A new health initiative aiding those suffering from Hepatitis B is currently seeing success within the Northern Territory, giving hope to sufferers nationwide.

Led by the Menzies School of Health Research, the NT program assists local indigenous Australians through an introduction of a new smartphone app, robust screenings and follow ups.

The app itself provides useful information in numerous indigenous languages, helping in identifying, engaging, monitoring and treating people who suffer from this disease.

In a survey released by NRMA, drivers operating their phones while driving were indicated as the greatest menace to our roads.

Over 75 per cent of the 1500 members surveyed ranked illegal phone use behind the wheel as their biggest road safety fear, ranking higher than drink driving and speeding.

The data went as far as to indicate drivers in the age group from 26-39 as the worst offenders, with over 74,000 motorists reprimanded.

Thousands of Romanians gathered in Bucharest as part of an ongoing protest, demanding the resignation of the government and Prime Minister Viorica Dancila.

Violent clashes between protesters and riot police began on Friday, as security forces fired tear gas grenades and water cannons to disperse the crowd, injuring more than 450 people.

President Klaus Iohannis condemned the riot police’s intervention, describing their actions as disproportionate to the actions of the majority in the square.

With Italy and Malta’s recent refusal of rescue vessels docking with migrants on board, ships are becoming increasingly unwilling to help those in distress at sea.

On Friday, Doctors Without Borders’ rescue ship, Aquarius, saved 141 people at sea who reported several ships had passed without offering aid.

Doctors Without Borders project coordinator, Aloys Vimard, said ships may be unwilling to help those in need due to the high risk of being stranded and denied a place of safety.

At least ten tourism operators on the Brisbane River could lose their inner city pontoon in order to make way for the Neville Bonner Bridge in South Bank.

The privately funded structure is a part of the Queen’s Wharf Brisbane Project, which connects the planned casino and hotel complex to South Bank parklands.

Brisbane City Council have continually called for the development to be scrapped, citing budget concerns along with the displacement of these local businesses.

Data collected by the Brisbane City Council’s Speed Awareness Monitors has revealed that over 50 per cent of drivers were speeding across Brisbane in 2017 to 2018.

South Brisbane and Bracken Ridge were indicated to be worst areas for speeding, with thousands of motorists disregarding the visual warnings from the established Speed Awareness Monitor.

The initiative by the Brisbane City Council did however show promising signs, with two in every five motorists reducing their speed when alerted by the SAM signs.

The number of Australians dying from hepatitis C-related diseases has declined by 20 per cent over the last two years, according to research from The Kirby Institute.

Despite the drop, treatment uptake has decreased by more than 50 per cent and 170,000 people in Australia are estimated to still live with chronic hepatitis C.  

Hepatitis C disproportionately impacts Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, drug users, and those in incarceration.

A lobby comprised of cancer patients and oncologists are calling on the government to subsidise more cancer drugs on the PBS, due to fears many are missing out.

With the average cancer patient facing $60,000 costs for access, data indicates 3500 patients are accessing the treatment, while more than 6000 are missing out due to the financial burden.

The lobby believes the current practice of only subsidising drugs for specific cancers is holding back treatments from those with rare forms of the disease.

Taliban and Afghani army forces have continued fighting for the fourth day in Ghazni, after a surprise attack that amounted an estimated 300 casualties.

If the Taliban succeeds in occupying the strategic city, they could potentially control an entire province for the first time in the 17-year Afghan war, making it their most important victory yet.

Mobile phone towers have been destroyed, making communication scarce, but it is understood citizens are unable to safely leave their homes, and that electricity, water and medical supplies are low.