As of January, Commonwealth Bank will get 65% of its energy from renewables after signing an agreement with the largest wind farm in New South Wales.

The bank said the 12 year purchasing agreement with Sapphire Wind Farm in north east New South Wales is another step toward going all renewables by 2030.

Commonwealth Bank has become the first Australian company to commit to the global RE100 initiative, in which corporates will aim to source 100% of their electricity from renewables by a specified year.

The use of MDMA in the treatment of PTSD has moved one step closer in Canada.

Two research sites in Montreal and Vancouver have been selected to conduct clinical trials on drug assisted psychotherapy, in what is the final step before possible legalisation of treatment.

Executive Director of the project, Mark Haden, said traditional PTSD treatments are ineffective, with 10 to 25% success rates, while his recent study has seen rates of up to 66%.

Chinese drone manufacturer, Da Jiang Innovations has patched a security flaw that left users data, photos and videos susceptible to hackers.

The company, which commands almost 70 per cent of the global drone market and provides products for personal, commercial, and military use, was forced to make the change following a report by Check Point, which outlined the risks.

This comes amidst major concerns about drone security and privacy in a digital age.

Brisbane-based pilot Yahya Khattabi has made allegations training manuals given to Virgin Australia airlines new Boeing 737 pilots have failed to comply with federal regulations.

Khattabi raised safety concerns in September with his superiors and was almost immediately suspended, due to serious allegations that he had breached Virgin’s code of conduct and shortly after had his employment terminated.

A needle has been found lodged in a pear in Melbourne just days after Queensland Police made their first arrest over the original strawberry scare.

The pear was purchased from a Woolworths in Berwick in Melbourne’s south-east, following nationwide incidents of strawberry contamination that had a crippling impact on the industry.

A spokesman for the supermarket said they were aware of the report and were currently investigating.

A snippet of Soviet history has been unearthed by a group of Russian history buffs in the form of an improvised minefield, which was discovered in woodlands by a busy road on the outskirts of St Petersburg.

The group reported the finding to local authorities, who have since begun dismantling the field, which is expected to contain almost 400 mines.

The minefield is a reminder of Soviet resistance to Nazi occupation in World War II.

Eight people have been killed in a border clash between Israeli and Palestinian soldiers in Gaza.

More than 460 rockets have been fired into Israel since Monday night after an undercover Israeli special forces operation inside Gaza was exposed.

Several Palestinian civilians died in the strikes on Gaza, while one Palestinian civilian was killed in a rocket attack in southern Israel.

Chinchilla has unveiled its newest attraction in conjunction with its annual melon festival; the nine-metre high, three-metre wide and four tonne, Big Melon.

Chosen by online travel company Wotif as Australia’s “Next Big Thing”, the Big Melon was selected ahead of a Big Peanut, a Big Kilt and a Big Tulip.

Daniel Finch, Managing Director of Wotif hoped the attraction would provide travellers with a fruitful experience, and encouraged Australians to road trip to the region 300 kilometres west of Brisbane.