Hobart’s 'Taste of Tasmania' festival will receive significant funding cuts after the Hobart City Council unanimously voted to reduce their financial commitment over the next three years.

The 2018-19 event injected $46.9 million into the Tasmanian economy, with Hobart alone receiving $26.8 million dollars.

The Hobart City Council has asked the State Government to foot the rest of the bill, which is expected to fall between $250,000-$500,000.

The Menzies School of Health Research are utilizing a unique strain of Hep B infecting Aboriginal Australians in the Northern Territory to track the movements of ancient populations.

The geographic distribution of the virus in Australia has allowed researchers to research when it first arrived in the country, and its subsequent transmission routes.

Anywhere between 10 and 20 percent of the Aboriginal population in the Northern Territory carry the virus, which has been linked to liver failure.

Over 1000 people are feared dead in Mozambique after Cyclone Idai hit the country four days ago.

President Filipe Nyusi says entire villages have been submerged, calling it a real disaster of great proportions.

The Red Cross reports as much as 90 per cent of the port city Beira has been damaged or destroyed by strong winds and heavy rains.

It may feel like the battery electric car that we all know and love has been crowned the future of transportation -  but Japan has other ideas. They’re betting big on something more logical for big cities – hydrogen fuel cell cars.

At the LFA Works factory in Japan, workers are currently installing carbon-fibre hydrogen tanks into vehicles which uses the reaction between hydrogen and oxygen to produce electricity.

Following the Lime Scooter software glitches that injured multiple Brisbane riders, the Brisbane City Council warned the company it would revoke its trial permit to operate, but has now given it the green light.

On Monday, the scooter company was given an 11-day extension to stay in Brisbane after their withdrawal notice, which has now been extended until March 29th.

Tropical Cyclone Trevor has been upgraded to a category three system and is expected to intensify to category four before making landfall this evening.

The system is currently 140km east of the Lockhart River on the coast of the Cape York Peninsula and has registered winds of up to 165km per hour.

A recent study by James Cook University researchers has found that oily fish may hold the key to preventing asthma.

The three-year study tested 642 South African fish processors and found that the increase in Omega 3 fatty acids was strongly correlated with a reduction in asthma.

The NSW Government has proposed new search powers for NSW Police should they be re-elected this Saturday.

NSW Premiere Gladys Berejiklian and retiring Police Minister Troy Grant announced a new pilot program that would allow police to search the homes of convicted drug dealers without a warrant in Bankstown, Coffs-Clarence, Hunter Valley, and Orana Mid-Western commands.

Warner Brothers CEO Kevin Tsujihara has been forced to step down in light of sexual misconduct allegations.

John Stankey, chief executive of parent company WarnerMedia, thanked Mr. Tsujihara for his contributions but said his actions were inconsistent with the company’s leadership expectations.