Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said the UN is “finished” after failing to act against Israel’s use of lethal force against Palestinians demonstrating as part of the ‘Great March of Return.’

Mr Erdogan said the UN “collapsed” in the face of the crisis and accused Israel of “tyranny” while promising to evacuate the injured from Gaza.

Turkey and South Africa have both recalled their ambassadors to Israel, with Turkey also temporarily expelling their Israeli ambassador.

A survey has revealed Gen Z and Millennials are worried their jobs will be replaced by robots in the coming future.

The 2018 Deloitte Millennial Survey revealed 6 out of 10 Millennials and 7 out of 10 Gen Z workers felt they didn’t have the skills they need to succeed in the new digital economy with 32% of working Millennials fearful they will be replaced by robots.

An ongoing Roy Morgan survey has found 256,000 Australians who have had health insurance at one point in their lives did not renew it in the year before March 2018, up from 182,000 the previous year.

With the latest 3.95 percent premium rise in April, policyholders have been slugged with a cumulative 70 percent price rise since 2008.

Roy Morgan analyst Norman Morris said, “There is major doubt among many members regarding the current value to them of retaining their private health insurance.”

The office of the Victorian Health Complaints Commissioner will conduct an inquiry into therapeutic treatments that are antagonistic towards queer sexualities and transgender and gender-questioning individuals.

The investigation hopes shine a light on the continuance of Gay Conversion Therapy practices, which while widely discredited by medical establishments are still offered by unlicensed counsellors and by licensed practitioners under a number of euphemisms, most commonly as “spiritual guidance” by religious operators.

The Brisbane Metro’s underground station at the Cultural Centre, which will cost a third of the metro’s $944 million budget, has taken virtual shape, with fly-through animation released on Tuesday despite the project still being negotiated with the State Government.

Lord Mayor Graham Quirk says the council has asked the state government for the 1600-square-metre lot on Grey Street at South Brisbane, which is crucial for the underground station to go ahead, and a 4.5 hectare lot at Rochedale.

Brisbane City Council committed yesterday to banning plastic straws, single-use plastic water bottles and helium balloons, despite ruling out the ban from plans made a fortnight ago.

The ban was re-proposed in yesterday’s council meeting, with both parties agreeing a ban is needed for single-use plastics in order to continue creating sustainable initiatives for the future.

Opposition Councillor Jared Cassidy says the implementing of the ban is a win for the people of Brisbane.

People may be able to download and transplant their memories sooner than they think.

A new study conducted by the University of California Los Angelos claims to have successfully transplanted a simple memory from one sea snail to another.

Lead researcher David Glanzman says “in the not-too distant future, we could potentially use this to ameliorate the effects of Alzheimers disease or post-traumatic stress disorder.”

Bill Shorten is claiming a culture problem within the Liberal party is to blame for the underrepresentation of women in the party.

This comes as City Councillor Julian Simmonds was preselected for the Queensland seat of Ryan instead of Coalition MP Jane Prentice.

Mr Shorten says female politicians are becoming an “endangered species” due to decisions such as this.

Strange readings have been discovered coming from a dead space craft reveal new evidence of water Europa.

Researchers using 21- year old data from NASA’s Galileo spacecraft have found evidence of a plume of material coming from the surface of one of Jupiter's moons.

Lori Glaze, acting director of NASA’s Planetary Science Division, spoke about how the results show that old data from long-gone spacecraft “hold a lot of secrets we haven’t yet uncovered”.