Dangerous winds have sparked widespread flight delays in Sydney this morning, leaving thousands of passengers stranded. 

The Sydney airport has said both domestic and international runways will be closed due to the strong winds. 

A spokesperson for the airport has recommended contacting their particular airline for more information on their flights. 

Vanuatu's Foreign Minister has warned it is considering suing fossil fuel companies in response to the effects of climate change.

He says that his government is exploring all avenues to utilise the judicial system in various jurisdictions, including under international law, to shift the costs of climate protection back onto the fossil fuel companies, and governments that actively and knowingly created the threats.

The American space agency Nasa says its InSight Mars lander is due to land on Monday and start its exploration of mars. 

Nasa's Project Manager, Tom Hoffman, says "[they’ll] be working on the final parameters they need over the next few days, so while everybody's off having turkey, there will still be a bunch of people at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory making sure it lands successfully”

InSight launched from Earth on the 5th of May has to hit a "keyhole" at the top of Mars' atmosphere that measures just 24km by 10km. 

A new report released by Friends of Earth has found that vehicle tyres and synthetic clothing are the two leading contributors to microplastic pollution from UK households.

The report estimates that between 9,000 and 32,000 tonnes of microplastic pollution enter British waterways each year from just four sources, tyres, clothing, plastic pallets, and paints.

The environmental campaign group is calling on the UK government to tackle microplastics as part of a comprehensive action plan.

Zimbabwe's Finance Minister has presented the first budget of President Emmerson’s government.

The budget includes a 5% salary cut for all senior government workers and stricter rules on the government’s local borrowing.

The government currently spends 90% of its budget on paying salaries which squeezes out resources meant for infrastructure development.

The number of new cases for HIV positive people in Western Australia has hit a 10 year low as a drug likened to the contraceptive pill has been credited for the latest statistics.

The overall drop has mainly been achieved in cases for homosexual men, who have seen a 42% decrease in HIV year on year.

Authorities are still concerned for heterosexual people who have remained at a steady rate despite the decrease of numbers in the gay community.

An advocacy organisation called, Democracy in Colour, are door knocking in the Victorian seat of Frankston to inform voters about federal politicians use of racialized crime panic smokescreen.

The advocacy group is led by racial and ethnic minorities who have been victims of politicians’ racial fear mongering in local media and parliament.

One group member’s stern message to politicians is “if you use our communities as scapegoats, if you weaponise our differences, there will be consequences at the ballot box.’

According to the latest findings from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Queensland's population could rise to 8 million people by 2066.

Under these population projections, Queensland would still remain 4 million people behind NSW and 3 million behind Victoria.

Australia's population is predicted to hit 42 million people by 2066.

New data released by the RACQ has found that Gympie Road, which runs through Chermside, Aspley, and Kedron is where Brisbane motorists are most likely to crash.

Between January 1, 2015, and October 31, 2018, 540 crashes happened on Gympie Road.

The RACQ says that roads like Gympie Road are prone to crashes because they are typically heavily congested, high-volume, multi-lane roads with many intersections.