A university researcher is leading a new national program to transform food waste into valuable products.

The program led by Dr Paul Luckman is looking at turning food water into supplements, fuelling sustainable wastewater treatment with food waste, and finding technology gaps.

Dr Luckman says the program is hoping to save 87 gigalitres of water through recovery and reuse, reduce 30 million tonnes in food waste and save at least 44 million tonnes of greenhouse gases emitted over 10 years.

Fish who are living up to 1500 metres below the surface have developed vision which helps them determine between predator and prey.

Scientists from the University of Queensland believe deep sea fish are sensitive to the colour of fish shines in dimly-lit lights.

UQ scientists are still examining the genomes of 101 fish species and how they are continuing these genes as a survival weapon in deep water areas.

According to Queensland police statistics, three domestic violence orders (DVOs) are broken each hour with 27, 500 DVOs broken in 2018 alone, averaging 75 breaches a day.

Queensland Women’s Legal Service CEO, Angela Lynch, said the increase in breaches may have positive consequences if more women seek help and the cases are prioritised by the police while the courts issue more protection orders.

If this story has raised any issues surrounding domestic violence which you would like to talk about, call DV connect on 1800 737 732.

A UQ Biotechnology student has invented a venom collector which minimises harm to bees compared to normal harvesting techniques.

The invention, created by James Watts, aims to collect venom in a way which doesn’t harm bees so the venom can be used for HIV, dementia, pharmaceutical and cosmetics.

Watts hopes his company, Whale Labs, receives more crowdfunding for his invention to promote safer ways of venom collection.

There are concerns that caged and fertilised eggs, laid by hens raised for meat, are being packed and sold as free-range in Western Australia.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is investigating these reports and WA’s Minister for Agriculture and Food, Alannah MacTiernan, is urging the state’s egg producers to provide their best evidence over to the ACCC.

Peter Bell, managing director of Golden Eggs in WA, said egg substitution exists and it’s sometimes hard to identify, particularly if it’s caged eggs put int free-range.

Artefacts from Ned Kelly’s last stand have been salvaged, and are set to be put on display in Glenrowan in tribute to one of Australia’s most infamous events.

A small brass box was found after having been taken as a souvenir by locals the day after the Glenrowan Inn burnt down in 1880, destroying most other artifacts.

Much public interest and media attention on Kelly has continued as historians find more artifacts, and try to piece together Kelly’s story.

#MeToo activist and actress Alyssa Milano has called for a female #sexstrike to protest new abortion laws in the American state of Georgia.

Georgia is the fourth US state to ban abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, which may be as early as six weeks which is often before many women even know they are pregnant.

Milano took to twitter to urge women to follow in the footsteps of Iroquois and Liberian activists and engage in abstinence, saying women cannot risk pregnancy until they “get bodily autonomy back”.

Polish artist and activist Elzbieta Podlesna has been arrested after putting up posters of the Virgin Mary against a rainbow-coloured halo, symbolising an LGBT flag.

Amnesty International said the several legal proceedings she faces is just another example of the constant harassment she faces for carrying out “peaceful activism” and may serve up to two years prison.

The LGBT community are facing strong political debate prior to European Parliament elections which will take place from May 23 to 26.