said he would strive to engage with Australians and our democracy. 

The former governor of NSW will become Australia’s 27th governor-general and the 16th to represent the Queen since she was crowned in 1952.

Protestors in Hong Kong have forced their way into the central chambers of the parliament building following a peaceful protest over the controversial extradition law.

Dozens of demonstrators broke through the glass of the Legislative Council building then spray-painted messages on the walls, tore down portraits of politicians and smashed furniture.

Police charged the building at midnight warning protestors to clear it, then fired tear gas into the crowd outside the building.

The International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed yesterday that Iran’s stockpile of low-enriched uranium has exceeded the limit of 300kg set under its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the move is ‘reversible’, but warned Iran could continue to reduce its commitment to the agreement if Europe does not take necessary action to uphold their side of the deal. 

Australian recycling companies are struggling to handle the nation’s plastic waste after China stopped accepting Australia’s waste in 2017.

New South Wales plastics recycler David Hodge says there is an oversupply in plastics and calls on the country to take care of its own waste.

Mr Hodge says 20 per cent of what he recycles includes silage, tubes and tarps from the farming industry.

Donald Trump became the first US president to set foot in North Korea during office, having arrived in North Korea to restart nuclear talks with leader Kim Jong-un.

Mr Kim told the press that their meeting symbolised their excellent relationship, after shaking hands with Mr Trump on the Korean border.

The meeting comes after the leaders’ summit in February made little progress towards the denuclearisation of North Korea.

Myanmar is facing increasing pressure to lift a two-week-long internet blackout after the United States becomes the latest to demand a response.

US State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus says as many as one million people are without internet communication and called for it to be restored without delay.

The Human Rights Watch says the blackout is creating additional difficulties for international not-for-profits who rely on WhatsApp for their work.

A team of researchers at the University of Sydney found dingoes and kelpies do not share DNA, despite their visual similarities. 

The Kelpie, a herding dog derived from the Scottish collie, was brought to Australia in the late 1800s, while the dingo is a native Australian species which arrived in Australia 4000 years ago.

Dog genetics expert Professor Claire Wade says while the kelpie and dingo both have the “up version of the ears, when you look closely at the DNA you can see it is quite different.”