From today, hospitals in Victoria will need to alert the state’s health department within 24 hours if a patient has life-threatening allergic reactions to packaged food or drink.

This new measure is being introduced after the death of a 10-year-old boy in 2013; the boy drank an imported coconut drink which didn’t declare the presence of cow’s milk, and he was severely allergic to dairy products. The department wasn’t notified that the drink was the likely cause of the reaction and it remained on sale for six weeks before being recalled.

Demand for Australian thermal coal across Asia has plummeted, and exports are expected to continue declining over the next few years.

A study by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) found Australia's top four export markets in Asia were shifting rapidly to renewable energy sources.

New South Wales, Australia’s biggest producer of thermal coal,  is bracing for a shift in energy market demand.

A new report has come out showing over 5 hundred Thousand Queenslanders have used an illicit drug in the past, with Cannabis being the most used.

‘The Health of Queenslanders 2018’ Report shows around 558,000 people over the age of 14 have used an illegal drug in the past 12 months with 86% of which have used Cannabis.

Bracken Ridge State School has become the first school in Australia to have a classroom that runs entirely on its own renewable energy.

The classroom has been taking advantage of rooftop solar panels supplied by Tech startup Hive Technology and a Powerwall Battery System supplied by Tesla, saving the school around 3000 dollars in power bills.

According to a new report released Monday by the advocacy group World Wildlife Fund, populations of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians have declined by 60 percent since 1970. 

From 2019, Australians will be able to get through arrivals at Heathrow Airport faster after the UK Government decided Australian passport holders can use the e-passport gates.

You could soon be fined $200 for lighting up on Byron Bay beach thanks to a new push by Byron Shire Council to reduce cigarette butt litter. 

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chair Rod Sims has stressed people should shop around if they want to pay less at petrol stations.