China’s new TV drama ‘Heroes in Harm’s Way’ based on real events about frontline workers during the pandemic has been criticised for its depiction of women. 

The TV drama was marketed as highlighting the roles of female frontline workers, however the majority of female characters are shown as junior and subservient to men. 

The United Kingdom has recorded the highest number of daily coronavirus cases since mass testing began. 

Six thousand six hundred and thirty four cases were confirmed in one day, bringing the overall number of cases to over 400 000. 

Confirmed cases in the UK have been steadily rising since July, however surveillance data suggests that only half of cases are being identified.

Australia now has an evidence-based approach to achieve the national goal of eliminating rheumatic heart disease (RHD) within a decade.

More than five thousand Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are living with the deadly yet preventable rheumatic heart disease (RHD) - for which there is no cure. 

Qantas workers will receive thousands of dollars in backpay after the court agreed that Qantas had not correctly applied for the JobKeeper wage subsidy. 

Airline unions took Qantas to court for deliberately manipulating JobKeeper to minimise the amount paid to workers. 

Young Queenslanders are protesting today against the Liberal National Party’s investment credentials towards gas projects ahead of the state election.

The protests are a part of a Clean Recovery day of action in response to the Palaszczuk government’s five hundred million dollar pledge towards renewable energy projects. 

A new road safety program funded by the Palaszczuk government and Former Origin Greats will allow more Indigenous high school students to gain their provisional driver’s licence.

The program will be conducted at select schools across Queensland for senior Indigenous students who meet the academic criteria with high attendance and no suspension record. 

Students and their families who had been living in student accommodation are not being reimbursed their prepaid accommodation fees, despite only having been tenants for a limited time before returning to their family homes.

Many students are locked into leasing contracts and are now seeking legal aid to recover costs of student accommodation which has gone unused during lockdown, however results of this process vary.

Following the postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan until 2021, organisers have released an update on requirements athletes must meet before being able to take part in the games.

The requirements include taking a COVID-19 test before and on arrival in Japan, submitting an activity plan during the stay in Japan, and potentially living in an athletes-only COVID-19 bubble for the event.