National Reconciliation week begins today and will run until the 3rd of June with the theme this year being “grounded in truth, walk together in courage.

This years campaign is focused around establishing a truth commission so that an accurate depiction of Australia’s colonial history is established.

Reconciliation Australia’s CEO Karen Mundine says there can be no trust to build reconciliation without an open and honest conversation about our history.

Adidas is taking a step further introducing 100% recyclable shoes without any waste after making strides to reduce the use of plastic.

After a decade of research, the company has refined the process to create a shoe that melts reusable components for new pairs of shoes instead of complex material mixes and gluing.

In 2019, adidas will produce 11 million pairs of shoes containing recycled ocean plastic through intercepting plastic waste on beaches and coastal communities.

A former Ethiopian jail boss who allegedly tortured inmates repeatedly has been arrested.

The ex-head of Jail Ogaden, Hassan Ismail Ib-RAH-HIM was found hiding in a nearby town after a tip off to authorities.

Former inmates told the Human Rights Watch that they saw people die in their cells due to the extent of the torture.

The new President of the Somali Region in Ethiopia announced he will find those responsible for the torture.

People have staged a ‘die in’ at Brisbane's Museum yesterday by laying down on the floor.

The action was organised by Extinction Rebellion a global network that organised a protest in London resulting in hundreds of arrests.

An organiser from the group Alice Wicks told the Brisbane Times they did this action to show that if we continue killing the planet we will die as well.

Jason Lambert, one of Australia’s top ranked Pinball players is heading to Italy for the world championships this June competing against more than 60 players.

He  is ranked number 1 in Australia and 48th worldwide, an impressive feat for Lambert who has beenplaying professionally for the last 6 years.   

Pinball arcades started to appear throughout Australia in the past 5 to 10 years with more than 2500 tournament players registered now.

Scientists are warning the NSW Government tree-planting schemes may be doing more harm to the environment than good.

Habitat restoration works in Sydney’s Capertree National Park ordered by the government has worried scientists and environmentalists alike, with former National Parks and Wildlife officers saying the density of the replanted trees could threaten wildlife and vegetation.

The disused Anglesea coal mine in Victoria could be set to be turned into a new Australian eco-tourism attraction.

Representatives from UK-based Charity, Eden Project are sharing their vision for the rehabilitation of the barren industrial site with locals, saying the project is a chance to transform a “formerly poisonous mine” into something beautiful.

New research has found genetics play a larger role in determining obesity levels than extrinsic environmental factors alone.

King’s College London geneticist, Robert Plomin analysed the correlations between the body mass indexes of both adoptive and genetic siblings and discovered shared genes play a more important and measurable role than environmental factors when it comes to the propensity to be overweight.

Two genetic siblings who grow up together have a BMI correlation of about 40%, while adoptive siblings have a 0% correlation.

Doctors Without Borders say children are dying in a collapsed camp for families from the Islamic State caliphate because they are allegedly shunned by aid groups and kept under tight security restrictions.

After Islamic State’s self-declared caliphate collapsed in March 2019, Kurdish-led forces began guarding fighters and their families in the al-Hawl camp in Northern Syria.