At-home screening for 60 rare genetic disorders in babies is now a reality thanks to Sydney pathology company, Genepath.

Laboratory director Dr Ben Shum said the test checks for 50 conditions not currently subject to genetic screening in Australia.

While the test is not cheap or covered by Medicare currently, the hope for the future is to change this.

Nearly half of all Australian companies are being affected by cyber crime, according to a PwC global survey.

According to PwC cyber markets leader Steve Ingram, hacking is becoming simpler and easier for hackers, as well as cheaper.

60 percent of economic crimes in Australia are committed by a “frenemy”, an individual under the guise of a customer, supplier or employee.

Dismantling of rocket launch sites has seemingly begun in North Korea, with part of a key rocket site being destroyed spotted by satellite images.

The action comes as part of a promise made between US and North Korean leaders in June.

US leaders are unsure whether the site is a satellite launch site, as suggested by Pyongyang officials, with the US believing the site was used as a ballistic missile testing facility.

Hundreds of Syrian White Helmet rescue workers and their families have been evacuated to safety in Jordan with help from Israeli soldiers.

The request for the evacuation came as the volunteers and their relatives were threatened by advancing forces of the Syrian government in the south of the country.

The Syrian government has condemned the evacuation, accusing the White Helmets of being a Western-sponsored terrorist organisation.

Greek authorities says at least 20 people have died and another 69 hospitalised as two major forest fires burn near Athens.

The fires have prompted residents and tourists to flee to beaches east of Athens to be rescued by boat.

Greece is seeking international assistance to help cope with the fires.

A government inquiry will be launched into the New Generation Rollingstock trains, which have been criticised for disability access issues and various defects.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced retired District Court Judge Michael Forde will conduct an inquiry into the procurement of the trains, and their failure to comply with disability laws.

The $4.4 billion NGR trains, ordered by the Newman government in 2014, were delivered 18 months late and required an additional $150 million to fix major defects.

The number of Australians receiving breakthrough treatment for Hepatitis C has decreased sharply, having dropped to uptake numbers less than half of those when the treatment was introduced in March 2016.

Hepatitis Australia CEO Helen Tyrrell has warned those affected by the disease should seek treatment immediately as the virus can progress to serious liver disease, if left untreated.

Around 60,000 Australians have been treated since the introduction of the medicines, however more than 170,000 are still living with the virus.

New policy changes which allow NSW girls attending public schools to wear pants or shorts are set to come into practice this week.

The changes are accompanied by strict guidelines which force schools to give three years notice to parents when introducing changes to mandatory big ticket items, such as blazers.

The changes come 10 days after Queensland passed similar policy changes.

A public health warning has been issued across NSW after a poisonous imported eyeliner was discovered in Western Sydney.

Hashmi Kohl Aswad eyeliner was found to contain dangerous levels of lead and other hazardous materials.

The discovery comes after three children became ill, with elevated levels of lead in their blood attributed to the product.