Israel’s Eurovision crisis is over after the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation made an $18 million dollar payment to the European Broadcasting Union.

A funding dispute between the Israeli broadcaster and the government threatened the country’s ability to host Eurovision after winning this year’s competition.

Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory and ultra-Orthodox Jewish protest against violations of the Jewish Sabbath may also be obstacles for the 2019 host nation.

A former school principal accused of abusing girls at a Melbourne orthodox Jewish school has been ruled fit to face an extradition hearing by Jerusalem’s chief psychiatrist.

Australia has been seeking the extradition of Malka Leifer, who is an Australian-Israeli national, since 2014.

The case stalled due to Ms Leifer presenting evidence she was unfit to stand trial, however, she was arrested in February this year and has been in a Israeli high-security women’s prison.

More than 1 million children in Papua New Guinea will receive polio vaccines in push by the government to avoid a wider polio outbreak.

The government is working with UNICEF and the Global Polio Eradication Initiative to bring in further vaccines as there have been three confirmed cases and 55 suspected polio cases in PNG.

As the vaccines need to be kept cold across the whole delivery chain, it has been a challenge to deliver them to rural and remote areas of the country which don’t always have electricity available.

The Morandi bridge in Italy has collapsed, leaving 26 people dead and 15 people injured.

Almost 40 cars and trucks have been caught up in the debris, with emergency services workers still trying to rescue survivors from the ruins.

In a comment to the media, Transport Minister Danino Toninelli suggests the collapse reflects a dilapidated state of infrastructure and lack of maintenance.

New revenge porn laws will see perpetrators spend up to seven years in jail or face fines over half a million dollars.

The laws to be introduced by the federal government will crackdown on “online creeps,” to defend users who are victimised by the sharing of personal images.

Of the 119 image-based abuses reported as of early June, 79% of people depicted were and one in three were under eighteen.

 For the first time, a comprehensive analysis shows the social and economic impacts being felt by the Stolen Generations and their descendants.

Study results about the intergenerational socioeconomic  impacts of the Stolen Generation have confirmed Indigenous Australians affected, experience increased hardships regarding 38 health and welfare concerns.

A national compensation scheme has been suggested in response to the report, which takes into consideration the pain passed from the Stolen Generation to their descendants.

Energex workers have been hacking council trees while conducting emergency or maintenance work across Brisbane.

Brisbane City Council have received numerous complains of trees being excessively pruned by Energex maintenance workers and left struggling to survive.

Guidelines will be discussed on Friday between Energex and the council to prevent this excessive pruning.

Popular video gamer “Ninja”, also known as Tyler Blevins, has announced that he doesn’t stream with women in order to avoid rumours of ‘flirting.’

In an interview with gaming website Polygon, Blevins attributed his decision to his marriage with fellow streamer Jessica Blevins.

Following his comments, Blevins has been accused of normalising gender discrimination in the gaming community and creating further exclusion in what is already a male-dominated community.