A proposal by the Greens party aims to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030 and to set emission standards for new cars that are in line with American and European standards.

Greens transport spokeswoman, Janet Rice, says the goal of the policy is only to have all new vehicles  electric, not to have people retire their petrol vehicles early.

The Australian Automotive Dealer Association says they welcome an increased appetite for electric cars but consumers needed to have a say.

The Australian Council of Trade Unions is calling for a $50 a week rise in wages to the current minimum wage, which doubles the claim from last year.

The council secretary, Sally McManus, says the pay rise is necessary following the cut to penalty rates which mainly affects those working in retail and hospitality.

Unions will rally today in Melbourne in support for the councils push for the pay rise.

A video of a hospital patient using an amputated leg as a pillow in Uttar Pradesh, India, has led to authorities suspending two doctors and launching an investigation.

The man had been seriously injured in a bus accident, and after repeatedly asking for a pillow, staff used his own amputated leg to prop his head up.

Medical negligence and over stretched hospital supplies are not uncommon in the region of Uttar Pradesh in Northern India.

A long lived Christmas tree is finally facing the music and being taken down after gracing the Serbian capital of Belgrade for over six months.

The Mayor has defended his prolonged festival attitude, saying that Belgrade was "a European metropolis” and that they “must be competitive".

The length of the christmas tree’s stay has been steadily increasing since the Mayor, Mr Sinisa Mali, took up the office in 2014.

A man was killed after being run over by a rubbish truck early this morning while sleeping in a laneway off Adelaide Street.

Anzac Square management has blamed Brisbane City Council for the death, alleging the Council has failed to maintain the lighting in the laneway.

A Council spokesman says the lighting system was last tested on February 22 and it was in full working order.

A plane crash has left 49 dead and 22 injured at Nepal’s Kathmandu international airport.  

The Bangladeshi airline, US-Bangla, was carrying 72 passengers when it veered off the runway on Monday afternoon.

Nepalese Prime Minister, KP Sharma Oli, has ordered an investigation into the cause of the crash with a recording of the conversation potentially indicating misunderstanding between the pilot and air traffic control.

According to a recent statement by British Prime Minister Theresa May, it is ‘highly likely’ that Russia is responsible for poisoning former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter.

Found slumped on a bench in Salisbury city centre on Sunday, the pair were thought to have been poisoned by Russian made nerve agent ‘Novichok’

Mrs May has announced if there is no ‘credible response’ by the end of Tuesday, the UK would be forced to conclude that there has been an unlawful use of force by Moscow.

A fossilized shark tooth has gone missing from its secret excavation site along the remote Ningaloo Coast World Heritage Area.

The tooth once belonged to the Megalodon, an ancient shark species capable of growing to three times heavier than a tyrannosaurus rex.

Park and wildlife rangers say only a few key people knew the fossil’s exact location, and that it could have been taken for the black market or harmlessly removed by an amateur not aware of its heritage value.

An Iranian refugee has been flown from Nauru to Taiwan for critical heart surgery after waiting over 18 months for the Australian Border Force to allow her to travel with her son, aged 17.

This was the latest in several incidents of refugees being sent to Taiwan by the Australian Border Force for medical care.

Taiwan is not party to the refugee convention so refugees cannot seek protection there.