Four extinction rebellion protesters were arrested and removed after shutting down the William Jolly Bridge in Brisbane’s CBD yesterday morning.

The protesters parked a ute across two lanes at the intersection of Coronation drive and the William Jolly Bridge and locked themselves to a kayak in the middle of the road. 

Queensland Health took to twitter yesterday to announce 175 people who received their covid-19 doses on October 23rd at a pop-up clinic in Flagstone Community Centre had been contacted. 

Queensland Health says the ‘ultra-low’ dose was as a result of human error during preparation. 

Almost one million Queenslanders will be exposed to Covid 19 when the borders reopen in less than seven weeks.

As the state falls short of the 80% target, new vaccine data shows just 11 local government areas on track to meet the December 17 deadline.

The federal government has announced plans for Hong Kong nationals living in Australia to become permanent Australian residents. 

The plan detailed two new visa options, making the process substantially easier.  

Australia’s program to shut down cyberbullies will grow next year, reaching social networks like snapchat and WhatsApp. 

The changes will see bullies stripped of their accounts or taken to court with reduced time given to social media giants to remove harmful messages from their platforms. This will change from 48 hours to just one day.

World leaders have gathered in Glasgow for the COP26 conference and have begun talks to achieve net zero emissions. This conference follows the last round of climate talks in Rome over the weekend where the G20 economies failed to commit to a 2050 emissions target.