Another pill testing trial will go ahead at April’s Groovin the Moo music festival in Canberra after the ACT government gave it the green light.

Chief Minister Andrew Barr said governments have responsibility to not only prevent drugs use but also support initiatives that reduce harms associated with drug use.

The decision was welcomed by the ACT Greens, which have been pushing for pill testing outside of music festivals.

Iranian TV has cancelled their broadcast of a Bayern Munich game because the referee was a woman.

IRIB are said to have cancelled their coverage because Islamic laws do not approve of showing images of woman wearing clothes that reveal large amounts of skin.

This is not the first time this has happened, during a game between FC Cologne and Bayern Munich in May 2018, there were reportedly many random shots of supporters in the stands when the camera was on the female referee.

India’s fastest train has broken down on its first trip, a day after it was inaugurated by Prime Minister Modi

The Indian-built semi high-speed Vande Bharat Express was returning to the capital Delhi from the city of Varanasi after its first outing when brakes in a carriage reportedly jammed. Those on board had to take another train to get back to Delhi.

The new train service is expected to start its commercial run from Sunday, reducing travel time between Delhi and Varanasi by six hours

Researchers at the University of Queensland have identified the biological cause of fear and are working on a way to turn it off, in hopes the research will benefit people suffering from extreme phobias and PTSD.

The team from the Queensland Brain Institute at the University of Queensland identified chemical tags which attach themselves to a person’s DNA at specific locations, acting as “dimmer switches” for learned fear responses.

The concrete area under the South Brisbane rail line between Melbourne Street and Fish Lane is proposed to become an urban parkland with eateries and bars. The proposal is called Fish Lane Town Centre and is looking for approval from Brisbane City Council.

The area if approved will get a tropical urban park and 12 mini-eateries right beneath the overhead rail lines where they run past the Fox Hotel towards South Brisbane train station.

Coles has refused to follow Woolworths in their decision to axe their $1-a-litre milk range, citing cost of living pressures for customers.

Woolworths has bumped up their price by 10 cents a litre, with intentions to aid the dairy farmers you who have faced years of drought and low profitability.

Coles has refuted this option, opting to maintain their current prices to aid those struggling with cost of living, and offering support to farmers through matching customer donations dollar for dollar.

Taxpayers will be forced to spend $1.3 million to clean up Australia’s largest island national park resort.

Cape Richards resort, which resides on Hinchinbrook island, has experienced disrepair from Cyclone Yasi, looted by vandals and destroyed by vandals, with burnt out buildings, electrical wiring and asbestos noted as a concern by the locals.

Airport authorities have arrested two men smuggling a record number of suspected rhino horns worth $1 million on Thursday.

Some 24 severed rhino horns in transit from South Africa to Vietnam, weighing 40kg, were found in the bust - Hong Kong’s largest ever seizure.

Conservation groups say the number of rhinos killed has been gradually decreasing since 2014, but more than 1,000 rhinos continued to be Killed in South Africa every year.

The median US sea turtle population increased by 980% following the regulations established by the ESA, and the median increase for marine mammals was 115%

Thirty-one marine populations were researched In the PLOS One Journal, finding the populations of 78% of marine mammals and 75% of sea turtles rebounded after receiving protections under the United States’ Endangered Species Act.

The authors of the report think that this data could help protect the ESA at a time when the Trump administration is looking to roll back animal protections.