Protesters took to the streets of St Kilda in Melbourne over the weekend to protest against the introduction of vaccine passports. 

Large parts of Aceland Street were blocked off by protesters having a picnic in the street. There were police patrolling the area and no arrests were made. 

One user took to twitter to compare this protest to one in Carlton. He says people were protesting in “Carlton in support of refugees who have been locked in a hotel with a COVID outbreak and have been denied help,” something which he points out is “actual discrimination”. 

Eleven Picasso artworks have been auctioned off in Las Vegas fetching a total of 100 million US dollars. 

The auction held on the weekend was part of a bid from Casino and hotel giant MGM to diversify its art collection. The move aims to include more art from women and people of colour, as well as artists from the LGBTQIA+ community and artists with disabilities.

UQ researchers behind a world-first study of the impact Covid-19 has had on mental health, hopes it will encourage authorities to boost support services. 

The study has found depressive and anxiety disorders have increased by over 25% worldwide. Dr Damian Santomauro, who’s leading the research, says countries hit hardest by the pandemic will have the greatest rise in depression and anxiety disorders. 

Anglicare are set to build new social housing in Rockhampton for women fleeing domestic and family violence.

The new crisis social housing units will assist children and women fleeing from emergency situations and will showcase intercoms, card readers, cameras and a master control that links up to the Anglicare CQ office.

Young Australians are set to protest for three days straight in major cities in the country in a bid for the federal government to come up with a genuine strategy for Scott Morrison to take to the next round of climate talks in Glasgow next week. 

The Tomorrow Movement are leading the cause and are holding events in Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne and Wollongong this week. 

Desiree Cai from the Tomorrow Movement says, “Scott Morrison will attend the COP climate summit next week with no meaningful plan.”

Scientists are warning the COP26 is unlikely to limit warming to 1.5 degrees.

Scientists say that unless the world commits to reaching net zero emissions, the target of two degrees of warming will be nearly impossible to reach.

The upcoming United Nations climate summit is unlikely to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial temperatures by the end of the century.

Director of CLEX, Professor Andy Pitman, says “"The lack of deep cuts over the seven years since the target was first announced in Paris in 2015 means we have left it too late.”

The Federal Government is working with Queensland to reopen its borders.

Queensland’s international travel is set to kickstart before Christmas, boosting the economy and driving visitors across the nation.

Federal Tourism Minister, Dan Tehan, says he wants to see visitors from all over the world in Queensland once it reaches the 80 per cent vaccination mark.

Authorities are warning regional Queensland will miss the 80 per cent vaccination target. 

Acting Deputy Police Commissioner, Shane Chelepy, says more than 13,000 Queenslanders were vaccinated at the 113 schools, hosting pop-up clinics. 

Federal government figures indicate 33,473 doses were administered on Saturday in Queensland.

Despite this, Deputy Commissioner Chelepy says some parts of Regional Queensland are still “lagging behind”.