42,000 winners of the QLD holiday vouchers aimed at boosting the tourism sector have failed to redeem the prize. 

The initiative designed by the Palaszczuk government hoped the travel vouchers of value up to 200 dollars would encourage Queenslanders to holiday at home, however only half the vouchers handed out resulted in actual bookings. 

Disgraced former Ipswich Mayor Paul Pisasale has revealed that he plead guilty against legal advice as he “just wanted it all over with.”

Pisasale who was jailed last year after pleading guilty to more than thirty offences, including sexual assault, official corruption, and fraud, says he barely remembers the details of his hearing while suffering from multiple schlorosis.

Shield laws will be introduced to Queensland parliament this week, with the aims of protecting journalists from having to reveal their confidential sources. 

Attorney General Shannon Fentiman has said the laws protect Queenslanders who come forward with important information and will ensure a free, independence and effective media. 

The Western Australian parliament is introducing new Aboriginal cultural heritage laws in an effort to prevent tragedies such as the Juukan Gorge disaster last year, however indigenous legal experts are not satisfied with the legislation. 

Health Minister Greg Hunt has announced yesterday funding for a new network which aims to bring Aboriginal and Torre Strait Islander knowledge and sustainable development to address climate change and its impacts on health. 

The network will be funded through the National Health and Medical Research Council and operate across all Australian states and territories. 

Two suicide bombings in Ugandan capital of Kampala have killed three civilians and left dozens injured outside Parliament. 

The attack is believed to have been coordinated by the Allied Democratic Forces, a militant group from the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo with ties to Islamic State.

The Brisbane City Council has formally lodged an offer to buy a West End glass factory ahead of the 2032 olympics. 

The fifty seven thousand square metre property on Montague road currently owned by Visy glass manufacturing is being eyed for the development of a new broadcast facility, sending the games’ media worldwide from Brisbane. 

400 central Queensland business owners have gathered to express concerns over the impact of the state government’s COVID-19 restrictions for unvaccinated people. 

During the meeting in Yeppoon, it was expressed that due to low vaccination rates in many areas of regional Queensland, small businesses fear they will have to ‘shut their doors’ to navigate their way through allowing unvaccinated people into their premises.