Team hopes ‘future food’ will be ready to be sold by the end of the three-year project.

Dramatic vision has captured the moment police officers rescued an elderly couple, one of whom was in a wheelchair, and their grandson from flames that engulfed their home on the Gold Coast.

Officers were conducting routine patrols when they saw smoke billowing from Golden Four Drive in Tugun about 12.40am on Sunday.

When they got closer, they noticed a fire on the balcony of an upstairs unit.

READ MORE: Almost half of the world's diabetes cases are going unreported, study finds

Police body-cam footage showed an officer grabbing an extinguisher from the car to put out the flames.

But when they opened the front door, they saw thick clouds of black smoke inside that one officer said had "completely engulfed" the home.

The officers, who were coughing from the smoke inhalation, grabbed some nearby towels and doused them in water before entering the home and locating the couple.

"There's a fire in your house. The washing machine is on fire," one officer could be heard saying.

"You jump into your wheelchair and I'll take you out."

The vision shows two officers helping 77-year-old Glenda Maskelyne in a wheelchair out of the home and carrying her down the stairs to safety.

"I've never gone down those steps so fast in my life," Maskelyne said.

"I honestly believe that somebody put that police car at the bottom of our steps at that particular time."

READ MORE: Are shark attacks on the rise and what can we do to stop them?

Her 76-year-old husband, Ian, and their 14-year-old grandson also escaped safely. 

It was a startling way to kick off Ian's birthday. 

"Half past one, we're out there, and I said, 'by the way, happy birthday, darling,'" Maskelyne said.

"He says, 'I'm not gonna forget this one, am I?"

The officers were seen using small fire extinguishers to try to calm down the fire while they waited for firefighters to arrive.

"It's too big for fire extinguishers now. We've used three," one officer could be heard saying.

Firefighters contained the fire to the kitchen and extinguished it. Many of the couple's belongings have been saved.

The fire is not being treated as suspicious and is believed to have been caused by electrical equipment.

Paramedics were also called to the scene and assessed the officers, couple and their grandson for smoke inhalation.

No one was seriously injured.

DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the Apple App Store and Google Play.

The injunction was sought by lawyer Linda Clark for Tom Phillips’ mother Julia.

New Zealand-born Pratt was once on the FBI’s 10 most wanted fugitives list.

Christchurch passengers can start tapping cards on buses and ferries in November.

Jessica Mulford’s lawyer claimed the original sentence was manifestly excessive.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has urged Liberal Senator Jacinta Price to apologise to the Indian community, as more of her colleagues distance themselves from her remarks about migration.

Price accused the federal government of allowing more migrants in from "particular countries over others" to skew votes and singled out the Indian community during an interview with the ABC last week.

She later walked back her statement and said: "Australia maintains a longstanding and bipartisan non-discriminatory migration policy. Suggestions otherwise are a mistake."

READ MORE: Staff at university 'utterly furious' as chancellor defends job cuts process

But her refusal to apologise has caused internal dissent and put pressure on Opposition Leader Sussan Ley, who promised to rebuild relationships with multicultural communities and women after the party's historic defeat at the federal election in May.

The remarks came days after anti-immigration rallies, some of which targeted Indian Australians, were held across the country on August 31. 

Albanese called on Price to apologise for the hurt her comments have caused and threw his support behind the community that he said has "made our nation stronger".

"The comments are not true that the senator made, and of course she should apologise for the hurt that has been caused, and her own colleagues are saying that, but even more importantly, leaders in the community are asking for that as well," he told the ABC today.

Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie has also urged Price to apologise, while Liberal MP Julian Leeser apologised on her behalf during an event at a Hindi language school in his north-west Sydney electorate of Berowra.

READ MORE: Banks threaten to hike credit card fees, cut rewards over surcharge ban

"I wanted just to say something, and it pains me to say it, but I feel I have to say it," he said in a video posted to social media yesterday.

"My colleague, Jacinta Price, said something this week that I want to apologise unreservedly for.

"As my leader, Sussan Ley, said, she was wrong to say it, and she has walked back those remarks, and I am pleased that she has.

"Let me say very clearly, the contribution of Indian Australians to this country is fantastic. The Indian community is fantastic. India, like Australia, is a democracy.

"There are Indians that vote Labor, there are Indians that vote Liberal, there are Indians that vote Greens. I don't care how you vote. I care about the contribution you make to this country, and I know it is a fantastic contribution, and I want you to keep making it."

READ MORE: Are shark attacks on the rise and what can we do to stop them?

Senior Liberal and manager of opposition business Alex Hawke has also publicly said he had advised Price to apologise.

But that account was rejected by Price, who accused Hawke of "cowardly and inappropriate conduct" by berating her staff and threatening her position within the Liberal Party.

"If people want to talk about a so-called 'woman problem' in the Liberal Party, then it's this: we don't stand up for women when they are mistreated by our own colleagues," she wrote in a fiery statement on Sunday.

Price has defied calls to apologise as recently as last night, when she instead urged Ley to make Hawke say sorry for his actions.

READ MORE: Aussie retail giant fined $13.5 million after misleading promotion

"I have asked our leader if she would ask Alex Hawke to apologise to me for his conduct," she told Sky News.

"I'm a Liberal woman, and Liberal women need to be able to feel like they're being supported wholeheartedly."

Over the weekend, Ley toured Little India, also known as Harris Park in Sydney, alongside Leeser, shadow immigration minister Paul Scarr and NSW Opposition Leader Mark Speakman as she worked to restore the party's relationship with the community.

She said Price was wrong to say those remarks, but remained tight-lipped on whether she spoke to Price or asked her to apologise.

She has also refused to apologise on her behalf.

DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the Apple App Store and Google Play.

Seven offenders used weapons to smash cabinets inside the busy store.

Police say Phillips may have had help securing firearms and transport.

Nearly half of all diabetes cases – including 30 per cent in Australia – are undiagnosed, a new study has found.

Diabetes is a condition where the body cannot control the insulin supply in the body, leading to higher blood sugar levels; it can either be auto-immune – type 1 – or caused by lifestyle factors – type 2.

Forty-four per cent of people aged 15 and over with diabetes are undiagnosed, according to modelling by international and Australian researchers from Monash University, the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute and the University of Washington.

READ MORE: The Good Guys fined $13.5 million after misleading store credit promotions

An estimated 1.3 million Australians have been diagnosed with diabetes, according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.

While high rates of diagnoses exist in North America and Western Europe, at 83 per cent and 78 per cent respectively, it is far lower in low- and middle-income countries.

The diagnosis rate of people over the age of 15 is just 16 per cent in central Sub-Saharan Africa, while people between the ages of 15 and 39 are also much less likely to be diagnosed.

The researchers were concerned by the finding due to the complications this could cause to affected individuals.

"This group faces a higher risk of lifetime complications compared to those diagnosed later in life, partly because they live with diabetes for longer," the authors wrote.

READ MORE: Minister will 'closely consider' possible changes after dog kills girl

Treatment levels for people with the condition also vary, with 97 per cent receiving treatment in the high-income Asia-Pacific region, and just 69 per cent in central Sub-Saharan Africa.

The researchers also found less than half of all people receiving diabetes treatment have optimal blood sugar levels.

Positive strides have been made, the authors noted, but they said gaps still exist in the detection and treatment of the condition.

"Diabetes remains widely underdiagnosed and poorly managed, especially in low- and middle-income countries and for younger adults", the authors wrote.

"There is an urgent need to strengthen health systems to improve detection, treatment, and ongoing care." 

DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the Apple App Store and Google Play.