However those living in barely habitable villas, some without hot water at Kuranda Resort have been given eviction notices. 

Mareeba Community Housing Manager Patricia Goldfinch says her organisation is working with about 30 families after they had been given eviction notices following liquidation of two thirds of the villas. 

Sunland, the 110 square kilometre cattle property is downstream from the proposed mine site and in front of the Isaac River. 

A number of objections were made against the proposals, mainly on the basis the mine would severely impact the quantity, quality and ecology of the water in the Isaac River. 

Labor frontbencher Penny Wong is set to denounce the Morrison Government’s position on Taiwan as they talk up the prospect of joining a war over the country. 

Wong says the Morrison Government is embarking on, “the most dangerous election tactic in Australian history”. 

Nasa is set to slam a spacecraft into an asteroid in an effort to alter its orbit. 

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, mission is the first attempt to understand if this strategy is realistic. 

The Queensland Police service have warned against deliberately breaching the chief health officer's requirements ahead of the millions march protest on the Gold Coast this weekend. 

QPS spokesperson said, “for those taking part in protest action who deliberately and recklessly ignore the chief health officers direction you could face fines of up to $4135”.

In a bid to prevent e-scooter related injury, the Brisbane City Council has introduced new measures in a six month trial. 

From the first of December e-scooters will be locked between midnight and 5am in known party districts like Fortitude valley. Speed limits will also be reduced during this time for the rest of the CBD. 

After a three and a half month lockdown in Auckland, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will adopt a new Covid-19 response. 

The new strategy will take place from the 2nd December, and aims to contain rather than eliminate the virus. 

Ms Ardern said, “The hard truth is Delta is here and not going away.”

145 people were arrested in the Netherlands over three days. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte criticised the demonstration describing it as “violence under the guise of protest”. 

Austria has also been placed into another partial lockdown following the protests, with a sweeping vaccine mandate to take place from the first of February.