New research has found the majority of Queenslanders want to join with their southern state counterparts to introduce daylight savings. 

The University of Queensland’s Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, Thomas Sigler, has contributed with new research showing that 60% of Queenslanders now support daylight savings, growing as high as 70% in the capital. 

Reports of refugees and people seeking asylum in Australia’s immigration detention system testing positive for COVID-19 have confirmed the worst fears of medical experts and reaffirm the need to release all refugees from detention immediately. 

Music venues in Victoria have sent out the desperate message that there is no roadmap to reopening Victoria’s music venues. 

The current roadmap ends at 1 person per 4 square meters which is just a fraction of normal licensed capacity. You can have up to 150 people but only if your venue is over 600 square meters which means most venues won’t be opening at all at that level, or be able to trade sustainably. 

The Victorian government has been ordered to release details of confidential lockdown briefings after the state's privacy commission found there was significant public interest. 

Chinese president Xi Jinping recently vowed a reunification with Taiwan amid rising tensions, contradicting his last major speech in July this year where he pledged that China would “smash'' any attempts at formal independence in Taiwan. 

According to a statement from the Queensland Police Service there were 16,267 border pass applications submitted between September 5 and October 18 from people who identified themselves as returning Queensland residents and people wanting to relocate to Queensland from a COVID-19 hotspots.

Extinction Rebellion have continued a week of ongoing direct action in Canberra with giant koalas at Parliament House for the last sitting week before the international Glasgow climate talks.

Koalas are vulnerable and in danger of going extinct unless urgent action is taken to protect habitat and halt global heating. 

The federal government will begin winding down Covid disaster payments as each state and territory hits 70% and 80% target vaccination rates for their populations aged 16 and over.