Queensland hospitality businesses are concerned restrictions for those unvaccinated against covid-19 from next month will have serious repercussions on their busiest trade time of the year and further alienate many of their much-needed customers. 

Brisbane petrol prices have hit an all time high breaking all previous records now at $1.90 per litre for regular unleaded fuel. 

RACQ had originally predicted prices would peak towards the end of this month, but the sudden price hike has come earlier than expected. 

Thousands of people who lost paid work during the pandemic are at risk of becoming unemployed long-term, a situation from which there is currently only a 25% chance of escaping due to under investment in employment assistance and wage subsidies training.

This means that people are forced to survive on the punitive JobSeeker income support rate of just $45 per day.

Sudanese security forces have detained dozens of protestors and fired tear gas at several anti-coup rallies as demonstrations in several cities called for two days of civil disobedience and a strike campaign against last month's military takeover.

The Sudanese military seized power on October 25 which dissolved the transitional administration and saw dozens of government officials and politicians arrested. 

Members of the sovereign Kabi Tribe will be gathering peacefully next Monday 15th November outside the Gympie magistrates court with other tribal representatives. Tribes have said they are gathering in their religious and spiritual tribal obligation to protect country and all who live on it from further abuse of their “human rights.”

Queensland met the state government’s threshold for the easing of mask rules yesterday with 80.1 % of the state’s population over 16 now at least partially vaccinated. 

Australia’s climate policies have been ranked dead last out of 64 countries and is still among the worst offenders for emissions, renewables and energy use.

Australia’s “technology investment roadmap” as Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called it, has been deemed insufficient to decarbonise the economy, cut fossil fuel use and promote renewables. 

Poland has blocked hundreds of migrants at its Belarus border by responding to arrivals with tall, razor wire fences. 

Migrants have been abruptly expelled from Poland and Belarus refuses to allow them back in, a situation that has found people stranded and freezing in Poland’s forests.