Questions have been raised over Racing Victoria’s handling and investigation of a recent doping scandal that resulted in three people being banned for life and five others penalised.

The ABC Four Corners program was told that investigations into banned trainer Robert Smerdon should have started earlier given his previous transgressions and unusually long winning streak.

David Davis, the UK Brexit secretary has resigned after finding his position untenable with Prime Minister Theresa May’s recent decision to have looser ties with the European Union after Brexit.

BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg says there are significant tensions within cabinet, as the prime minister selected a mix of remain and leave supporters to serve in the ministry.

A United States delegation to the World Health Organisation have been accused of threatening to withdraw military aid and introduce punitive trade measures against Ecuador, after the country presented a motion in support of breastfeeding.

The United States delegation attempted to water down the motion, which advocated for government support, protection and promotion of breastfeeding.

The Queensland Law Reform Commission’s report on decriminalising abortion is set to come before cabinet on July 16, including recommendations for decriminalisation and provision of safe-access zones around clinics.

The Sunday Mail reports that resulting legislation is on track to be introduced in the August parliamentary sittings, with Premier Annastacia Palasczuk allowing a conscience vote for Labor.

A new and improved illustrated dictionary containing close to 300 words and watercolour pictures has been created for children who speak Yolngu Matha languages.

The resources was developed by remote Northern Territory primary school teacher and Indigenous languages student Grace Tongatua.

More than ten years in the making, the dictionary had input from linguists , teachers and communities across the Northern Territory.

Under a new Federal Government plan to be announced today every high school would have to employ science and maths teachers who have studied those subjects at a university level.

The government had found around one in five year 7 to 10 general science teachers in 2013 had not completed even a year of university study in that area.

Education Minister Simon Birmingham said he hoped the move would encourage more high schoolers to take maths and sciences classes, and lead to further studies in these areas.

Indonesia is projected to be the most powerful nations in the world in the coming decades if its economy continues to grow at its current rate.

Australian National University strategist Hugh White has discussed what these could mean for Australia in a lead essay for the latest edition of Australian Foreign Affairs magazine.

Professor White said there were two main ways to look at Indonesia’s growth: as a potential threat or as a potential strategic asset in a region where power dynamics are beginning to shift in China’s favour.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Eritrean President Isaia Afwerki (AFF-WORK-EE) have announced the re-establishment of diplomatic and trading ties between the neighbouring countries.

The move will include the establishment of embassies in their respective capitals, as well as allowing Ethiopia to use Eritrea’s ports.

Ties between the countries were previously severed after a border dispute between the countries ended in the death of tens of thousands of people.