Queensland State Parliament has passed new legislation which could deny prisoners any application for parole for decades. 

The new laws specifically relating to serial killers and child murders, grants the Parole Board President the power to declare inmates are unable to apply for parole for at least 10 years, with no limit on the number of bans.

The Palaszczuk government has announced plans to develop one of Australia’s largest eco parkland areas in Currumbin, South Gold Coast.

The 148 hectares of land is set to begin development in the coming months, as Deputy Premier and Minister for State Development Steven Miles plans on seeking further community consultation for how the site should be used to ensure the project will deliver on community needs.

Health Minister Greg Hunt has announced a new $39 Million investment for people ineligible to receive HIV treatment through Medicare, at today's World AIDS Day Parliamentary Breakfast. 

The pledge comes on the 40th anniversary of World AIDS day, and introduces a significant change the National Association of People Living with HIV Australia have been rallying for for decades.

Unvaccinated Greek Citizens could face fines of 100 euros in a new law introduced by the Prime Minister.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced residents who failed to comply from the 16th of January would be fined monthly, until fully vaccinated. 

Surf Life Saving Queensland are urging young people to show greater care on the beaches this summer, as the 1st of December marks National Water Safety Day.

Throughout 2021, 75% of deaths on Queensland beaches were people aged between 20 and 50 years old. Additionally, the average age of the 2,704 people rescued was 24.

An activist has spent over eight hours on a coal train in Central Queensland in an effort to protest Adani’s new controversial Carmichael mine.

Tom Ryan is believed to have climbed atop the train carrying the first shipment of coal from the mine yesterday morning, until a cherry picker was brought in to safely remove him in the late afternoon. 

A manhunt is underway at the Howard Springs quarantine facility after three people scaled a fence to escape.

It is believed the trio escaped the centre just after 4 o’clock this morning, with police arriving on scene to confirm the escapees’ identities and monitor vehicle traffic in the area.

West Papuan migrants around the world are today raising a banned flag of independence to support their homeland’s struggle for self-determination. 

The morning star flag was first raised on the 1st of December 1961 in protest of Indonesia taking control of Dutch New Guinea and renaming it Papua and West Papua.