University of Queensland Researchers are investigating the links between ant and wasp stings and their relationship to human pain physiology and help with revolutionary pain treatments

Researchers state that the insects venom have been previously neglected due to their size and venom yield as well as a widespread misconception that their venom was more simplistic than originally believed.

Two toddlers are suffering in immigration detention with their parents, after being deported from Biloela in Queensland.

Recent medical reports show that the two Australian born girls are showing behavioural disturbances due to isolation and lack of contact with other children.

The family came to Australia fleeing Sri Lanka’s civil war, on a temporary bridging Visa, and when their Visa ran out in March, they were placed into detention.

Refugees from the Idlib province are saying that Syrian rebels are keeping families captive in camps, and stopping them from fleeing the violence.

As Russian and Syrian forces prepare a final offensive against the rebel stronghold, they have created avenues to get the refugees out of the warzone.

Unfortunately, rebel forces won’t allow the thousands of men, women and children to leave, leaving them stranded in the line of fire.

Recent Changes in the US state of New York will now allow people who do not identify as male or female to change their birth designation on their birth certificates to ‘X’ as of Wednesday.

The new legislation allows people outside the male or female gender designations to change their birth certificates gender without an affidavit from a doctor or mental health professionals and allow parents to choose a non-binary birth designation for their newborns at birth.

Former Adelaide residents Lisa and Germayne Cunningham have pleaded not guilty to 11 charges in an Arizona court, including first degree murder and child abuse.

If found guilty, the couple with be faced with the death penalty over the death and abuse of Mr Cunningham’s daughter Sanaa.

Seven years old at the time of her death in early 2017, Sanaa was subject to abuse and neglect, with Child Services investigating the couple multiple times before she passed away.

The Hobart city council is planning on introducing Smart Bins into their city in an attempt to both modernise and help clean up the city

The Bins will be fitted with sensors that will relay how full the bin is and help city bin deployment, showing where wins are needed and where they are not and increase city safety by relaying whether fire are being started from cigarette butts or whether offensive smells are being caused from particular bins

The Brisbane Mater Mothers' Public Hospital is investigating the death of a woman died two days after being discharged from hospital last month, after giving birth.

It’s understood she suffered a suspected blood clot after having a caesarean delivery.

According to recent data from the Queensland Department of Education, almost 11 prep and year 1 students are suspended from school every day.

In the last school year, almost 3000 prep and year one students were suspended due to serious behavioural issues in the classroom.

To help ease the pressure on teachers, the Queensland Government introduced a teacher aide into every prep classroom across the state.