NASA cancels all-female spacewalk as suits not suitable

NASA has cancelled the first all-female spacewalk that was planned for this Friday.

The organisation claimed lack of available space suits for the International Space Station fitted for women.

Astronaut Jessica Mounts said the equipment she has worn is mostly designed for men and is calling for clothing accommodating women.

Although, she said NASA is currently improving their clothing technologies, this pace change is “slow”.

Brunei luxury hotels shut down social media following anti-LGBT laws backlash

Many Brunei-owned luxury hotels have deleted their social media accounts, following international backlash regarding the country’s anti-LGBT laws and a boycott movement.

The boycott movement was led by celebrities such as George Clooney and Ellen DeGeneres after Brunei introduced laws that would see gay sex punishable by flogging or stoning to death.

WA traditional owners and scientific rangers collaborate to save the bilbies

Traditional owners and scientific rangers are working together to save the bilbies in Western Australia.

Birriliburu Indigenous rangers are looking for traces and ways to protect the greater bilby, as well as other threatened and culturally-important species including great desert skinks and night parrots.

Rangers facilitate an important role in sharing cultural practices by combining the Martu way of caring for country and Western ways of undertaking land management.

Platform launched for women to share abortion stories and change the narrative about reproductive health

‘I Had One Too’ is a new online platform dedicated to women to share their abortion stories.

‘I Had One Too’ launched in Melbourne last week with the purpose of changing the narrative about reproductive health through addressing the stigmas and misinformation associated with abortion.

Co-founder of the platform, Priya Pavri, said “[she’s] been surprised about how different the stories have been, and how women's experiences of having an abortion are shaped by which side of a state and territory border they happen to live”.

Animal protesters chain themselves to Brisbane’s abattoir

Animal Protesters are launching protests across the country.

Protestors have chained themselves to an abattoir in Brisbane’s west following the one-year anniversary release of the documentary Dominion, which discusses the practices of Australian livestock farmers.

The Queensland Government announced yesterday they will be placing tougher penalties on activists who attempt to trespass on farms.

Puppets and poetry relieving anxieties for people with trauma

Puppetry and poetry are proving to be a powerful relief to one woman’s anxiety and childhood trauma.

Rebecca Dostal uses puppets as a creative outlet to “own” her trauma and encourages others to try it, saying puppets enable people to tell a story they themselves wouldn't normally tell.

Her puppetry installations have been featured in a number of festivals across Queensland’s south-east.

Volunteer vets help the homeless and their fury friends

A volunteer-vet-run pop-up homeless pet clinic is giving relief to Brisbane pets and owners living rough.

Around 30 homeless furry friends are vaccinated and desexed by the charity Pets in the Park each month.

A second Brisbane clinic has recently opened on the Northside, and there are plans for a Gold Coast clinic to open very soon.