According to the World Bank, climate change will cause over 140 million people to migrate before 2050.

The World Bank said this migration does not need to be a crisis if action is taken now.

John Roome, a senior director for climate change at the World Bank, said governments need to reduce their emissions, incorporate migration into development planning, and invest in further data and analysis.

Uber has suspended tests on self-driving cars after one of their vehicles struck and killed a pedestrian in a suburb of Phoenix, Arizona on Sunday night.  

The vehicle was in fully autonomous mode when the accident occurred.

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said the company was working with local police to investigate the accident.

The statement that Indigenous Australians were part of the flora and fauna act before the 1967 referendum has been called out for being a popular myth that originated from the 1970s.

Throughout campaigns of the 67 referendum, the statement was meant in a metaphorical way to emphasise how indigenous people were treated like animals.

The validity of the statement was investigated by the fact-checking program which ABC’s runs in partnership with RMIT University.

The Victorian bushfire alert downgraded on Tuesday morning as firefighters stopped the spread of the fire.

The full scope of the devastation was yet to be revealed, however up to 18 homes, 42 dairy and machinery sheds and hundreds of livestock have been confirmed lost.

The Country Fire Authority said people should continue to stay informed and monitor conditions.

Brisbane cyclists who have claimed to be injured or had their bikes damaged after slipping on the goodwill bridge have received compensation from the department of public works.

The department had received complaints from 18 people in the last 12 months since the bridge was repainted.

Donald Campbell from the Department of public works said the bridge is not up to standard and it is “perplexing’ that the resurfacing was not able to replicate the non-slip properties of earlier coatings.

Queensland ministers have been banned from using personal email and apps such as Snapchat and Facebook Messenger for official business.

This came after Minister Mark Bailey came under fire last year for using a private email account for official communication whilst he was the energy minister.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said that every minister is aware of this policy and will need to follow it.

Scientists at Western Sydney University have used stem cells to create human eye lens cells, and then grow them into eye lenses.

New research could mean some of the 100 children born with cataracts in Australia each year would not have the same experience as other children.

It is still early days for the treatment and it would need to be further developed and tested before it could be used in humans.

German public transport experts have recommended an overhaul of southeast Queensland’s transport system after a culture of mistrust was discovered between Queensland Rail and Translink.

The man that was given the task 13 months ago to completely change Queensland Rail has already provided the Queensland Government with recommendations in a stage one report.