The World Health Organization has estimated at least one million new Sexually Transmitted Infections occur every day.

The Main concern of the WHO is the lack of progress in stopping the spread of STI’s and the rise in drug resistance infections.

Doctor Peter Salama of the WHO says this is a wake-up call to ensure everyone, everywhere can access the services to prevent and treat these diseases.

Over 1.2 million pigs have been culled in China and Vietnam as the countries struggle to contain the spread of a highly contagious African Swine fever, known as pig Ebola.

There is no cure for the disease, and there are growing concerns that it will continue to spread across  the countries in south-east asia.

The implications of the disease are being felt around the globe, with global pork prices rising almost 40%.

Australia’s first magazine for South Asian women, Womanity, will be launched this weekend in Sydney.

Womanity it’s a start-up enterprise with a focus on women from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh; and social issues like domestic violence and financial abuse.

Womanity’s editor-in-chief Ambika Sumbranian says she wants to raise awareness on the helplines and support systems for these women.

Emergency Authorities have found the body of pilot Marcel van Hattem in waters off South Stradbroke Island on Thursday afternoon.

Police have reported they are still looking for Trista Applebee, van hattem’s 31-year-old female passenger and the remainder of the light plane’s wreckage.

Senior Sergeant Jay Notaro of the Gold Coast Water Police says the flight was part of Applebee’s birthday celebrations.  

Queensland’s Treasurer Jackie Trad refused to rule out tax increases in next week’s state budget, reiterating labor’s commitment to delivering a surplus budget.

In an address to the Queensland Media Club, yesterday, Mrs Trad said that Quensland has been left out of pocket by federal funding.

The Treasurer affirmed that Queensland households will not have an impact and that full details will become clear next week.

Sudan has been suspended from the African Union amid the growing concerns the divide between civilians and the military could lead to a civil war.

The decision follows a protest in the nation’s capital on Monday which killed over 120 people.

The AU hopes that the suspension will prompt the military to hand over power to a civilian-led authority.  

With monsoon season approaching, Indian authorities have between 10 to 15 days to retrieve the bodies of five climbers in the Indian Himalayas.

The team of eight were hit by an avalanche, including one Australian, Ruth McCance, who is presumed dead.

Aerial photographs have identified five bodies, and it is feared that the other three could be buried under the avalanche.

A Bull-breeding family in Western Queensland will pay more than $14 million for a cattle station in the Northern Territory owned by a Filipino businessman.

The Bassingthwaighte family, owners of Bass Cattle Company, made a deal for the 265,000 hectare Epenarra Station with around 8,000 heads of cattle.

Epenarra Station will be the second property sold by developer Romeo Roxas after listing three Central Australian properties for sale.

Prime Minister, Scott Morrison is set to receive a pay rise of $10,000, on top of his current $538,000 a year.

His increased pay packet is part of the two per cent pay rise to Federal Members of Parliament, while retail and hospitality staff will have penalty rates cut.

United Voice says that hospitality workers could lose as much as $2000 a year when these cuts are introduced on 1 July.