Work has begun on a major $1.4m expansion of Brisbane’s Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary.

This expansion, which will create new tourist attractions, has come as a part of the Palaszczuk Government’s Covid-19 Economic Recovery Plan.

Older Australians might have to wait for months before they can get a choice of vaccines.

This comes despite the technical advisory group on immunisation (ATAGI) calling on the government to consider making mRNA vaccines, such as Pfizer, available to them.

According to a major report released by financial research provider Rainmaker Information, the number of Australian superannuation funds is contracting at its fastest rate in a decade.

It is estimated that Australia’s 10 biggest superannuation funds will hold an estimated 80% of the market within four years, with a wave of mergers expected to dramatically affect competition.

Gamers are reporting increased “hate raids” with barrages of racist, sexist, antisemitic and homophobic abuse, which has been making life increasingly unpleasant for minority users on Twitch.

Raven, a Black 31-year-old who identifies as gender non-binary, started a Twitter hashtag, #TwitchDoBetter to fight back racial slurs and messages referring to the Ku Klux Klan.

Queensland’s first 100% electric bus depot will be coming to North Lakes, with the first bus arriving next year.

Transport and Main Roads Minister Mark Bailey says the Australian-first electric bus depot will play an important role in Queensland’s Covid-19 economic recovery plan. 

Significant progress is being made on the Bruce Highway Upgrade – Maroochydore Road and Mons Road Interchanges. The completion of a new, eastern service road bridge over Eudlo Creek marked a major milestone for the project in Forest Glen.

Other Bruce Highway upgrades include the:

Caloundra Road to Sunshine Motorway 

Tensions are rising between an anti-capitalist community garden and the proposed development next door in Highgate Hill.

Growing Forward gardeners say a sewer line for the Highgate Hill residences development would run through the community garden, which sits on disused land owned by the state government.

There’s been an update on the suspension of evacuation flights out of Kabul Airport, with Defence Minister Peter Dutton saying all Australian Troops have been withdrawn from Kabul and all flights have been terminated.

This comes after the two suicide bombers attacked crowds outside of Kabul Airport and killed 60 Afghan civilians and 12 US soldiers.

This week’s Covid round up has NSW hitting over 1000 cases, with today’s number set to be announced at 11am. This comes as the state plans to ease the rules on outside gatherings due to hitting its vaccination targets.

Next is Victoria hitting a rise of nearly 80 new cases and 860 exposure sites showing that the numbers are continuing to rise.