Former first Lady Barbara Bush died on Tuesday at the age of 92, after she elected to receive ‘comfort care’ over additional medical treatments following a series of hospitalisations.

A statement issued by the office of former President George H.W. Bush said that Barbara “has been a rock in the face of her failing health, worrying not for herself, but for others”.

Refugee groups are urging the Turnbull government to create a new community-sponsored resettlement program that would allow for up to ten thousand people to immigrate to Australia over the next five years.

The proposed scheme would work in addition to the current Australian humanitarian migration quota, and Australian communities, individuals, families and businesses can nominate humanitarian visa applicants for settlement, but must be able to prove the refugee has strong employment prospects and can be cared for during their first year in the country.

A secret high-level report has revealed overnight that NSW top transport officials were warned to delay the recent timetable changes for Sydney’s rail network, several months after experts warned there was a “substantial risk of failing to deliver the level of performance which the public expect”.

The report warned there was ‘little room’ for rail systems to fail and also revealed tensions and resentments between the transport agencies.

A study by the University of Melbourne has found people released from Queensland prisons with mental health and substance abuse issues are 12 times more likely to be hospitalised compared to the general community.

University of Melbourne Centre for Mental Health, research fellow Jesse Young said of the 1307 men and women analysed the top three injuries recorded were assault, self-harm and mechanical force, such as crushing injuries from external forces.

The Ipswich City Council have announced that the waste in yellow lid recycling bins will be dumped in landfill.

The announcement comes after the city’s recycling contractor announced the the cost of their services is projected to rise by $2 million a year.

The Ipswich City Council also stated that the large amount of non-recyclable material deposited in yellow top bins was also a factor in their decision.

A cure for HIV could be closer after research was released from Trinity College Dublin about how the virus avoids being dispelled from the body.

Scientists discovered that the virus disables the pathways between molecules in the body that allow the body to eliminate it.

It is thought by strengthening these pathways, the body could potentially remove it, therefore reducing the risk of AIDS.

The White House has issued a statement calling for allies to take greater responsibility in establishing peace in the Middle East.

This follows the successful air strikes on Syria by the US, UK and France.

The White House also added that the eradication of ISIS is a priority.

A graphic created by The Guardian with data from the Tangaroa Blue Foundation has identified that 75% of rubbish on Australian beaches is plastic.

Over 2 and a half million pieces of debris was collected from beaches and recorded in a database from 2016-2017, with about ¾ of the items made from plastic.

A big motive for the data collection is to help understand where the debris is coming from, to then work with industries and governments to cut off litter at the source.

An Aussie led team of galactic archaeologists are trying to find stars born at the same time and place as our Sun.

Stars formed together in clusters share the same chemical composition and can help us to understand the history of the Milky Way.

The project has over three hundred and forty thousand stars to analyse to try and find a sibling to our sun.