Major hotels in Queensland say they will refuse bookings from unvaccinated people after the new restrictions are implemented in December. 

The Kingfisher Bay and Eurong Bay Resorts confirmed that they will not accept bookings from unvaccinated people.

Former Federal Labor MP Craig Thompson is fighting charges for his involvement in an alleged multimillion dollar visa immigration fraud.

It is alleged by Police that Thompson was the common thread of the scheme between migration agencies and visa applicants.

Massive flooding and landslides in British Columbia have left one dead, with more missing, and over 18000 people displaced from their homes.

The Canadian Government has pledged its aid after the once in 500 year event, and concerns being raised over dwindling food supplies after the floods cut off access to the region's largest port in Vancouver

Renewable energy company Fortescue Future Industries has gained planning approval to build one of the world’s largest hydrogen equipment manufacturing facilities in Gladstone.

The cost of renting in many parts of Queensland continues to rise according to the Rental Affordability Index. 

The report reveals Brisbane has seen a massive decline in affordability, with one year’s decline in rental affordability wiping out four years of improvement in Brisbane.

The Australian government has been urged by public health experts to set a date to ban cigarette retail sales through retailers including supermarkets, and find new ways of boosting revenue without relying on tobacco excise taxes. 

Protesters have marched through The Hague city centre in the Netherlands with flags, banners, horns and loudspeakers denouncing new government Covid-19 measures. 

Police estimated 20,000 demonstrators took to the streets of The Hague in a demonstration march over the new anti-corona measures. 

Queensland’s tourism industry is ramping up efforts to get some workers back in jobs ahead of the border reopening and in time for Christmas. 

Around 50,000 jobs have been lost throughout the sector during the course of the pandemic, as a result of closed borders and restricted travel.