A parliamentary inquiry into the Queensland Crime and Corruption Commission's (CCC) fraud investigation into Logan City Council has heard the committee could recommend parliament terminate the head of the watchdog, Alan Macsporran

Submissions to the Parliamentary Crime and Corruption Committee from Jonathan Horton alleged that Mr MacSporran had not ensured the CCC acted impartially, independently, and fairly at all times.

Victoria has ended its lockdown and curfew today as the state records another 2198 cases, and 16 deaths

The restrictions were officially lifted at 12am last night as the state reached its 70% double vaccination milestone

Melbourne's Lord Mayor Sally Capp said it should be a day of joy as the city emerges from what could be its last COVID-related lockdown.

There are still 23,230 active cases of the virus in Victoria, and 203 people have died during the current Delta outbreak.

Buckingham Palace says the Queen is in good spirits after spending a night in hospital earlier in the week.

The hospital visit follows the cancellation of The Queen’s planned trip to Northern Ireland this week, a decision made on the advice of her doctors

The Queen has since returned to her duties at Windsor Castle

Queensland Health has released information on new exposure sites after a gold coast man was found to have been infectious in the community since October 9

The new exposure sites include Acacia Ridge, Broadbeach and Richlands locations

The man has not used his check in QLD app since September and is currently too sick to tell contact tracers where he has been in the last two weeks, feeding concerns there could be more exposure sites listed in the coming days

It’s still unknown how the man entered Queensland without undergoing the mandatory two week quarantine

Australia sought to change a major international report on climate change to promote a future for coal-fired power and downplay the influence of fossil fuel lobbyists, the environmental group Greenpeace says.

Documents leaked to Greenpeace detail Australia's comments and criticisms of a draft report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which is yet to be published.

The Australian government's feedback was published as part of a much wider leak of 32,000 responses from governments and other interested parties.

Flooding in India and Nepal has caused landslides which combined have killed over 150 people in recent days

Heavy late monsoon season rains have caused flash flooding, wiping out crops and destroying homes, in parts of India, with the states of Uttarakhand and Kerala the worst hit.

In neighbouring Nepal, at least 77 people have died with fears the toll may rise as 40 people are still left unaccounted for

Rescue efforts are ongoing in both countries