A Queensland Police Officer will be subject to a “full review” of a fine issued to Councillor Jonathan Sri after Facebook posts revealed regular criticism of the councillor. 

Senior Constable Borg made numerous comments criticizing the councillor calling him a “dishonest grub”, while joking about having a bonfire party with Cr Sri’s election yard signs. 

After no new cases recorded on Friday, strong indicators have suggested that the state could open by November.

After eases in social distancing and mask usage, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has so far resisted to give a firm date but still projects vaccination rates are projected to reach 70-80 percent.

Sydney has ended its lockdown, with restrictions eased for those vaccinated. 

Lines of people to retail shops were witnessed before midnight as non critical retail stores are allowed to reopen with density limits for those fully vaccinated.

Taiwan has vowed not to “bow” to China.

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen says the island will not “act rashly” after responding to remarks made by Chinese President Xi Jinping’s vow of “reunification”.

A federal court ruling will grant native title to Western Queensland’s Koa people following a Federal Court decision in Winton.

Queensland has recorded no new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 after 15,000 tests were conducted in the past 24 hours with one new case in hotel quarantine and another five cases on a bulk carrier ship off the western coast of Cape York. There were 20,559 vaccinations conducted at Queensland government centres yesterday which means Queensland has now delivered over 5 million doses of the vaccine. 

More than 111,000 people have signed a petition for gender affirmation to be covered by Medicare, to reduce cost barriers faced by people seeking gender affirming surgery. Through the current Medicare insurance system, people are able to access certain health services for free or at a subsidised cost. However, transgender people and other people in need of gender affirming surgery pay up to $30,000 for

Colombia has deployed a new unit of 14,000 military personnel on Wednesday to increase government control of a conflict hotspot near the Venezuelan border, where multiple armed groups compete for control of cocaine production. The new unit deployed in the northeastern province of Norte de Santander is the largest in Colombia's recent history.