Pete Buttigieg has dropped out of the 2020 US Presidential Race after poor support in Nevada and South Carolina. 

“Now, no one from the LGBTQ community will ever grow up thinking their sexuality is an unsurmountable obstacle on the road to the White House.” said Charles Kaiser, a Guardian contributor and the author of The Gay Metropolis: the Landmark History of Gay Life in America. 

Pete Buttigieg was the first openly gay American major candidate for President. 

109 recommendations were released yesterday by The Ice Inquiry, which analysed the government’s inaction on managing the methamphetamine known as ice. 

The report incorporated a broad range of experts with lived experience and comprehensively reviewed governmental action. 

"It is disappointing when the NSW government’s interim response to the Inquiry is to immediately rule out five of the 109 recommendations,” Professor Allison Ritter stated. 

The Qantas Australian Tourism Awards will be celebrated on the 6th of March in Canberra. 

Representing Queensland, IRONMAN Oceania and EcoQueensland have been nominated for awards. 

"The Queensland Tourism Awards provide an opportunity to celebrate the effort that goes into making the Sunshine State a favourite with domestic and international tourists," says Tourism Industry Development Minister Kate Jones.

Muhyiddin Yassin was sworn in on Sunday as the 8th Prime Minister of Malaysia after former PM Mahathir Mohamad lost the battle for power. 

The appointment follows a week of political chaos, the collapse of the Coalition and formation of new alliances.

Honorary research fellow at the University of Nottingham Malaysia’s Asia research institute, Bridget Welsh says, “for Mahathir, it’s not over. Mahathir as a politician has never left politics, even when he retired. The opposition is mobilising.”

More than 76 thousand people are attempting to travel to Europe following President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s decision to open the Turkish side of the border. 

The decision was made to open the border after an airstrike on Thursday night which resulted in the killing of 33 Turkish soldiers.

A spokesperson for European Border and Coast Guard Agency, Frontex, says the security level for all Turkish borders has been raised to high.

A $180000 Industry Research Fellowship has been given to Central Queensland Dr Zhenlin Wang for his work using machine vision to increase efficiency of mango harvesting. 

“China, Korea, Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore love Queensland mangoes and this project will support export marketing,” says Minister for Innovation and Tourism Industry Development Kate Jones.

Queensland and the Northern Territory produce the most mangoes in the country, turning an annual profit of 180 million dollars.

Schools around the country can apply for grants of up to $500 to teach students about the impact of the Stolen Generations on Australia.

The Healing Foundation Chair Professor Steve Larkin says the grants would support schools to engage students in meaningful truth telling activities about Australia’s past.

“We all share the same past, and understanding our common history and rewriting the story in a safe way means that together we take some of the stigma out of the narrative,” Larkin says.

Queensland Premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk and Minister for the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence, Di Farmer will be attending the inaugural Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Council

The council will meet today Brisbane.  

The Council is co-Chaired by Kay McGrath and former Police Commissioner Bob Atkinson.

Toowoomba is getting a new community area where members can access low-cost prototyping, called a 'Hackerspace'.

The Queensland Hackerspaces Grant program is an initiative of the Palaszczuk Government’s 'Advanced Manufacturing 10-Year Roadmap and Action Plan'.

“The aim is for people to engage with advanced manufacturing technologies to assist the facilitation of hands on knowledge and skills needed for our jobs of the future,” she says.