Theresa May, British Prime Minister is refusing to back reform of Northern Ireland’s restrictive abortion rules, after neighbouring Ireland’s successful vote to liberalise its laws.

Britain's women and equalities minister, Penny Mordaunt stated that the victory to legalise abortion in Ireland should now bring change to the north of the Irish border.

In Jakarta, the Indonesian Parliament passed new anti-terrorism laws last week in the wake of a series of bombings in Surabaya earlier this month.

The laws hand the police power to detain suspected terrorists for twenty-one days without charge, and an additional two-hundred days after being charged to gather evidence before handing the case to the courts.

More information on the Indonesian military’s involvement with these new laws will be expected within one-hundred days.

An Australian branch of an international cleaning company has been fined over $170,000 after numerous complaints from staff employed at the Melbourne Cricket Ground were received by the Fair Work Ombudsman.

Ombudsman investigators were examining exploitation of overseas workers employed at the MCG and found 11 staff were underpaid over $37,000 for cleaning work after several football matches throughout 2014.

The staff were employed through counterfeit contracts under the premise of being ‘independent contractors.’

Barnaby Joyce’s decision to feature in an exclusive interview with Channel Seven has sparked condemnation from several politicians.

As he is expected to receive $150,000 for the interview, many politicians have questioned if it is appropriate for parliamentarians to be paid for media interviews.

Much of the criticism stems from his previous requests for the public and media to ‘respect his privacy’ after his relationship with Vikki Campion was revealed in February this year.

Queensland’s Capricorn Caves have been voted the best place to listen to Opera in Australia, beating the Sydney Opera House.

The caves are located north of Rockhampton and have an acoustic score of 2.1, which over the perfect acoustic score of 2.

Ex miner Bruce Edwards has been bringing The Underground Opera Company to the caves for the last decade.

Christopher Trotter’s renowned mechanical kangaroos on George Street in Brisbane’s city have been a point of interest for more than 19 years.

The 49-year- old artist has now introduced a new exhibition to promote his latest works. His Foreign Bodies exhibition can now be viewed at the Ipswich Art Gallery until July 22nd.

His new exhibition showcases 17 new metal sculptures, connecting unrelated materials and textures.

Oman and neighbouring Yemen face extreme weather condition as a cyclone hits the southern coast.

Thirteen people are dead and eight missing as the city of Salalah faces flash-flooding in the wake of Cyclone Mekunu.

Cyclone Mekunu is the most powerful recorded cyclone to hit the Omani coast and its deluge worth three years of rainfall.

French President Emmanuel Macron has rewarded a 22-year-old migrant with a French citizenship and a job as a firefighter.

Mamoudou Gassama was awarded these rights after scaling an apartment building, climbing five floors to save a young child dangling from a balcony.

He has been regarded as a hero, also being awarded with a medal from the president for “courage and devotion”.

A haze of smoke has descended over Sydney this morning from regional controlled burnings.

This is one of several instances of smoke hazes this month that have affected air quality across the city.

The smoke hazes have prompted the Asthma Foundation of New South Wales to call for fire protection regulations that will not compromise health requirements.