The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has released new guidelines to provide greater access and opportunity to under-represented people and perspectives.

The measures cover internal and externally submitted content across multiple genres and aim to enrich the ABC’s content by giving platforms to gender diverse, Indigenous Australian, culturally and linguistically diverse, people living with a disability, and the LGBTQI-plus communities.

Organisations such as FamilyVoice Australia are critical of the measures, saying they are un-inclusive of Christian Australians.

In November, the government announced it would implement temporary changes so partner visa applicants in Australia didn’t have to leave the country to have their visas granted.

According to the Department of Home Affairs, Partner and child visa concessions are set to come into effect on 27 February, which include child , adoption , dependent child, prospective marriage and partner visas.

Parent concessions are set to start on 24 March, which include parent and contributory parent.

Indian climate activist Disha Ravi has been arrested for her involvement in a farmer protest, which has been linked to Greta Thunberg.

Ms Ravi, founder of Fridays for Future India, was detained after allegedly helping to create a guide to the anti-government farmer protests and being the key conspirator in the documents formulation and dissemination, according to local police.

Delhi has called for twitter to block hundreds of accounts that had commented on the recent farmer protest.

On Saturday morning, parts of southern Queensland have had a month's worth of rain in a day.

Roma recorded 96mm of rainfall, which according to Meteorologist Rosa Hoff, is significant as Roma usually receives 90.7mm of rain in the entire month of February.

In the drought-declared region, the rain is welcome, as Roma are not expected to receive another downpour this week.

The Brisbane City Council opposition says almost 1,300 cases of illegally dumped rubbish and household goods show the mess left since the Brisbane City Council cancelled kerbside collections almost a year ago.

The chair of Council’s city standards, Kim Marx, said they have implemented a range of high-tech cameras that are installed in dumping hotspots and are rotated to different locations.

Ms Marx also said kerbside collection would return when it is economically viable, meanwhile $800,000 is spent on removing illegal dumping every financial year.

$1.86 million in funding has been granted to Townsville Cycling Club in order for them to rebuild their velodrome, the Queensland government announced today.

The velodrome suffered flood damage during the North Queensland Monsoonal Trough in 2019. According to Minister for Emergency Management, David Littleproud, the repairs will have a positive impact on the community.

The work has been jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland Governments under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements through the Community and Recreational Assets program.

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A 36 year-old Tamil refugee was transported by air ambulance from Nauru to Sydney on Friday after a targeted attack.

The Tamil refugee is the victim of a deliberate hit and run on Nauru on 9 February, which has reportedly resulted in fractures to his back, shoulder, leg, hand and hip.

The Australian government continues to hold roughly one hundred and twenty seven refugees and asylum seekers on Nauru, at a reported cost of $10,000 a day.

For the past six years, a motorcycle club known as the Night Wolves, have been establishing a presence in Australia in support of Vladimir Putin.

Founded in 2015, the club says it now has 40 to 50 members around New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia and Victoria.

Being described as a ‘proxy’ for the Kremlin, the Russian arm of the club is willing to conduct or support military operations at arms-length from the Russian government.

Drug overdose deaths outpaced deaths from COVID-19 in Canada’s British Columbia in 2020 with a 74 percent increase from 2019.

Province's Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe suggested urgent changes on decades of criminalization, the increasingly toxic illicit drug market, and insufficient evidence-based treatment with recovery services.