Western and Central towns in New South Wales are facing a crisis in their water supplies prompting an emergency plan by water authorities.

Dubbo, Nyngan and Cobar are between some of the towns that will have to brace for their water entitlements to be reduced around a 10% which is expected to affect the agricultural production.

Executive Director of the Murray-Darling Basin authority says since July of 2018, inflows to the River Murray System have remained in the driest 7 percent of records.

The United States is deliberating sanctions against Hikvision, a Chinese surveillance firm, which could potentially heighten tensions between the US and China.

The surveillance giant has been accused of facilitating Beijing’s persecution of the Uighurs, a Muslim ethnic group, in the northwestern region of Xinjiang.

The restrictions come after the US put tech company Huawei on a trade blacklist last week.

Scientists have identified China as the source of a recent rise a critical, o-zone-damaging chemical called CFC-11.

Chlorofluorocarbon-11, which is now banned, was commonly used as a refrigerant and to make insulation in the 1970s and 1980s.

A recent study identifies gas production in the eastern provinces of China as the cause of rise.

British Prime Minister Theresa May is backing down from plans to seek parliamentary support for a Brexit Bill already rejected by most of her party.

May has delayed plans to publish the EU withdrawal bill for the fourth and likely final time.

Conservative legislators have scheduled a meeting for Friday, where they hope May will announce her departure date.

An Indigenous-owned pastoral company in Western Australia’s ambitious business model has been propelled forward alongside the nation’s business elite.  

Kimberley Agriculture & Pastoral Company chair Wayne Bergman spent four years working with agricultural advisors and banks to lay the groundwork for the deal.

The company’s chair says the skills being demonstrated are ground-breaking within the community.

More than 40 refugees have received medical treatment in Australia since the Medevac bill came into effect in February of this year.

Refugee advocacy groups have reported on a spike in self-harm among asylum seekers because of the Coalition’s decision to repeal the bill.

Asylum-seeker advocates say the plan to repeal the bill is a death warrant for refugees in offshore detention.

Indigenous communities are encouraged to have their say on Cultural Heritage Acts ahead of their first review in ten years.

Deputy Premier Jackie Trad says the legislation aims to balance the growing economy with conservation of Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal culture.

The Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships intend to review how cultural heritage is defined and the legal obligation of land users.

Uber and Queensland joined to bring a rideshare submarine to the Great Barrier Reef.

From May 27 an Uber submarine can be ordered from your phone at a cost of 3000 AUD for two passengers or 1 500 AUD for one.

Andy Ridley, chief executive of Citizens of the Great Barrier Reef, says the partnership between the Queensland government and Uber means they will be able to tap into Uber’s 50 million customer base worldwide.