An Israeli spacecraft, the Beresheet, has crashed on the surface of the moon after an apparent engine failure.

The Beresheet was the first ever privately funded mission to the Moon, with the aim to take photos and conduct experiments.

Israel hoped to be the fourth country to land on the moon, with only the US, Russia, and China having had successful moon landings.

Chinese coal industry official Cui Pijiang, director of the China Coking Industry Association has criticised Australia for 'biting the hand that feeds it' at a coal conference in Beijing.

In his forum address, Cui stated, "Although businesses can conduct effective, friendly and reasonable cooperation between the two countries, the political factors have to be considered," calling political comments made about China “Unfriendly” and “Irresponsible.”

An international wheelchair event in Darwin has been forced to move from a new $16m tennis complex because the show court has been built on a slope.

The Darwin International Tennis Centre is set to stage the Arafura Games later this month, but wheelchair competitors have been relegated to one of its 14 outside courts.

It has been revealed by the ABC that Perth’s only Aboriginal art market has grown exponentially since 2013.

Last year buyers spent over $400,000 in seven hours at the arts festival.

Special project curator Erin Coates at the Fremantle Arts Centre, attributes the event's success to its informality and how buyers can rifle freely through the works of offer.

More than 16,000 new plants will soon be planted throughout Hercules Street Park as part of $10 million in upgrades set to transform Brisbane’s Northshore.

Minister for State Development and Planning Cameron Dick says significant planning went into the design of the park, which also includes an innovative irrigation system to keep the new plants thriving.

Brisbane’s Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner has terminated the controversial Mt. Coot-tha Zipline project.

The zipline was projected to cost $1.14 million but became involved in a court appeal from community group Mt. Coot-tha Protection Alliance.

Schrinner said on Thursday the decision to scrap the project came from ‘listening to residents’, proving it was clear the community wanted to ‘protect Mt. Coot-tha’.

Life Savers manufacturing returns to Australia at Darrell Lea's Ingleburn factoryLife Savers manufacturing returns to Australia at Darrell Lea's Ingleburn factory

Lifesavers lollies are again being made in Australia for the first time in 94 years after Darrell Lea begins production in South Sydney.

After Darrell Lea purchased the brand from Nestle last year, they relocated production from New Zealand to Ingleburn in South Sydney.

Julian Assange has been arrested by British authorities after the Ecuadorian Embassy abruptly revoked its seven year asylum.

Assange’s relationship with the Ecuador Government collapsed after he was accused of leaking information about the Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno’s personal life.

Police arrested Assange after being invited into the embassy following Ecuadorian Government revoking his asylum.

South Korea’s constitutional court has ruled the nation’s ban on abortion as unconstitutional, and has ordered the ban must be lifted by 2020.

Under the 1953 ban, women who have abortions can be fined and imprisoned, except in cases of rape, incest or risk to their health. Doctors who perform the procedure can also face jail.

The law was reviewed after a challenge from a female doctor who was prosecuted for performing almost 70 abortions. She said the ban endangered women and limited their rights.