A Brisbane north-west timber bridge that was built 89 years ago will be demolished and replaced.

Ashgrove’s Gresham Street Bridge is the only public road access to St John’s Wood. There is concern with the old bridge, as it can be flooded during low flood events.

Brisbane City Council is meeting today to start drawing plans on renewing the bridge, and providing a temporary replacement one while the construction is being completed.

Brisbane is expecting to receive millions of caper white butterflies throughout the city as part of their annual migration.

A project that has emerged from this is Brisbane’s Big Butterfly Count – a community project that intends to document the number and types of butterflies in the area.

The organisers of the project state the health of the butterflies can help indicate environmental health.

Clive Palmer will be facing the High Court in Canberra today regarding his personal fight against COVID-19 rules which shut Western Australia’s border.

Palmer claims the border closure breaches section 92 of the constitution. The WA government is fighting back, arguing that the measures were necessary for the health and wellbeing of Western Australia’s population.

Victoria is celebrating its fourth consecutive day of zero coronavirus infections and no further deaths.

This brings Melbourne’s 14-day average to 1.9 cases, along with two mystery cases documented in the two week period to October 31st.

Melbournians are enjoying their first public holiday without restrictions.

Two people have been killed and several others injured by gunmen in Vienna.

The shooting happened at Vienna’s main synagogue around 8:00pm local time, and has left 15 people hospitalised.

Authorities are still on the search for the attackers, and Austria’s Interior Minister Karl Nehammer states he can “confirm we believe this is an apparent terror attack”.

In Texas America, a federal judge has rejected efforts made by Republicans to disqualify drive-through voting in Houston.

The drive-through voting sites in Houston have seen around 127,000 votes for the presidential election, to which Republicans think should be thrown out.

The judge denied these requests, allowing drive-through voting as an alternative method due to coronavirus.

Queensland’s border restrictions have once again eased, allowing regional New South Wales visitors to come over.

From today, visitors from NSW, who are not from the hotspots identified in Sydney, will be allowed to travel to Queensland for any reason.

Victoria is still not allowed to enter Queensland.

The Brisbane City Council has cancelled the upcoming New Year’s Eve and Australia Day fireworks in aligning with COVID-19 restrictions.

The events would usually see around 100,000 people gathered at Southbank to watch the show, which Deputy mayor Krista Adams has advised will not be suitable this year or early next.

The council has advised there will be measures implemented to control the crowds at South Bank on these days, such as heightened security. Adams is encouraging citizens to attend restaurants or bars to celebrate instead.

It has been announced the Australian Defence Force will be issued to more natural disasters and COVID-type emergencies around the country.

The change comes as what the ADF is calling a “paradigm shift” to concentrate on the effects of climate change.

Around 14,000 active reservists will be the key responders in the plan, attending mandatory call-outs to assist state agencies struggling with catastrophic disasters, such as the bushfires.