Ecuadorian President has increased pressure for Julian Assange to leave their embassy in London, saying Britain has provided enough guarantees that they won’t extradite him to face death penalty overseas.

During a radio interview, the President suggested that the UK and Ecuador have undergone months of quiet diplomacy to resolve Assange’s situation.

Mr Assange has been residing within the embassy since 2012 after he was granted asylum whilst facing allegations of sex crimes in Sweden that he said were a guise to extradite him to the US.

A landmark study has shown that renewable energy has reduced electricity prices by far more than the subsidies costs.

The study conducted by the Victoria Energy Policy Centre, mainly focused on the South Australian electricity market and confirmed that households in that state have on average the highest electricity prices in the world and that wind and solar have helped bring these prices down.

The study’s lead author, Associate professor Bruce Mountain, said the research has provided evidence that renewables drive down prices.

The Labour government has passed the Morrison Government’s controversial encryption bill which would allow security agencies to force tech companies to write codes to help them crack encrypted messages.

Coalition MPs have expressed their “disappointment”, whilst Labor frontbencher blasted the bill as “nonsense legislation” that the government “still hadn’t got right”.

The longevity of this bill is unknown as the opposition has promised to review the bill in Parliament when it resumes in February.

A new report predicts that the uptake of robotics in Queensland could boost the state’s economic growth by up to 2% each year for the next decade

The report also identifies that embracing automation could provide anywhere between 492,950 and 1.165 million jobs by 2028.

The report prepared partly by QUT finds that the potential benefits from robotics and automation, particularly for productivity improvements and new jobs, will be “substantial” for the state.

The Queensland Government has decided to close two agricultural colleges within the state which has been viewed by many as disappointing. 

Following a review by the former Vice-Chancellor of the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), the Longreach Pastoral College and the Emerald Agriculture College were seen as financially impractical. 

Senegal has unveiled its first Museum of Black Civilisations in the capital city, Dakar. 

Following calls from Sengalesians for France to return art stolen during the colonial era; this Museum is a welcome addition. 

The artwork includes pieces from Mali, Burkina Faso, Cuba and Haitian artists; and the Museum was constructed after a US$34 million Chinese investment. 

Disgraced Chinese scientist, Dr He, has been missing for over a week. 

After receiving widespread criticism for using gene-editing technology to alter the genes of twin girls in an attempt to protect them from infection with the HIV virus; Dr He has not been seen since he tried to defend his behaviour at the Human Genome Editing Summit in Hong Kong. 

Dr He’s work has been universally condemned, and China's Vice-Minister of Science and Technology has shut down Dr He’s lab and ordered a full investigation into his work.

Authorities were called to caravan park in Central Queensland yesterday after they discovered the bodies of a 63-year-old man and a 60-year-old women. 

The man was discovered outside of his caravan with significant head injuries and was transported to a Gladstone Hospital where he was later pronounced dead. 

The woman was found dead inside the caravan. Police are currently treating the deaths as suspicious. 

An Australian man convicted of the murder of a Hells Angels boss is expected to be released from jail today in Thailand. 

Antonio Bagnato was sentenced to the death penalty last February after he was convicted in 2015 for kidnapping and killing his boss in the resort town of Pattaya. 

An official for the Bwangkwang prison confirmed there is a court order to release Mr Bagnato but Thai police are set to re-arrest him on separate charges.