The French parliament is expected to approve the new tax targeting companies such as Google and Facebook with a 3% levy on revenue made inside France.

Any digital company with a revenue of more than 750 million euros - of which at least 25 million is made in France - would be subject to the tax.

The US trade representative says the digital services tax is unfairly targeting American companies.

Sir David Attenborough has called out international leaders for inaction on climate change, using Australia as an example.

He spoke yesterday to the UK parliament's Business, Energy and Industrial strategy Committee, saying "it’s extraordinary that leaders, notably in the US and Australia continue to deny the science behind climate change".

The BBC broadcaster said Australia is already facing some of the most extreme manifestations of climate change - notably the bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef.

Conservative MP Craig Kelly has warned Ken Wyatt that he could campaign for the no side of Indigenous recognition.

Wyatt used his major Naidoc week speech to put constitutional recognition back on the agenda after the election, he said he wants to create a model of the First Nations voice from the Uluru statement.

Mr Kelly said he and other Liberal and National MPs would oppose any divisive proposal.

 The Animals Australia group is planning to seek a court injunction to stop tens-of-thousands of sheep being transported to the Middle East.

Animals Australia legal counsel Shatha Hamade said the welfare of the sheep was of great concern.

The Australian Livestock Exporters' Council said there was less of a heat risk for sheep being transported to the Middle East, because it was dry as opposed to humid.

Queensland Mining Minister Anthony Lynham has called for a refocus on safety in mining after the deaths of six workers over the last year.

An emergency summit on the 10th of July between the Government, industry companies, unions and the Queensland Resources Council brought a decision that every Queensland mine and quarry worker will receive extra safety training.

CFMEU Mining and Energy Queensland President Steve Smyth said they cannot afford to fail; too many lives have been lost already.

Researchers have discovered two drugs used during WWII could be used to prevent flu deaths.

One of the drugs was used during WWII to prolong the life of penicillin and the other was used as an antidiuretic.

The flu is becoming more drug-resistant but researchers believe the drugs could treat sufferers in the middle of severe and potentially fatal cases of the virus.

A couple who ran a supermarket in a small town in eastern France have lost their jobs after their trophy pictures from a safari hunt went viral.

The 2015 pictures show the couple posing over a dead hippopotamus, zebra, leopard and lion.

The Super U co-operative group's store in the Rhône town of L'Arbresle had seen calls for a shop boycott widely shared on Facebook.The group announced the couple were leaving with immediate effect.

The upcoming ban on climbing Uluru is causing an overflow of tourists and an 'influx of waste'.

Tourists are trespassing, camping illegally and dumping rubbish as they flock to Uluru to climb the rock before it is permanently closed on October 26.

The Anangu traditional owners have repeatedly expressed a desire for people to show respect to the rock's cultural value by not climbing it.