India and Pakistan have declared a ceasefire along their disputed border in Kashmir on Tuesday evening.

If successful, the ceasefire will temper border hostilities between the neighbors in the disputed region that has recently witnessed some of its worst violence in years.

Civilians from both nations are eager to restart their lives and return home, and are hopeful that the truce will stick.

The federal government has announced a two million dollar trial of assistance dogs as a supplement to clinical treatment for veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.

Veterans’ Affairs Minister Darren Chester said unlike companion dogs, assistance dogs are specially trained to perform takes that aid in clinical recovery.

La Trobe University will undertake the trial in early 2019 and will match the temperament of a dog or puppy with a participant with the hopes of permanent placement.

Victorian Police have faked more than a quarter of a million roadside breath analysis tests.

An internal investigation has bound the tests were falsified over a period of five and a half years, with police likely to have been blowing into the machines themselves in an attempt to meet targets.

Assistant Commissioner Russell Barrett called it a breach of the communities trust.

“It’s terrible. It’s terrible behaviour when we’re the leader of road safety,” he said.

A Marist College boy who was injured in a high ropes incident on a school cam last week is expected to be released from hospital in the next few days.

The year nine student, was on the second day of the Sunshine Coast camp when he received severe neck and head injuries.

Marist College released a statement that said the boy is in the process of being weaned off his medication and his condition is improving.

The workers of Milton’s XXXX Brewery gathered outside the factory yesterday to protest a lack of job security in the face of an increased casualisation of their workforce.

Australian Council of Trade Unions Secretary Sally McManus joined the workers, her first appearance since the campaign of limited strikes began two months ago.

McManus says it is critically important for XXXX’s parent company Lion to use labour for peaks and troughs, and not replace the existing permanent workforce.

A report has found funding for independent and Catholic schools is three times the amount that Public schools are receiving.

The report found that whilst the Government had increased funding to public schools in Queensland by $479 per student, the Queensland Government had actually reduced the funding to public schools to $144 per student.

Service dog, Eleanor Rigby, went into labour at a Florida airport while waiting to board her flight.

The Golden Retriever delivered a litter of eight puppies, seven males and one female, with assistance from

Florida paramedics.

The puppies’ proud Dad, Nugget, also a service dog, was present to provide moral support.

The Papua New Guinea Government is considering blocking Facebook while it investigates how to regulate the social media platform.

Defamatory publications, fake news, and identity theft have been cited as grounds for a temporary ban.

This follows moves by the Government to disconnect mobile phone sim cards which are not connected to users with formal identification.

Australian beekeepers are feeling stung by global shortages of beeswax with prices skyrocketing due to increased demand.

Australia’s beeswax is in demand internationally, as Australian honey bees are the only ones not threatened by the destructive varroa mite.

Men’s barbers in particular have been impacted by the price rises, as beeswax is a key ingredient in beard and moustache styling products.