An offensive effort by Saudi-led coalition forces on the Yemen port of Hodeida [HODAYDAH] has been condemned by the UN Security Council.

South Australia will become the first state to abolish a mandatory reporting exemption for Church confessions.

A bipartisan deal being pushed to amend legislation to stop foreign interference in Australian politics and media is striking protest from charities.

TransLink is set to reclaim $6.7 million from Go Cards which have not been used for half a decade.

Mansfield families facing the biggest rate rise in the 2018-19 Brisbane council budget are warning the flow-on effects will be felt by their kids and local businesses.

A new United Nations report has warned that global warming will exceed 1.5 degrees by roughly 2040.

The report comes after the United States pulled out and weakened the Paris climate change agreement last year.

The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change states that only “rapid and far-reaching” transitions in the world economy could prevent global warming of more than 1.5 degrees Celsius.

Australian born British gay rights activist, Peter Tatchell, has been detained by Russian Police and charged with breaking the law for holding a one man protest in Moscow.

Tatchell was protesting the human rights abuses of gay men in Chechnya, where dozens of men have come forward and spoken out against the use of torture in prison facilities.

He has been charged with violating Federal Law 54 and the Presidential Decree 202, which ban all protests around the Kremlin during the World Cup.

The New South Wales state government announced a $1 billion dollar investment into the state ambulance service ahead of the NSW budget next Tuesday.

The investment will see 750 new paramedics and call centre staff added to the service, with the first 200 being deployed in the next 12 months.

Treasurer Dominic Perrottet said that the investment will mean more paramedics in Sydney’s West and South-West regions.

The Australian Energy Market Commission has found that fewer households in Australia are confident in their electricity providers than internet and bank companies.

A survey found that trust in the energy sector is at 39%, down from 50% from last year.

AEMC Chairman, John Pierce, said that the closure of Northern and Hazelwood generators is partly to blame, as it’s leading to price fluctuations, but that retailers are still not doing enough to help their customers.