Injured South Australian workers may be entitled to compensation after High Court ruling. 

Former truck driver Shane Summerfield was left permanently injured after a workplace injury but ReturntoWorkSA argued it was not obligated to pay compensation taking the legal case to the High Court where it ruled in Mr Summerfield favour. 

Mr Summerfield’s lawyer Kathleen Chambers described the ruling as “significant”, with Mr Summerfield saying despite the process being frustrating he was lucky to have a good lawyer who helped achieve this outcome for him.

The death of a pregnant woman in Poland has sparked massive protests across the country, igniting a debate about the nations abortion ban. 

Protesters marched with photographs of 30-year-old Izabella, who died in hospital in Pszczyna, southern Poland, from septic shock. 

As a result of the country's restrictive abortion laws, doctors at the hospital held off terminating her 22-week pregnancy despite the fact that her fetus lacked enough amniotic fluid to survive. 

The Australian Government is under pressure to tighten kangaroo culling laws as insiders criticise the program’s sustainability. 

The program designed to manage an abundance of kangaroos has recently come under fire as questions are arising regarding how many kangaroos are being culled. 

New South Wales Parliament’s Planning and Environment Committee are calling for the Auditor General to assess whether the New South Wales Government is breaching the legal requirements of the Biodiversity Act.

Former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro has settled a defamation case against YouTube comedian Jordan Shanks, better known as FriendlyJordies

Mr Barilaro was suing Mr Shanks in the Federal Court over a series of videos published last year. 

In a statement posted on social media, Mr Shanks's solicitor, Mark Davis, said no damages had been paid to Mr Barilaro and none of the material in question had been removed from the FriendlyJordies YouTube channel.

More than 40 countries at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow are committing to ending all investment in new coal projects. 

The countries which include Poland, Vietnam and Chile also agree to phase out coal power completely by 2040.

Other countries whose economies are dependent on coal such as Australia, the United States of America and China have not signed the agreement.

The US Space Force is kicking off a program it calls Orbital Prime which aims to generate interest in the emerging technology sector known as OSAM, short for on-orbit servicing, assembly and manufacturing.

The program will sponsor businesses developing technology to repair and refuel existing satellites, remove orbital debris and create new capabilities in space

The program includes grants from the public and private sector and is expected to be worth around one hundred million dollars. 

Demonstrations of the newly developed technologies are expected in 2023