The Vatican have confirmed the Pope will meet with US Catholic Church leaders following allegations he knew about the misconduct of an American ex-cardinal for years and didn’t act on it. 

55 people were killed after an overcrowded bus plunged into a gorge in India yesterday. 

Sexually transmitted infections have surged in Victoria and in 2017 the state recorded its highest numbers since records began in 1991, says the Department of Health and Human Services.

A Victorian school project is helping Aboriginal students stay at school by taking them out of the classroom and on country.

A nine-year-old girl was disciplined at Kenmore South State School for refusing to stand for the national anthem during assembly.

The Queensland parliamentary committee is considering laws to decriminalise abortion and will hold a public hearing in Brisbane today, after emotional hearings in Townsville and Cairns earlier in the week.

The Brisbane hearing is expected to hear from pro-life group Cherish Life Queensland, as well as the Australian Medical Association Queensland and the Queensland Law Society.

The committee is due to report back to the government by October 5, with laws expected to be debated in state parliament later that month.
 

A cholera emergency has been declared in the Zimbabwe capital Harare after 20 have died from the disease.

The leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea have reopened crossing points on their shared border for the first time in 20 years. 

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and President Isaias Afwerki ended two decades of hostility and transformed the border into a frontier of stunning reconciliation. 

The two countries have resumed flights and officially opened the border for road connectivity and trade. 

The two leaders also celebrated Ethiopian New Year together at the border with their troops on Tuesday.
 

Coles has expanded its Quiet Hour initiative to include more than 170 supermarkets as part of their ongoing effort to provide a more comfortable shopping experience for customers with autism spectrum disorder.