The World Health Organisation has called on South-East Asian countries to increase their efforts in providing universal health care without having to suffer financial difficulties.

World Health Organisation (WHO) South-East Asia regional director Poonam Khetrapal Singh said universal health care is a fundamental human right and imperative for countries to create more productive economies.

Astrophysicists have found proof of the hypothesised thousands of black holes clustered around Sagittarius A, the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way.

Scientists have long believed that Black Holes are drawn towards to the centres of galaxy’s, but until recently have had no evidence that this phennomen non has occurred in our own.

Holes are notoriously difficult human technology to observe, with only 60 known to human researchers before this latest discovery of dozens in a small area near the galactic centre.

Wastewater test results have shown that Regional Western Australia recorded the highest average ice consumption in Australia.

The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission's March report revealed that more than eight tonnes of methylamphetamine had been consumed in regional Western Australia between August 2016 and August 2017.

Regional wasn’t the only area affected however, with Western Australia capital Perth also showing high levels of ice consumption, placing second after Adelaide as the the capital with the highest ice consumption in Australia.

The looming statewide ban of single use plastic bags is forcing many to think about what they will do when forced to break their long-established habits.

Lindsay Miles took up the challenge six years ago after seeing a poster promoting a plastic-free July challenge.

Ms Miles said she has now reached her goal, and suggests others wanting to make the plastic free change
buy second hand, grow their own and purchase reusables to avoid the packaging and unnecessary amounts of plastic.

Queensland Police have revealed that 90 per cent of reports made to the triple zero emergency hotline in 2017 should have been relayed to police through other avenues.

This high ratio of non-emergency calls can prevent police from quickly responding to genuine crisis situations.

Queensland Police asked that noise complaints, vehicular accidents where no injuries have occured, and reports of breaks in where no offender is present, which callers often assume to be Triple 0 incidents, be directed to the PoliceLink hotline instead.

A top Brisbane law firm partner who filed false time sheets to swindle more than $515,000 from clients has been fined $20,000 but has not been banned from practising.

Luke James McDonald, a solicitor specialising in planning and environmental law, started adding false hours to 914 electronic time sheets in 2012 and within 18 months had scammed 23 clients.

Former Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja  Purnama  known as “Ahok” request for his case to be reviewed has been rejected by a panel of judges led by Justice Artidjo Alkostar in the Supreme Court.

A lawyer for Ahok, Fifi Lety Indra has questioned the decision of the Supreme Court to reject his case review petition and plans to discuss the verdict at the Amnesty International Forum today.

Audio streaming service Spotify is now officially the largest music company in the world after going public yesterday, however while the market has valued the company at 25 billion dollars it has yet to turn a profit and is likely to operate in the red for some time to come.

Spotify’s problem is that the income it brings in from subscriptions and advertising does not exceed the cost of licensing the vast library of content that makes the service so attractive to consumers.

Channel 10 has been slammed as ‘bottom-feeders’ by Cricket Australia after the company submitted a multimillion dollar offer for a 5 year deal to broadcast Australian cricket in a joint bid with Channel Nine.

Cricket Australia Chairman David Peever has called out the station calling Ten’s bidding tactics ‘appalling’ and believes it borders on uncompetitive designed to drive the price down.

Major sporting codes rely heavily on broadcast deals to pay players, fund grassroots sport and administration meaning much is at stake for Cricket Australia.