A memorial honouring Afghanistan war veterans has opened in Brisbane

Veterans’ not-for-profit organisation 42 For 42 raised the funds to design and build the memorial for the Australian soldiers. 

Poseidon Sea Pilots will begin an expansion of two marinas north of Brisbane. 

Three newly built pilot boats will be stationed out off the Mooloolaba and Scarborough marinas. 

These boats worth $2.5 million each are used to guide large shipping vessels into the port of Brisbane.

Dorinda Cox has become the fifth indigenous woman in Australian Parliament. 

The new Greens member is the first indigenous woman to serve as a senator for Western Australia and plans to be a “Beacon” for others.

An Australian politician battles with an American senator over the vaccine mandate on Twitter. 

Northern Territory Chief Minister Michael Gunner addressed Senator Ted Cruz’s claims of Covid tyranny and Australia’s government’s approach to the pandemic is disgraceful and sad. 

Nasa is launching a new mission to explore never-before-seen asteroids. 

The Lucy mission will set off on a 12 year exploration to discover Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids swarms. 

To date, artist renderings and animations have been our only glimpses into the swarms. Lucy will provide the first ever high resolution images of the asteroids. 

A group of students from St Edmunds College rode their bikes from Woodend to surfers paradise, leaving school at 9:45am and arriving at Cavill Avenue between 3:30 and 4pm, with breaks along the way. 

The school raised over $40,000 for Ipswich Hospice and the St Vincent de Paul society with its first time reaching this goal.

Queensland Premier Anastasia Palaszczuk announced in a press conference yesterday, fully vaccinated travellers will be allowed to enter the state without the need to quarantine from December 17th.

This comes as Queensland recorded zero new cases today and yesterday. 8,000 people remain interstate having applied for border passes.

A Brisbane nurse is waging a war on unused medical supplies going to landfill. 

Claire Lane was shocked by the sight of packs filled with new medical supplies being thrown away because they were unfit for surgery.

She asked if there was a way to recycle the packs of drapes, gowns and masks but was told to throw them out.

New report backs prohibition of unnecessary medical interventions on intersex people.

The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has called for legislation which prohibits unnecessary medical interventions without consent on people born with variations in sex characteristics. The AHRC report released yesterday made several recommendations to protect the human rights of intersex Australians when it comes to decision making.