Queensland hospitality businesses are concerned restrictions for those unvaccinated against covid-19 from next month will have serious repercussions on their busiest trade time of the year and further alienate many of their much-needed customers. 

Venues are concerned they will need extra staff to police vaccination checks, with complications arising for businesses with employees who are under 16 and not yet eligible to get vaccinated.

Brisbane petrol prices have hit an all time high breaking all previous records now at $1.90 per litre for regular unleaded fuel. 

RACQ had originally predicted prices would peak towards the end of this month, but the sudden price hike has come earlier than expected. 

RACQ spokesperson, Renee Smith, said that in October this year, the last peak of the cycle, Brisbane saw a new record high average price of 178.8 cents per litre. 

Just yesterday, that record was broken by Coles Express with fuel costing 193.9 cents per litre. 

Thousands of people who lost paid work during the pandemic are at risk of becoming unemployed long-term, a situation from which there is currently only a 25% chance of escaping due to under investment in employment assistance and wage subsidies training.

This means that people are forced to survive on the punitive JobSeeker income support rate of just $45 per day.

Sudanese security forces have detained dozens of protestors and fired tear gas at several anti-coup rallies as demonstrations in several cities called for two days of civil disobedience and a strike campaign against last month's military takeover.

The Sudanese military seized power on October 25 which dissolved the transitional administration and saw dozens of government officials and politicians arrested. 

Since late last week, protestors have been seen piling up bricks and slabs to hinder the military’s movement across the capital. 

Members of the sovereign Kabi Tribe will be gathering peacefully next Monday 15th November outside the Gympie magistrates court with other tribal representatives. Tribes have said they are gathering in their religious and spiritual tribal obligation to protect country and all who live on it from further abuse of their “human rights.”

The event follows the continued efforts of The Kabi Kabi traditional owners in Queensland who have relentlessly fought to protect their sacred site, Djaki kundu, which has been slated for a $1 billion dollar highway upgrade this year in Gympie. 

Queensland met the state government’s threshold for the easing of mask rules yesterday with 80.1 % of the state’s population over 16 now at least partially vaccinated. 

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said yesterday that people in south east Queensland would no longer need to wear masks indoors, including at schools, workplaces, cafes, pubs, clubs and hairdressers “the minute” 80 % of people over 16 had received one vaccine dose.

Australia’s climate policies have been ranked dead last out of 64 countries and is still among the worst offenders for emissions, renewables and energy use.

Australia’s “technology investment roadmap” as Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called it, has been deemed insufficient to decarbonise the economy, cut fossil fuel use and promote renewables. 

Australia has since been criticised for bringing to the recent Glasgow climate summit a 2050 target of net-zero emissions that involve no new policies or plans.

Poland has blocked hundreds of migrants at its Belarus border by responding to arrivals with tall, razor wire fences. 

Migrants have been abruptly expelled from Poland and Belarus refuses to allow them back in, a situation that has found people stranded and freezing in Poland’s forests. 

Poland has accused Belarus of pushing the migrants towards the border, with countries like Lithuania and Lativa saying there has been a massive surge in the number of people trying to enter their countries illegally from Belarus in recent months.