To mark the centenary of Australian and New Zealand Rotary service, a Peace Pole is being dedicated to the milestone by the Rotary Club of Mitchelton.

The Peace Pole serves to reaffirm Rotary’s commitment to peace locally and globally, with the inscription “May peace prevail on Earth” written in the four languages, English, Portuguese, Tagalog and the Turrbal language of the local Aboriginal people.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said that soon children aged 12-15 will become eligible in the Covid vaccine roll out.

Morrison told reporters in Canberra that the decision to vaccinate 12-15 year olds was consistent with the interim advice from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI), who’s set to deliver its final findings today.

The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission reports that 210 people have been killed in attacks in Ethiopia's Oromia region.

It’s been alleged members of the Oromo Liberation Army in the East Wollega area of Oromia are responsible for 150 of the killings.

Scientists have identified an eight million square kilometre region of water in the South Pacific that is warming unusually fast, disrupting normal weather patterns and contributing to South America’s long megadrought.

Toowoomba community leaders said they were kept in the dark about the Queensland Government's construction of a regional quarantine facility at Wellcamp Airport.

Toowoomba Regional Council Mayor Paul Antonio said he knew nothing of the plan and learned of it from a press conference he was not invited to, stating that he and the council were caught off guard and would like to have been consulted.

Renovations on the Albany Creek Leisure Centre swimming pool are now completed, making it the first venue in the Moreton Bay Region to implement the ‘Changing Places’ scheme.

‘Changing Places’ is an amenities compliance upgrade designed to accommodate those with disabilities or high support needs, making venues fully inclusive and accessible for everyone.

The Liberal National Party is criticising the state government for the high ‘ramping’ rates in hospital emergency departments. 

Queensland Health Minister Yvette D'Ath defended the system and called it ‘one of the world’s best’, and that last financial year it was reported that all critical patients were seen within clinically recommended time frames.

The Senate has unanimously signed approval for an inquiry into Australia’s deployment in Afghanistan over the past twenty years and the subsequent military withdrawal.

Independent Senator Jacqui Lambie is responsible for pushing the investigation, and said that "while there’s lots to be proud about, we clearly didn’t achieve the outcome we wanted."

New research by the University of Sydney shows under current settings and restrictions in NSW, the state could reach up to six thousand cases per day by October.

Research leader, Dr Mikhail Prokopenko said the data supports Gladys Berejiklian’s plans to keep some restrictions in place after lockdown is lifted  in November once eighty percent of Australia’s eligible population is vaccinated.