Muslims around the country have taken part in ANZAC Day services to reflect upon the sacrifices of servicemen and woman.

Muslims for Loyalty are an Australian based community group who attended the 7:15 service at Sunnybank RSL.

The group is made up of Ahmadi Muslims who focus on peaceful, nonviolent and loving practices, and take pride in the work they’ve done in the local community including fundraising for Red CRoss and Clean Up Australia Day.

The prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize has been awarded to South African activists Liz McDaid and Makoma Lekala-kala.

The women prevented a controversial nuclear power deal between South Africa and Russia as it was deemed invalid and unconstitutional.

Ms McDaid says it’s important for people to stand up and fight injustices, suggesting “it's like when you come up against bullies, at a certain point, you actually say enough is enough."

A young Ni-Vanuatu boy has gained global attention following his performance in a surfing competition using a duct- taped board.

President of the Vanuatu Surfing Association, Stephanie Mahook, made the Facebook post accompanied with the image of 14 year old

Kaltaliu Kalotiti holding his battered surfboard, held together with layers of duct tape.

New Zealand Surf Magazine managing editor, Steve Dickinson, shared the photo of Kalotiti for his surfing readership and said it didn't take long before the offers started flowing in for a new surfboard.

A new study has revealed that children may have muscles that can perform like those of endurance athletes.

Published in “Frontiers in Physiology”, the study had young boys, untrained men and endurance athletes perform high intensity exercises, then examined how quickly their muscles fatigued and recovered.

The study hopes to explain why 10-year-old boys seem so inde-fatigable, researcher Professor Tony Blazevich, from Edith Cowan University. said the study could be useful in showing where to focus training efforts in young athletes.

The new Royal Adelaide Hospital could face financial penalties  for the substandard food they give to patients.

The hospital has been hit by complaints of over bland, poor quality and late meal deliveries since it’s opening last September.

Health Minister Stephen Wade believes the food being delivered isn’t fulfilling the contract between the Hopital and the Government.

Welfare drug tests may catch one-off users.

An inquiry revealed anyone who tests positive for illicit drug use would be forced to use a cashless debit card for two years which would quarantine 80 percent of welfare payments for housing and food expenses.

If a person tests positive twice they would be referred for medical treatment with refusal resulting in four weeks of payments being withheld.

As ANZAC Day ceremonies take place around the country and across the globe, Brisbane veterans, families and residents gathered in Anzac Square at 4:28 this morning.

Like many attendees, the McNeil family paid their respects to a fallen relative, Patrick Joseph Delacour who died in France while serving with the 41st battalion in World War One.

Tracey and Scott McNeil say they brought her two young sons Finn and Rhys to “show respect to the soldiers, the men and women, the nurses that served in World War One and World War Two to keep us safe.”

A seriously-ill British toddler has survived after having his life support turned off.

The 23 month old, Alfie Evans, has a degenerative neurological condition that doctors have been unable to identify.

He was taken off life support after a court ruled further treatment was futile, however he survived for at least nine hours without assistance.

A twnety-one year old man has been found guilty following the killing of wild little penguins at a Tasmanian beach in 2016.

Despite denying the charges, he was found guilty on the of aggravated cruelty to animals likely to result in death, deformity or serious disablement.

The nine bodies of the penguins were found on Sulphur creek by Luke Williams who described the scene being ‘disturbing’ and ‘violent’.