Aboriginal Artwork discovered in the Blue Mountains was reportedly created by non-Indigenous teenagers 50 years ago, according to a local newspaper.

The handprint artwork was discovered in April in the process of removing a boulder which threatened railway tracks west of Sydney.

Sydney Trains said it was verified as "culturally significant" by an independent archaeologist specialising in Aboriginal heritage, but according to the Blue Mountains Gazette, the rock art was created by non-Indigenous teenage brothers in the 1960s.

Several Queensland Health staff are thinking of leaving Queensland Health over the concerns of patient safety with the new 1.5 billion dollar digital health upgrade.

The upgrade will integrate almost every patient record to an online system — including real-time vital signs — from heart rates to the amount of drugs being administered.

Queensland Health director-general Michael Walsh reportedly admits there are problems with the program but he found himself  having to say positive things about it publicly.

The Australian Conservation Foundation succeeded in its appeal against the Federal approval of the Adani coal mine.

The Federal Government admitted it failed to properly consider and even lost some submissions in response to Adani’s proposal and it will now have to reassess its water infrastructure.

However, the decision will not prevent Adani from starting preliminary construction if it receives approval for its groundwater plans from the Queensland government today.

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said The United States has legitimate issues about China and the two countries must negotiate to avoid conflict.  

Mr Frydenberg notes that the trade war that China and America are in has put Australia in a tight position, because China is Australia’s biggest trading partner.

He said tensions between China and the US have weighed on the global economic outlook and affected investment decisions, creating a degree of uncertainty.

BP’s annual global energy report reveals carbon emissions from the global energy industry climbed by 2% in 2018, the fastest rate in almost a decade.

The report shows that global temperature swings, days which are much hotter or colder than normal, are to blame for increasing demand for fossil fuels.

BP’s chief economist, Spencer Dale says the report reveals “a growing mismatch” between society's rising demand for climate change action and the actual pace of progress.

ACTU Secretary Sally McManus wants to meet with union boss John Setka as he fights claims he criticised the work of anti-domestic violence campaigner Rosie Batty.

Mr Setka allegedly told a union meeting Ms Batty's advocacy had led to men having fewer rights, but he claims he is the victim of false allegations being made for political gain.

Sally McManus says Australian unions have made ending family and domestic violence a priority and she will have more to say about Mr Setka after their meeting today.

The South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council has been granted over 1 million dollars to support their educational program which will preserve Noongar culture and teach Noongar knowledge in high school.

West Australian Aboriginal Affairs Minister Ben Wyatt presented the grant for a three-year project to expand the Noongar Natural Resource Management Pathways project into Fremantle College in Perth.

A threatening email sent to Liberal National Party MPs before they voted to decriminalise abortion has been found to be of contempt in the Queensland Parliament.

However, there will be no punishment set out following the ruling from the Parliament's ethics committee.

Pine Rivers Labor MP Nikki Boyd complained to Speaker Curtis Pitt about how the email amounted to contempt.

The State budget has announced on the 12th of June pledges over 800 million dollars for the Queensland Ambulance Service, including hiring 200 more paramedics.

Ambulance Services Minister Steven Miles said the Palaszczuk Government is hiring more paramedics and buying more trucks.

Mr Miles says this budget includes more than 50 million dollars to build new stations, and upgrade existing stations.