Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt is set to step down from politics in the next election. 

Mr Hunt says after two decades in politics his family and children must now take priority and he will step down from his seat in Flinders.

The Queensland Police Commissioner has rejected the recommendation of an enquiry into the way our Police force deals with coercive control.

The enquiry came from a taskforce set to investigate the way our criminal justice system in Queensland deals with and investigates instances of coercive control.

Chinchilla has been issued an emergency alert where the area North-West of Brisbane may experience flooding.

The warning was issued by the Queensland Fire and Emergency Service, due to Charley’s Creek peaking at moderate flood levels this morning.

Horse drawn carts could be banned in certain areas of Melbourne’s Central Business District after the Victorian Government made a proposal to ensure safer streets and protect animal welfare.

First Nations dance company Bangarra announced its appointment of its first female artistic director. 

Frances Rings will take on the role after the 2022 season which will feature a ten year anniversary remount of Ring’s work Terrain.

Bangarra's current artistic director of thirty years said the move to step down was a matter of instinct.

The Waste Recycling Industry Association of Queensland has released a report on investment in regional initiatives funded through levy collection, which found that Queensland was the last state government to sign up to the Recycling Modernisation Fund and was lagging behind on waste and recycling targets. 

QUT, Griffith University and USQ are working to impose vaccine mandates even if the Queensland Government refuses.

Premier Annastascia Palaszczuk announced mandates requiring workers at private schools, state schools, prisons, youth detention centres, and airports, but has stopped short of extending the mandate to universities. 

An investigation and report tabled in the NSW Parliament has found that NSW government debt collection agency, Revenue NSW, has been illegally using an automated system to withdraw funds for unpaid fines directly from peoples bank accounts.