Freedom of Information documents have revealed that Australia’s Future Fund has invested $157 million in 14 companies that have done business with the Myanmar military such as supplying fighter jets, missiles, radar and millions in annual revenue to war criminals. 

The Future Fund holds about $200 billion in investments made on behalf of the Australian government. 

The fund’s holdings include $4.9 million invested in 5 companies of the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), which has sold combat aircraft and missiles to the Myanmar military. 

At least 22 civilians have been killed in an attack on a camp for internally displaced people in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ituri province. 

The province has been plunged back into a cycle of violence since late 2017 with the rise of the Cooperative for the Development of Congo militia, which has since split into rival factions. 

It is the third attack by the outlaws against displacement sites in the space of a week, causing more than 50 deaths and enormous material damage. 

Brisbane buses will run free for 2 weekends leading up to Christmas with hope it will attract locals to the CBD this festival season. 

Lord Mayor, Adrian Schrinner, announced the news this week saying that bus riders can “put their go cards away” for the weekend of Friday the 10th to Sunday the 12th and again on Friday the 17th to Sunday the 19th. 

Travel will be free on all of Brisbane’s 1,200 buses and city gliders. 

Queensland is announcing jab mandates for schools, airports and prisons as the state prepares to bring its rules in line with most other jurisdictions, with new rules expected to go live before the start of the 2022 school year. 

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk on Tuesday this week flagged mandatory vaccine rules for staff at prisons, youth detention centres and airports while there are discussions for all public servants to be vaccinated as well. 

A damning report into Parliament House in the wake of Brittany Higgins’ rape allegation has found sexual harassment and bullying is widespread in Parliament with female workers complaining it is “a man’s world.” 

An investigation by Sexual Discrimination Commissioner, Kate Jenkins, included face-to-face, online and telephone interviews, written submissions, and interviewing hundreds of current and former staff. 

A new report by British Columbia's Human Rights Commissioner, Kasari Govender, has shown Indigenous people are “grossly overrepresented” in arrests and chargeable incidents across unceded territories in the Canadian province.  

Experts found that while Indigenous people make up only 2.2 % of Vancouver’s population, they were involved in 24.5 % of all arrests captured by the Vancouver Police Department’s data between 2011 and 2020. 

On average, Indigenous people were arrested at a rate of 20,000 per 100,000 – ten times greater than the rate for white people. 

Queensland State Parliament has passed new legislation which could deny prisoners any application for parole for decades. 

The new laws specifically relating to serial killers and child murders, grants the Parole Board President the power to declare inmates are unable to apply for parole for at least 10 years, with no limit on the number of bans.

The Palaszczuk government has announced plans to develop one of Australia’s largest eco parkland areas in Currumbin, South Gold Coast.

The 148 hectares of land is set to begin development in the coming months, as Deputy Premier and Minister for State Development Steven Miles plans on seeking further community consultation for how the site should be used to ensure the project will deliver on community needs.