Elderly Australian residents are bravely speaking out for the first time after being forbidden from disclosing their sexuality.

Several elderly residents and advocates told SBS' The Feed LGBTQI+-phobic discrimination is occurring - with many more too scared to speak up.

Founder of Alice's Garage, a national advocacy organisation for the rights of LGBTQI+ elders, Dr Catherine Barrett, told SBS very few residential care services have a ‘rainbow tick’ of approval.

A former Ipswich mayor will learn his fate following a fraud trial for allegedly using council funds to buy goods and services for his own use.

Andrew Antoniolli told the court he followed an unwritten council policy communicated by senior staff when he successfully bid on items including a $5000 Trek bicycle, artworks, a signed rugby jersey and a gym membership between 2005 and 2017 while he was a councillor and mayor.

The Queensland Music Festival has warned of financial struggles amid concerns state government funding will not cover its costs.

The biennial festival, which is celebrating 20 years in 2019, has delivered musical performances to more than 1 million people across 100 locations throughout Queensland.

Queensland Music Festival chair Dominic McGann said the rising cost of delivering shows across the vast state was making it harder to break even every two years.

Two D-day veterans in their nineties have parachuted into Normandy to commemorate war time landings.

Harry Read, 95 and John Hutton, 94 performed tandem jumps with the British army’s Red Devils, giving a thumbs up as they landed.

The pair joined 280 British and French paratroopers as part of a display that recreated famous landings at Sannerville 75 years ago.

Donald Trump has kicked off his tour to Ireland by likening its border with Northern Ireland to the US-Mexico wall.

Talking to taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Trump said Ireland should want to keep the country the way it works now.

Varadkar was keen to clarify that Ireland wished to avoid a border or a wall.

New figures show Australia’s average housing affordability is the best it's been in years with property in some cities and regions the most attainable it's been in decades.

The ANZ report found that housing affordability in Brisbane is at its best level since September 2016, with Springfield and Redbank among the most affordable suburbs.

ANZ Senior Economist, Felicity Emmett, says it follows a sustained period where prices increased at a much faster pace than household incomes.

Queenslanders are being warned about upcoming changes to superannuation which may impact their insurance cover.

Under the reforms which come into effect on July 1st, the tax office will have the power to consolidate inactive super accounts with balances below $6,000.

Suzie Brown from Integrity Life says people with insurance inside those superannuation accounts could find it cancelled, unless they take action now.

Brisbane City Council is interested in purchasing part of the former ABC Toowong site from its private owners to construct a green bridge from West End to Toowong.

Deputy mayor Krista Adams says that West End-Toowong is a fantastic opportunity to cross that river at a pinch point to connect it with the Millennial Bikeway.

The council is willing to purchase only part of the site, not all, after a Greens-led campaign to have the site returned to public hands.

Environmentalists from across Australia are in Brisbane for the second day of the Climate Reality leadership training.

The conference is run by Al Gore’s Climate Reality project and aims to promote climate discussion and leadership.

Al Gore, who welcomed everyone yesterday, said the training is made up of over 60% women for the first time.