Northern Ireland residents have marched for the legalisation of same sex marriage.

Thousands of people across Belfast have showed their support for marriage equality in hopes the current, restrictive laws are amended.

The Democratic Unionist Party, currently in power, are opposed to this change despite the calls for change from the public.

First nations women are using street art to draw awareness to their culture.

This year’s Brisbane Street Art Festival has given local indigenous women a platform to share their heritage with the public through their art.

One of the artists, Racheal Sarra said that art is used as a vehicle for change and conversation.

The 35th edition of the University of Queensland’s Great Course Race is attracting many Australian and Queensland competitors.

The race is on this Wednesday the 22nd of May and the Clem Jones Sporting Scholarship recipient, Samantha Phillips, is chasing a second-consecutive win in the main Women’s Great Court Race.

Phillips said that the race is challenging and unlike any other event as athletes run on tiles and around sharp bends.

A survey has found four in five Australians believe medicines are not subsidised by the federal government quickly enough after they are discovered.

Rare Cancers Australia chair Richard Vines said that he is aware that the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme is geared towards treating prominent conditions and some people are against getting treatment because of unaffordable prices.

Students who were affected by technical glitches in the latest round of NAPLAN testing will be given an option of re-sitting their exams.

On Tuesday during the first lot of NAPLAN tests, some students lost connectivity and were unable to log in during the assessment affecting their results.

The Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority said that affected students will have the option to re-sit on Tuesday, May 28 and that will be the result for NAPLAN 2019.

10,000-year-old DNA has been extracted from ancient “chewing gum”, providing archaeologists with a unique insight into Scandinavia's first human settlers.

The gum is tar of a birch bark tree, which was used by ancient settlers as a chewy snack, and fixing agent for arrowheads and axe blades.

Although the tar was discovered in the early 1990s, sufficient DNA analysis was only made possible recently; with results providing “enormous potential” for tracing the origins and movements of early humans.

The United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres has warned a political paradox is forming where climate change is continuously worsening while the political will to tackle the issue fades.

The UN secretary-general said “climate change is running faster than what we are”, and that the world is “not on track” to meet its target commitments under the Paris Agreement.