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Some say modern air travel is rubbish, with cramped seats, delays and cancellations and high prices. But rubbish may have a significant role to play in the airline industry of the future. Australian researchers have come up with a way to turn rubbish into jet fuel.

About one-in-ten people across Australia provide unpaid care for a loved one with a disability or an older person and roughly 304,500 of them receive the government carer payment. The Albanese government has unveiled changes to the support payment to allow them greater flexibility in the hours they can work.

NSW Deputy Premier Prue Car says the focus shouldn't just be on crisis responses, but long term solutions and cultural change. The NSW announcement follows a meeting of police ministers in Canberra to decide on how to best share information and respond to serial offenders.

Preparations are almost complete for this year's Eurovision Song Contest, which will be held in the Swedish city of Malmo. They're expecting at least 100,000 visitors to come to Malmo, in addition to the 200 million worldwide television audience. But amid the glitz and glamour of the show, there are also concerns about security and the presence of some controversial contestants.

Fewer people follow a formal religion, according to the latest Census. In fact, almost 40 per cent of people in Australia now identify as ‘no religion’. However, in times of crisis many still reach out for support. And that’s where non-religious spiritual carers step in.

A rocket testing alternative fuel technology has successfully launched from the Koonibba Test Range in South Australia. Its unusual source of power has drawn attention from scientists around the globe.