A Queensland Police taskforce investigating how women are treated in the criminal justice system has found victims of sexual assault often have to wait days for forensic testing.

Senior Sergeant Simon Kinbacher outlined issues with the criminal code, saying that it fails to uphold the human rights of survivors, in a letter to the Women’s safety and Justice taskforce.

State-attorney’s general decision to support the raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 12 has been met with criticism from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations and legal rights groups. 

Indigenous communities and organisations have commented that the move is disappointing and will not fix the problem, arguing the age of criminal responsibility should be aged to 14, in line with the UN standards. 

Police believe they have made a breakthrough in the disappearance of William Tyrrell, indicating a car seized last week may have been used to transport his body from his foster-grandmother’s property in 2014.

The new information comes after Police have spent the last few days combing the property where Tyrrell was last seen, under the assumption he may have fallen from the balcony while playing, with steps then being taken to cover up his death.

A First Nations new clean energy network is set up to deliver cheap and reliable power to remote indigenous communities. 

The network formed by unions, industry bodies and academics aims to build renewable energy projects on indigenous land to end energy insecurity. 

Karrine Nolan from the community group original power said there are only a handful of clean projects in indigneous communities and they are not seeing enough involvement from medium to large scale enterprises. 

 United States President Joe Biden has met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in a “frank” online conference to discuss growing tensions in the Taiwan strait. 

In the meeting, Mr Xi warned the US of encouraging pro-independence Taiwan forces, as the self-ruled island is still considered Chinese territory by Beijing.

Mr Biden maintained the United States’ would continue to support the “One China” policy in relation to Taiwan, however both leaders have agreed to work together on energy and climate issues/

Researchers at The University of Queensland are investigating possible uses for excess energy in electric car batteries, to potentially power homes and support the energy grid.

UQ’s Dr Jake Whitehead says that most electric vehicles are using less than 20% of their dedicated range energy, which creates a unique opportunity to export spare energy generated overnight using vehicle-to-grid chargers.

Over 12,000 people are waiting to enter Queensland as police ramp up their presence at airports to ensure COVID compliance. 

Authorities have said recently that only over a thousand of those people are under a newer automated system which would allow travelers to enter the state more easily. 

Although police presence is increasing during an ease of border restrictions, the new system will seek to issue passes immediately with the upload of negative COVID tests and some documentation.

South Australian Agricultural business Elders has recorded its highest profits in over a decade, due to drastic increases in cattle prices and rural real estate.

Despite fears of a reduced inflow of capital from Chinese investors, CEO Mark Allison says a large portion of support has come from local family money.

The federal government will expand its vaccine program to include Pfizer and Moderna doses,with a focus on the Indo-Pacific region and nations in desperate need of doses. 

At the moment Australia is only sending AstraZeneca overseas, however aid and humanitarian groups have called on the government to be more generous.

After a surplus of vaccines in Australia, with more than 80% of the NATION double dosed, the federal government is confident it can begin exporting Pfizer in the coming months to ensure everyone gets a jab.