The Labor federal government have promised to contribute $73 million towards the $210 million needed to build an overpass over the rail line on Boundary Road at Coopers Plains.

There have been four accidents recorded each year for the past seven years and there is serious traffic congestion during peak hours and school times caused by the frequent rail crossing.

Senior QLD surgeon William Braun has been suspended following reports of misconduct including sexual harassment, bullying, and incompetence.

LNP health spokeswoman, Ros Bates, listed several allegations against Dr Braun, speaking under parliamentary privilege, noting two doctors on the review of Dr Jayant Patel’s saga said Dr Braun was “potentially worse than Patel” himself.

Patel, nicknamed Dr Death, was the subject of a legal saga for eight years after his misconduct was linked to deaths of patients at Bundaberg Hospital.

Queenslanders are being urged by the state’s Health Minister not to go to hospital unless it’s a medical emergency due to almost every public facility in the south-east at capacity.

The president of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine, Simon Judkins, says the issue lies in a lack of investment in staff able to cope with increasing demand, leading to both staff and patients suffering, and an increase in aggression and violence.

Brisbane City Council’s LNP Councillors have called on the Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk to ‘intervene’ and give approval to early Brisbane Metro Work, after accusing Transport Minister Mark Bailey, of favouring a Labor candidate for council.

The approvals are for the land needing to be purchased for the Brisbane Metro Project - a proposed high-frequency bus rapid transit system.

A recent AirAsia advertisement has been removed from all Brisbane City Council buses due to its sexual undertones.

The airline was accused of ‘making light’ of sexual exploitation in Thailand with the campaign slogan saying in large type, ‘Get off in Thailand.’

National regulator Ad Standards says while it had not received any complaints about the advertisement on the bus, it has received one complaint about the same advertisement on a billboard.

Services providing support to homeless people in Perth announced they are at breaking point due to funding levels having been stagnant for years.

WA Council of Social Services chief executive Louise Giolitto says the most vulnerable people in the community would pay the price for state governments failing to fund the sector to keep up with demand and the cost of running services.

Uber is purchasing the Middle East’s biggest ride-hailing app for $3.1 billion.

Careem, Uber’s Middle East rival which is based in Dubai, was founded in 2012 and now has 30 million users across 90 cities in the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan, making it the regional market leader.

It will be purchased with not just cash but also securities that will convert into Uber shares when the company goes public.

During Apple’s 2019 Event, they announced they will now branch out from producing iPhones and the like and begin producing their own films and TV shows which people with Apple devices, and other streaming gadgets such as Roku, will be able to subscribe to.

In order to make the Apple TV+ streaming service a success, they will face enormous costs but they need it to work considering iPhone sales have flatlined since 2015, seeing a fall of 15% since 2018’s last quarter.