Calls for a rodeo in South Australia to be cancelled on animal welfare grounds have been ignored, despite the threat of extreme heat.

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has called for families of immigrants who commit crimes to be deported.

A Brisbane protester is facing charges after successfully disrupting a train line connected to the Adani Abbott Point coal terminal.

Many areas in regional Queensland have enjoyed a rise in employment, according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

2018 Oscar Announcer, Casey Affleck, has withdrawn from presenting at the ceremony amid sexual harassment claims.

The #MeToo campaign has created heightened scrutiny around allegations against Affleck which first surfaced in 2010, during the production of I’m Not There.

A spokeswoman for the academy says that Affleck’s decision will allow them to ‘keep the focus on the show and on the great work of this year’.

Hindu Fundamentalists in Northern India are protesting the release of the Bollywood film Padmaavat.

Coral reefs are at risk of disease-carrying microbes using plastic to spread and colonise, a new study has found.

The risk of coral being infected with a disease known as White Syndrome increases from 4 per cent to 89 per cent when it makes contact with oceanic plastic pollution, according to a paper from the journal Science.

Asia-Pacific hosts 9 of the 10 worst plastic polluters in the world, researchers believe due to poor waste management.

A planned rail strike in Sydney has been suspended by the Fair Work Commission, but significant disruptions are expected over the long weekend.

Rugby league star, Johnathan Thurston says Australians need to be better informed why Indigenous Australians are upset with the date of Australia Day.

Mr Thurston insisted governments prioritise Indigenous issues, particularly the Australia Day date issue, after failures to meet targets for Close the Gap, a government-led Indigenous health campaign aimed at improving health and life-expectancy.