A new exhibition at the Museum of Brisbane will focus on how immigration laws and processes affect families.

Queensland Photographer, Tammy Law, in her work titled Fractured Dreams & Indefinite Scars tells the story of families being torn from loved ones who are locked in prison or deported. 

The exhibition opens on Friday and runs until 18th, April. Tammy Law will be present as the artist in residence on Wednesdays and Sundays.

A call for repeat juvenile offenders to wear GPS trackers after their release from the youth justice system has been criticised by the Queensland Human Rights Commissioner.

Commissioner Scott McDougall says GPS trackers are best suited to sex offenders, not children, and says the proposal raised a number of human rights issues.

The QLD State Government says it is considering the proposal after the Queensland Police Union called for their use following a spate of incidents in rural and regional communities.

Australia may follow New Zealand in excluding the agriculture sector in its efforts to achieve a net-zero emissions target by 2050. 

According to Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack, he is not worried about what might happen in 30 years time. His main focus being on getting Australia back on its feet after a challenging year.

Regional Australia has been the victim of drought, bushfires, flood and Covid-nineteen and McCormack does not want to hurt them in any way shape or form just to get a target for climate in 2050.

Liberal party backbencher Craig Kelly continues to push COVID-19 conspiracy theories on his social media.

The Federal Member for Hughes was given a dressing down by Prime Minister Scott Morrison last week over peddling misinformation over the COVID vaccine, but has continued to advocate for hydroxychloroquine treatments online in clear defiance of the PM’s advice.

Anti-coup protesters in Myanmar have poured in, in the tens of thousands, as an internet blackout failed to calm growing anger at the military ouster of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

A rally was proposed at Yangon City Hall, but access was blocked by police and barricades.
Arguably the country’s main form of communication, telecom networks have been ordered to freeze access to Facebook.

As protests continue, the banging of pots and pans are being heard at night around the country - a practice usually associated with driving out evil spirits.

After being cancelled last year due to COVID-19, the World Science Festival is set to return to Brisbane next month running from 24th to 28th of March.

The Queensland Museum Chief Executive Dr Jim Thomson said there will be something for everyone, with more than 120 events being held across Brisbane locations.

Events are set to be held anywhere from Mount Coot-tha to the Queen Street Mall, Kingston to Carindale, West End to Fortitude Valley, the Queensland Cultural Centre and more, says Queensland Arts Minister Leeanne Enoch.

Brisbane city lockdowns due to the pandemic has seen an increase in residents moving to rural towns.

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, 11,207 people were recorded in capital cities in the September 2020 quarter.

This was the largest quarterly fall on record, double the September 2019 figure of 5,631 people.

One of Brisbane’s first large-scale outdoor music festivals since the pandemic peak was held just outside Brisbane over the weekend.

The ‘To The Point’ Festival on Saturday saw the likes of Amy Shark, The Cat Empire, and The Beautiful Girls play onstage after what has been a very trying period for artists and musicians. 

On their Instagram on Saturday, The Cat Empire wrote that it had been their longest absence from the stage in their entire career.