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.

The Leaning Tower of Pisa has straightened up slightly thanks to engineering work to save the world-renowned tourist attraction.

The tower's Surveillance Group which was set up to monitor the tower’s restoration said in a statement that after 17 years of observation "the Tower of Pisa is stable and very slowly reducing its lean."

The Tower was closed to the public in January 1990 for 11 years over safety fears, caused by its increasing slope.

Google is implementing stricter requirements for political advertising in the EU as part of efforts to stop misinformation and increase transparency ahead of elections next year.

The US tech giant said that it will require any political ads to disclose who is paying for it; while also tightening up its identity verification process for ad buyers.

It's an extension of a system Google brought in this year for political ads in the United States.

Despite their small size, research has found that farming dams are hotspots for greenhouse gas emission. 

A Deakin University study which sampled 77 farm dams in Western Victoria has found that the combined gas emissions from these farms equaled the same produced by 385,000 cars daily. 

The findings from this study could put farming practices in the national spotlight. 

The NSW Hunter region has declared a bushfire emergency with authorities warning that the situation could intensify. 

The fire was ignited North of Newcastle in the Salt Ash Area and has so far burned through 1,300 hectares of land. 

The Rural Fire Service Deputy Commissioner Rob Rogers says that there are wind gusts of more than 50 kilometers per hour and this is raising concerns that the fire will continue to escalate in intensity.

The Byron Bay Council have voted to keep an optional clothing beach, despite protests from the local community. 

The beach was voted in by the local community 20 years ago to make wearing clothes an option but recent ‘lewd’ behaviour has changed the minds of some who believe it should be shut down. 

Other locals believe that motions can be put in place to clean the beach up allowing it to be enjoyed by everyone.