Secret text messages about the scrapped ninety billion dollar submarine contract have been leaked. 

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison hit back at French President Emmanuel Macron claiming the leaked message shows the French knew the submarine contract was at risk. 

Speaking in Glasgow last night Mr Morrison again defended Australia’s decision to abandon the contract with France and claimed Mr Macron had ‘sledged’ Australia.

Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane will see Nup to the Cup protests today against the horse racing industry. 

The Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses (CPR) alongside a number of animal justice foundations have organised protests at track gates around the country.

The CPR Campaign Director Elio Celotto says quote, “The Nup to the Cup movement is growing stronger each year because the racing industry has proven time and time again that they only care about maximising profit, not horses". 

Yesterday, on World Vegan Day, Sir Paul McCartney joined forces with popular UK characters, The Wombles, to encourage people to eat less meat for the sake of the environment. 

The #onestepgreener campaign will be live throughout the climate change conference supporting the UK Government's Together for Our Planet drive. 

This campaign has joined forces with the Meat Free Monday campaign, started by Sir Paul McCartney in 2009.

Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner has revealed a key initiative of the Southeast Queensland City deal in a plan to clean up Brisbane’s rivers and creeks.

He says, quote, “Cleaning-up our creeks, river and bay can be an important goal on our journey towards the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.’’

However, this plan has sparked a political feud between the state and federal governments

​​Negotiations over the deal have been tracking for over two years but relations between the state and Commonwealth have seen arguments over the cause of the delay.

Yarrabah’s new $11.5 million jetty has been labelled “useless” with a ferry boat operator saying it will be inaccessible for around a third of the year. 

Two vessels built to run a ferry operating at Yarrabah have been sitting at the Gold Coast for a number of years waiting for the planned 165 metre long jetty to be finalised. 

Ferry boat operator Peter McAllister says nobody will be able to run the service unless serious changes are made. He says he could not get closer than 120 metres at low tide.  

Indigenous justice advocate, Leanne Liddle, has been named the Northern Territory Australian of the year.

Liddle is responsible for powering a major agreement aiming to reduce indigenous incarceration rates and bettering justice outcomes in the Northern Territory. 

She has now been named the 2022 Northern Territory Australian of the year.

She announced at the awards ceremony in Darwin, "I want people to know that we don't live in a fair and just system, where everything is equal."

As New South Wales and Victoria open international borders, Western Australia’s remain partially open to the rest of the country. 

Western Australians no longer have to apply for an exemption to travel overseas, however the number of people allowed into the state remains capped at 265 passengers a week. 

Perth travel agent Ceri Grantis says, “it’s super frustrating. We are so far behind the rest of Australia.”

New high tech-cameras will detect phone usage and a lack of seatbelts. Motorists will face penalties of $1033 for using their phone whilst driving and $413 for not wearing a seatbelt. 

Road and transport minister Mark Bailey announced QUOTE “there will be absolutely no mercy.”

The location of the mobile cameras will be kept secret and will be moved to both urban and rural areas.

Students and staff at the University of Pittsburgh are being encouraged to share their pronouns as a part of a new voluntary guide on gender-inclusive language.

The guide includes examples of how to use non-gendered pronouns like “they” and “ze” and has made suggestions for using non-gendered language in the classroom. 

A professor at the university, Gerald Shuster says, “the university is working very hard to make sure that we don't unintentionally create issues for transgender students or students who feel they are unfairly characterised.”