Australia has joined China, Iran, India and Russia, as one of the few nations at the COP26 summit refusing to adopt methane reduction targets.

Behind carbon dioxide, methane is the second largest contributor to global warming worldwide.

Almost 200 Queensland police officers have been granted exemptions for the COVID-19 vaccine while more than 130 staff have suspended for not complying. 

Queensland's Health Minister, Yvette D’Ath, is standing firm on a decision to require hotel quarantine for returning overseas travellers after state borders open up to people from interstate COVID-19 hotspots next month. 

Prosecutors have abandoned a criminal case against ANZ and a senior executive that would pursue the bank for cartel conduct. 

The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecution’s case was labelled a “schamozzle” in a hearing at the Federal court and soon after, the CDPP dropped the charges.

Activists in Minneapolis push to disband the police in an upcoming vote in November to decide whether to replace the existing police department with a public health approach, opting for social workers and violence interrupters over the police-only model that the city has now.

The Federal Government is looking at halving capacity for their proposed Pinkenba quarantine facility in Queensland, after the state suggested international arrivals could quarantine at home sooner than expected.

Queensland state coroner has handed down findings as to whether the death of Iranian refugee, Omid Masoumali, on the island of Nauru could have been prevented.

Mr Masoumali suffered significant burns after setting himself alight in front of a United Nations Delegation five years ago. 

Voters will be required to show identification at the next federal election under new legislation proposed by the Morrison Government. 

The proposed voter ID laws would require voters to submit forms of identification ranging from driver’s licenses, passports, Medicare cards, government letters, power bills and bank statements.