Australia lowers standards for teachers because too many were failing basic literacy and numeracy test

Aspiring teachers can now fail the simple test an unlimited number of times.
Victoria Police taking part in “pride” march with their kids are pelted with paint bombs and abused by protesters in pig masks

The protesters were “mostly trans women of colour”, a witness said.
Manhunt for African who stabbed woman, 70, to death in front of her granddaughter at a shopping centre

Vyleen White, 70, was fatally stabbed in the chest during a robbery in Ipswich on Saturday evening.
Microplastics are transferred through mosquito bites and could make them more likely to spread viruses

Microplastics reduce a bacteria that inhibits viruses spread by mosquitos.