New tracking technology has allowed the release of critically endangered orange-bellied parrots into the wild in Victoria.

The birds born into captivity are being placed with migratory parrots and are set to be released near Geelong.

The project manager, Rachel Pritchard, says the parrot’s population in the wild “has dwindled to around 50”.

A crackdown on nursing homes and personal aged care assistants will be introduced by Minister for Aged Care, Ken Wyatt.

The plan comes after scandals across Australia within nursing homes to prevent failures and enforce quality standards.  

It includes the merging of a number of agencies into a new Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission.

Kendrick Lamar has become the first non-classical or jazz musician to win a Pulitzer prize.

Lamar was awarded the prize for his 2017 studio album ‘DAMN’ for his ‘virtuosic song collection’, with the Pulitzer board saying he captured the ‘Modern African American life’, within his music.

Lamar has won acclaim over his four studio albums, for his deep lyrical content, politically charged live performances, and his profound mix of hip hop, spoken word, jazz, soul, funk and poetry.

One person has died and seven are injured after an engine blew on a Southwest Airline flight from New York to Dallas.

While flying at 30 000 feet a window was smashed and the fuselage was damaged when they were hit by shrapnel.

Witnesses say the woman who died was partially sucked out of the plane and the passengers worked together to deal with the situation

Three lionesses and their eight cubs have been found poisoned in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda.

Local villagers have been blamed for the death of the eleven endangered lions after they supposedly killed one of the village cows.

Uganda’s Tourism and Wildlife Minister says the deliberate killing of animals is condemned in the strongest terms possible and the Wildlife Authority is investigating the incident.  

Australia's foreign minister Julie Bishop has said businesses across the Commonwealth could be the key to eradicating modern slavery across the world.

Speaking at the launch of a Walk Free Foundation on Modern Slavery, Bishop iterated that the commonwealth nations make up a quarter of the UN, with 2.4 billion citizens and that we ‘make a difference when we speak’.

This comes after new figures suggest that 40.3 million people are in modern slavery today.

Laws in the Northern Territory currently don’t allow domestic violence victims to break their rental lease in order to escape domestic or family violence.

Currently, tenants can be ‘blacklisted’ for breaking their lease in order to escape their perpetrator, therefore leaving the victims trapped and in horrific circumstances.

However, a parliamentary committee is set to compile a report by May 1st to bring the Northern Territory up to speed with the rest of Australia.

New research shows the Turnbull government’s national energy guarantee will not be enough to meet emission reduction targets.

The Energy Security Board’s economic modelling notes an additional 9271 megawatts of solar and wind power is needed in the national electricity market for any current projects to be efficient.

GetUp’s energy campaign director, Miriam Lyons says “Malcolm Turnbull isn’t just trying to slam the brakes on renewables, he’s putting the car in reverse.”

A pensioner who pioneered a $400 million plus water park on the Sunshine Coast has won a court battle with investors after being left with nothing

The 73 year old Arthur Downing spent five years finding the site on Steve Irwin Way before agreeing to his project in exchange for $1.25 million.

But he was never paid. However, a recent appeal has ruled in favour of Mr Downing and the company is now in the final stages of negotiating the bulk of the earthworks contracts.