Jason Wood, assistant minister for multicultural affairs has been criticised for his “African gangs” rhetoric.

Mr Wood three weeks before the election wrote on Facebook stating the behaviour displayed by young African gangs were “sickening” and “disgusting”

According to the Victorian Crimes Statistics Agency the reporting of  African gangs relied on incorrect statistics, with the supposed ‘gangs’ being responsible for 1% of total Victorian crime.

Investment banks worldwide are being sued for allegedly engaging in ‘illegal cartel conduct’.  

Law firm Maurice Blackburn filed a Federal Court class action against the likes of Citibank, UBS and JP Morgan yesterday, accusing them of rigging currency exchange rates from 2008 till 2013.

Currencies affected include the Australian dollar, Canadian dollar, Euro, Indian rupee, Japanese yen and more.

Archaeologists discovered the remains of an entire Roman town and main road next to a motorway in Kent.

It is an 18-acre settlement containing rare pottery and coins dating back as early as 43AD.

Experts say the discovery is one of the most significant in the region.

Labor has avoided further loss of Queensland seats through its victory in Lilley, a seat formerly held by the now retired Labor MP Wayne Swan.

The victor, Anika Wells, has thanked voters in Brisbane’s north for the win, ensuring them she doesn’t takeit for granted.

She admits the LNP’s landslide victory in Queensland is concerning but aims to focus on the improvement of funding for local schools and hospitals.

The Brisbane City Council plans to purchase a $2.5 million piece of land for a sports park in Brisbane’s south.

The property is located in the underdeveloped southern suburb of Pallara.

The project comes under the Lower Oxley Creek south neighbourhood plan and is also a part of the Lord Mayor’s pledge to give Brisbane more green spaces and parklands.

A recent study has found Coral algae in The Great Barrier Reef has not acclimatised to more acidic waters caused by increased temperatures.

Oceans absorb about 22 million tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere a day, meaning seas have become about 30 per cent more acidic over the past two centuries.

Researchers suggest vulnerable reefs may not be able to adapt fast enough to cope with climate change.

Cardinal George Pell will not seek a reduced sentence if the court of appeal upholds his conviction for sexually abusing two Melbourne choirboys in the 1990’s.

Since February, Pell has been behind bars and is due to return to court next week to contest his conviction, but won’t be adding an appeal against his already six-year prison sentence.

Austrian conservative chancellor Sebastian Kurz’s government has been voted out of office by Austrian MPs.   

Parliament passed a motion of no-confidence days after the country’s politicians found themselves in the aftermath of a corruption scandal.  

Mr Kurz suggested he was more of a victim of the political crisis set off by video evidence, rather than an enabler who brought the far right to power in the country.