The US Holocaust Museum is stripping Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi (CHI) of a prestigious human rights accolade for her courageous leadership and great personal sacrifice in advancing the freedom and dignity of the Burmese people."

The Museum said it is rescinding the award due to Suu Kyi’s inaction to condemn and stop the military’s brutal campaign targeting the Rohingya population.

In the United States, the Harvard Medical School and The Foundation for Research and Education in Eating Disorders are collaborating to establish a storage facility for the brains of recently deceased persons with eating disorders.

It is hoped that this will become an invaluable resource for researchers worldwide seeking to understand how eating disorders alter the structure of the brain.

The South Australian Labour Party has promised to extend the tramline along O'Connell Street into North Adelaide, if successfully re-elected.

The new tramline would include 8 new trams to service the new route with a 10-minute frequency.

Premier Jay Weatherill said this project will not only create construction jobs but also reinvigorate O'Connell Street, helping to attract more visitors and investment, boost economic activity and encourage urban renewal.

94 train services will be cut in Sydney as of Monday, to allow for tweaks to the rail timetable following the network meltdown experienced two months ago.

The changes will mainly affect the Northern, North Shore, Bankstown, Cumberland and Carlingford lines and won’t affect peak hours.

These changes come as a result of the high-level report released last month, that looked into the networks ability to recover from major incidents.

Beaudesert farmer, Derek Shirley found six blown up cows lying dead, in a straight line after thunderstorms swept across south-east Queensland

Mr Shirley believes the cows were struck by lighting, which is what threw them against and into a wire fence.

ABC science expert Dr Karl Kruszelnicki said “the force of being pushed into the fence isn't what killed the cows” rather the electric currents which pass through the body would have resulted in simultaneous heart attacks.

Mr Shirley estimated the four cows and two calves were worth approximately $10,000.

Queensland Attorney-General and Minister For Justice Yvette D’Ath shared to parliament the story of the first same sex couple to marry in Australia.

Sunshine Coast couple, Jo Grant and Jill Kindt  were married on December the 15th 2017, 8 days after the legislation legalising same sex marriage passed in Federal parliament.

The White House is open to providing exemptions to some countries from President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs on steel and aluminium.

White House spokesperson Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Mexico and Canada could be exempt from tariffs on imported steel and aluminium based on national security reasons and other countries could possibly be exempt based on this process.

Australian Trade Minister Steve Ciobo continues to pursue an exemption for Australia's steel and aluminium interests.

Indonesian zoo staff have apologized after being condemned by animal rights activist when footage of an orangutan smoking went viral.

A visitor allegedly flicked a cigarette into the enclosure at Bandung zoo, and Odon, 22, picked it up and started puffing - adding to Indonesia's bad record of animal protection.

Marison Guciano, founder of the Indonesia Animal Welfare Society, attacked the zoo's management for "weak control", but also criticised a wider lack of welfare standards at zoos.

Research by the Department of transport and Regional Services has discovered that female farmers are responsible for 49% of real farm income.

However, Agricultural Bodies continue to be male dominated, with women accounting for only 13 percent of rural representative body membership, and 7% of the leadership of publicly listed agricultural companies.