Queensland’s Deputy Premier and Planning Minister Steven Miles has given notice he may intervene in the assessment process for Clive Palmer’s Waratah Coal power proposal. 

Queensland Opposition Leader David Crisafulli is hosting a health crisis town hall meeting in Redlands today to give locals a platform to voice their concerns with the government’s handling of the local hospital.

Redlands hospital has one of the worst issues with ambulance ramping in the state, with 65 per cent of all patients forced to wait in the back of ambulances longer than recommended.

700 Australian high-school students have penned and signed an open letter calling on Immigration Minister Alex Hawke to protect their peers living under Taliban rule in Afghanistan. 

In the letter to the Minister, the students urged the Australian Government to provide an additional 20,000 humanitarian places, giving safety to young people facing persecution, discrimination and violence.

Four first nations women from Normanton in Queensland’s North have been honoured in the 2021 Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, through a series depicting the life of indigenous stockwomen in outback Australia.

Community groups are calling for a grassroots approach to raise awareness of scams, as Indigenous Australians and those whose primary language is not English have lost tens of millions of dollars to scams over the past 10 months. 

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko is accused of using “gangster-style” tactics during an ongoing standoff at the Belarus/Poland border, resulting in the deaths of seven migrants. 

The European Union believes Belarus is encouraging migrants to illegally enter the EU in retaliation for sanctions put in place in Minsk amidst human rights abuse allegations. 

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced tough new restrictions in an effort to increase the state’s COVID-19 Vaccination numbers.
 

Queenslanders today are being encouraged to get on their bike for National Ride2work day.

 This movement organised by the Bicycle Network’s aims to incorporate regular physical activity into the lives of Australians, while also helping to reduce carbon emissions released from driving a car to work. 

E-scooter company Neuron is set to face a new safety trial following an influx of injuries to both riders and pedestrians in Brisbane this year.