Australia’s largest consumer advocacy group, CHOICE, is proposing a change to the algorithm used to score food products, penalising ‘added sugars’  that are not naturally found in foods.

When the alternative algorithm is applied to more than a dozen products, Health Star ratings of cereals like Nutri Grain, Uncle Toby’s Plus Protein and Milo, drop from four out of five stars to just one-and-a-half stars.

Two employees at the Lucas Heights Nuclear facility in Sydney have been exposed to radiation.

The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology organisation said the facility stopped manufacturing the radioisotope Mo-99 after contamination was detected.

The radiation dose to the two workers was equivalent of a conventional radiation therapy treatment dosage.

The UN says tens of thousands of Islamic State fighters and family members being held in Iraq and Syria must be tried or released.

The IS strongholds fell in March and some 55, 000 people are being held, thousands of them being foreigners. 

Human rights chief Michelle Bachelet has called on countries to take responsibility for their citizens and to take them back if not charged, however many nations have demonstrated reluctance to do so.

The International Olympic Committee voted 47 votes to 34, in favour of Italy’s joint bid to stage the event rather than Stockholm, Sweden. 

Skating sports and ice hockey will be held in Milan and most Alpine skiing events will take place in the resort of Cortina. 

Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte stressed his country’s desire to host the 2026 games, stating ‘if I am here today in front of you, it is thanks to the enthusiasm of all of Italy’. 

Darwin felt the biggest earthquake since 2006 yesterday, reaching over 207km deep with a magnitude of 7.2.

According to Geoscience Australia senior duty seismologist Dean Connolly, the earthquake was recorded in the Banda Sea, and is a result of the relentless movement of Australia towards South East Asia.

Darwin residents have reported buildings swaying and parts of the city centre have been evacuated, however there is no tsunami threat to Australia.

Palliative care and voluntary assisted dying laws may come before the Queensland Parliament in 2020 as the push for a new approach to end life grows nationally.

Caloundra MP and Deputy Chair of the End-Of-Life Choices inquiry, Mark McArdle, will host a forum this Friday in Caloundra where speakers for and against legalisation of euthanasia will participate. 

City of Sydney councillors have voted in favour of declaring climate as a national emergency, arguing that it poses a serious risk to the people of Sydney and the rest of Australia.

Lord Mayor Clover Moore asked the council on Monday to lobby the Federal Government to respond to the emergency by reintroducing a price on carbon to meet the Paris Agreement emissions reduction targets.   

 The Australian Christian Lobby has this morning set up a new fundraising page for Israel Falou’s legal bid against Rugby Australia.

The page has already received $70,000 in donations in addition to the $100,000 supplied by the ACL.

The group’s Managing Director Martyn Iles tweeted a link to the page last night, saying it sets an important legal precedent.

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order placing financial sanctions against Iran’s supreme leader.

It is the latest action by the US to discourage Tehran from developing nuclear weapons and supporting militant groups, with President Trump saying he will continue to increase pressure until the regime abandons its dangerous activities.

The sanctions follow Iran’s downing of a US surveillance drone over the Strait of Hormuz last week.