As work on the Cross river Rail is underway, rail historians are excited as reminders of the previous locomotive tracks and hubs are being found. 

The route which retraces the original route of the locomotive which hauled coal through Woolloongabba has yielded some finds in the form of steam train parts. 

Inspections are underway for the massive project with an predicted finish of the project by 2024. 

Researchers have found that the roadside saliva tests might not be as reliable in determining the drivers capacity to drive. 

Researchers at the University of Sydney’s Lambert Initiative have found that the level of THC is not directly correlated to driving ability. 

The researchers say that better methods to determine cannabis intoxicated drivers can be developed and also say people found themselves poor judges of how "stoned” they are. 

New research shows how human cells are influenced by exercise.

Victoria University’s Professor David Bishop, Institute for Health and Sport in collaboration with David Stroud from the University of Melbourne has found that the mitochondria has previously demonstrated network of adaptations influenced by the amount of exercise we do. 

The new findings challenge the current exercise recommendations and the researchers say the findings help bolster the extraordinary potential of exercise as medicine. 

NSW has recorded 10 cases of the omicron variant with the total number being 25.

None of the cases have been admitted to hospital and the NSW government says the cases are connected to a cluster at a climbing gym in Villawood in Sydney’s South West.

All travellers from South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia, Eswatini and Malawi must go into hotel quarantine regardless of vaccination status for at least 14 days in isolation. 

Indian security forces have killed thirteen civilians in the North-Eastern state of Nagaland.

Officials say the security forces opened fire on a truck containing mine workers after mistaking them for rebel militant groups, killing at least six people. 

Seven more people were killed in a conflict with authorities that ensued after civilians marched on the security camp in protest of those deaths.

Two women have highlighted a “culture of silence” and mistreatment of women in the Defence Force.

Elizabeth Broderick says the culture of mateship has meant many stay silent about misdoings by fellow cadets and staff.

Ms Broderick who has conducted 16 cultural reviews into Australia’s largest institutions says unacceptable behaviour that is reported often goes unheard as reporting is inconsistent among the different branches.

IVF testing has produced the next generation of this year’s mass coral spawning event.

Using microscopic larvae the coral babies have grown to the size of dinner plates and have survived coral bleaching this year.

The Great Barrier Reef Foundation Managing Director Anna Marsden says the unique process is exciting in establishing a future for the reef.

It is the first time the breeding population has been established on the great Barrier Reef using the innovative process.

South Africa’s top diplomat has accused the federal government of discrimination against African nations after the travel bans from multiple southern African due to the Omicron variant.

South Africa's high commissioner to Australia, Marthinus van Schalkwyk says despite having fewer cases than the United Kingdom, travel has not been banned to and from the European nation.

Mr van Schalkwyk says that despite being transparent and warning other nations, South Africa is being punished despite control of the variant and cases within the nation.