Stanthorpe is experiencing positive effects from the coronavirus pandemic, which is a relief to the locals after continuous battles of droughts, water shortages and the rapid bushfires last year. 

With the strict border restrictions, Stanthorpe has become a hot-spot for Queenslanders’ seeking nearby areas when in need of a getaway. 

Places have been booked out since early winter, which is seeing locals relieved and grateful for what has been an extremely hard year.

Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack has been scrutinised after associating Victoria’s coronavirus outbreak directly to a Black Lives Matter protest.

McCormack, who was speaking on ABC’s Q&A, claimed the rally in Melbourne was one of the reasons behind the second epidemic. 

The Sex Discrimination Commissioner for Australia, Kate Jenkins, is pleaing for women to be placed at the forefront of the coronavirus recovery to help discuss the systematic elements pushing domestic violence. 

Jenkins states women have suffered most from the ensuing health and economic crises, which have spurred an increase in need for domestic violence services. 

In Japan, authorities have found a washed up lifeboat on a south-west Japanese island among their search for the live export ship that went missing last week.

However, it has been confirmed there were no passengers on board. 

The quest to find the 43 crew members is becoming increasingly urgent. Two patrol ships and an aircraft are set to enter the area today to try and locate the crew members.

Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader who fell ill on a plane flight last month from a suspected planned poisoning, is now out of a medically induced coma. 

The Berlin Hospital has stated Navalny is able to respond to verbal communication and his condition is slowly improving, but long-term effects are not yet able to be determined.

Twenty people have been confirmed dead after an explosion at a Bangladesh mosque. The explosion occurred on Friday night, 20km south of the nation’s capital. The cause of the explosion is yet to be formally identified, but members of the Fire Service Department said a gas leak may have been the cause.

In international news, the UK has recorded nearly 3,000 new cases of coronavirus overnight. Yesterday’s results mark the first 24-hour period in which cases have passed 2,000 since the end of May. The UK’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock admits the rise is "concerning" and has urged Britons to not become complacent in their fight against the virus.