Australia's first Indigenous LGBTIQ+ Commissioner is calling for better services and safer spaces for the First Nations and queer community. 

A three-week public inquiry begins today into the financial mismanagement of the New South Wales Central Coast Council, which accrued more than half a billion dollars in debt. 

The commissioner will look at whether council's actions contributed to its financial position, and whether it had regard for its financial sustainability. 

The Taliban have hung a dead body from a crane parked in an Afghanistan city square in a gruesome display that signals its return to brutal tactics of the past. 

Sher Ahmad Ammar, deputy governor of Herat says this, and other dead bodies, were brought to the main square and hung up in the city as a lesson.

Brisbane Pride are requesting officers not participate in this year’s Pride March while wearing uniform. 

The decision comes after investigations were launched on a number of current and past police officers who are members of a Facebook group littered with homophobic, sexist and racist posts.

A team of Brisbane scientists have taken a podium finish in the “Robot Olympics”. 

The Data61 team, originating from the C-S-I-R-O robotics company, Emesent, based robot dog designs on Bluey characters “Bluey” and “Bingo”.

In a tie-breaking finish, the team took second place for their efforts, with C-S-I-R-O robotics group leader Navinda Kottege saying the team were “extraordinarily proud of their work”. 
 

Queensland Deputy Premier Steven Miles is criticising Prime Minister Scott Morrison for his suggestion, that the state's borders should be open by Christmas.

Mr Miles hit out at the Prime Minister, who he says should focus on federal matters.

A Victorian legal challenge aims to lower the eligibility for the age pension for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. 

The Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service and the Human Rights Law Centre argue, given the gap in life expectancy it is inequitable and discriminatory to hold both Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians to the same retirement age. 

Northern Tasmania will host the inaugural 2021 Tasmanian Disability Festival Award, on December 3rd. 

The awards are celebrating organisations and individuals who provide outstanding support to people with disabilities.

Switzerland has voted by a wide margin to allow same-sex couples to marry, in a referendum bringing the Alpine nation into line with many others in western Europe. 

Official results show the measure passed with 64 point one per cent of voters in favour, and won a majority in all of Switzerland's 26 states.