In a Brisbane Times exclusive, Queensland is considering reopening the borders with NSW by halving the required number of days with no community transmission to 14-days. 

The 28-day rule will be revisited at the end of September, and all Cheif Health Officers in other states need to agree if the rule is to change.

For the first time in Queensland History, thousands of prison inmates will be granted the right to vote in the upcoming state election in October.

This legislative change will allow prisoners serving sentences of less than three years the power to vote in state and federal elections.

Prime minister Scott Morrison has outlined a ‘gas-led recovery’ vision, and critics are calling it a ‘gas-fueled climate collapse.’ 

Critics say, gas is not a sustainable investment nor a cleaner alternative to coal, and this ‘vision’ undermines Australia’s transition into renewables.

As of Tuesday, September 16, New South Wales health authorities have confirmed 7 new cases of Coronavirus in the last 24 hours.

Daily testing rates have fallen to the lowest number in over 2 months at just 8,800 tests.

Hurricane warnings for New Orleans, Louisiana, weakened as Tropical Storm Sally shifts east to Mississippi and Alabama.

The National Hurricane Center said, the flash flood warning for New Orleans has been cancelled.

The state of Louisiana is still recovering from the aftermath of Hurricane Laura three weeks ago.

A school dormitory in North West Tanzania has caught fire and taken the lives of 10 students and left 7 others in critical condition.

The fire started in the dormitories of Byamungu English Primary School at around 4:30 local time.