A bushfire threat in far north Western Australia has been downgraded overnight.

The emergency warning for the Wyndham-East Kimberley Shire has been lowered to a ‘watch and act’ alert.

However, the bushfire which started in the Northern Territory’s Keep River National Park, is still continuing and firefighters have warned those in the area of a 'possible threat to lives and homes'. 

Over 40,000 Subaru Liberty and Outback vehicles have been recalled nationally over potential brake issues.

This national recall for these models from 2010-2014 has been issued by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

Affected owners will be contacted by mail and encouraged to return their vehicles to their local Subaru dealer,  otherwise they should visit the Subaru website.

A Swedish court has found the man who prompted the cancellation of this year’s Nobel Literature Prize guilty of rape charges.

72 yr old Jean Claude Arnault pleaded not guilty, but was sentenced to two years in jail.  

Arnault was previously known for violating century old Nobel prize rules and leaking the names of Nobel Laureates.

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency have withdrawn foreign workers from Gaza “following a series of worrying security incidents” due to protests over UN job cuts.

The cuts follow the United States’ announcement that all funding will be cut from the UNRWA, and were mostly in the mental health services sector.

Protestors were dissatisfied with the job cuts and have appealed to international donors for funding.

A Right to Information request revealed the Commonwealth Bank pays the government $400,000 dollars every year to encourage kids to join their Dollarmites program.

After rejecting the request twice earlier this year, the Queensland Government was forced to reveal the sum as part of the Royal Commission into banking.

Financial author Scott Pape criticised the government and the Commonwealth bank for targeting children and placing them into a ‘marketing database’.

After being missing for more than four years, an eleven-year-old Queensland girl has been found by Australian Federal Police on Sunday.  

With a recovery order being issued by the Family court in June of 2014, Layla Leisha was believed to have been with her father at the time of her disappearance.

Early investigations suggested she had been residing with relatives in Lismore, NSW, however the AFP has declined to specify where she was found.

Teens from a remote indigenous community are using new technology to create a virtual reality adaptation of their acclaimed comic book series ‘NEOMAD’.

The four teenagers from rural Pilbara, Western Australia, are in talks with the ABC and NITV recreate their digital comic, titled 'Future Dreaming.'

One of the creators, Max Coppin, said VR was a different mode of storytelling for them, but believes it is a part of their own cultural legacy.

Workers at Australia’s five major airports will protest working conditions and pay in a global day of action today.

The Transport Workers’ Union said forced part-time hours, low pay, and split shifts have led to workers sleeping at the airport, endangering aviation safety and security.

The Brisbane protest will occur at the domestic terminal between Qantas and Virgin at 11am this morning.

An Egyptian human rights activist has become the second woman to be jailed this year after speaking out on Facebook about sexual harassment.

Amal Fathy has been sentenced to two years in prison for allegedly making “public insults”, “spreading false news”, and “possessing indecent material”.

Amnesty International has called on Egyptian authorities to release Fathy from detention and drop all charges.