The Queensland government has added 13 new electric vehicle charging stations, to what they are now referring to as Australia’s longest electric vehicle superhighway.

Today there are 31 vehicle chargers west to Toowoomba and 22,000 chargers from Coolangatta to Port Douglas.

Australia now has 2,307 chargers, 357 of those being fast public charging stations, which charge cars in twenty minutes.

The Gold Coast is set to lose a major surfing event over quarantine bills.

The World Surf League is understood to be shipping the Corona open surfing event to New South Wales after the Queensland government refused to foot the bill for COVID quarantine for the champion surfers and their entourages. 

New South Wales and Western Australia are believed to have created a war chest of up to $5 million to attract major events to the state while the Queensland government was offering $500,000 for the major surfing event.

Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has spent more than $36,000 of taxpayer money in travel to make an announcement about a Department grant.

Mr Dutton chartered the Royal Australian Air Force jet from Canberra to Tasmania to make a grants announcement for CCTV systems for two councils during the 2018 Braddon byelection campaign.

Gun purchases in Brazil have increased by 91 percent on the previous year, with over 180,000 new guns registered, in what is the highest number on record. 

The gun culture in Brazil is on the rise alongside legal gun ownership, however some say mechanisms to track their use and owners are lacking.

Fabio Irapua Casitas, a former Army trooper, says citizen’s knowledge on guns are important and says there's a need to qualify, educate and then arm.

More than 17 people have been injured at a customs post in Afghanistan after a gas tanker exploded.

The tanker exploded in Islam-Qala and set off an enormous fire that spread to more than 100 other tankers, Afghan officials reported. However, the cause of the explosion has not been determined.

Electricity supplies from neighbouring Iran were disconnected as a precaution, leaving the city of Herat without power

Local Brisbane brewers Newstead Brewing Co have secured a deal to export their beers to Hong Kong.

Nine different brews - four from Newstead Brewing Co’s popular core range and five special limited release beers are scheduled to reach Hong Kong lips from 15 February.

Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says “It’s a big ‘cheers’ to the company and the 45 staff which have achieved so much in just eight short years since it was established in Doggett Street, Newstead.

Acting chief health officer Sonya Bennett has confirmed Queensland health authorities have managed to contact all 1500 people connected to exposure sites at Melbourne Airport before travelling into the state.

Dr Bennett said the state is in a very positive position in controlling any potential spread.

The border closure to travellers from greater Melbourne would be reviewed after 14 days instead of the usual 28 days because there was not yet wider community transmission associated with the cluster.

The Queensland government has announced new spending and support for touring artists in an effort to quell the effects of COVID-19 on the arts industry.

Queensland’s Minister for the Arts Leanne Enoch says the Queensland government will inject 8.5 billion dollars into the state’s economy and support more than 92,000 jobs for Queenslanders.

Ms Enoch says two new funds have opened, the Touring Queensland Fund and the Touring Queensland Fund Quick, replacing the existing Playing Queensland Fund.