Queensland Health took to twitter yesterday to announce 175 people who received their covid-19 doses on October 23rd at a pop-up clinic in Flagstone Community Centre had been contacted. 

Queensland Health says the ‘ultra-low’ dose was as a result of human error during preparation. 

Acting Chief Health Officer Dr Peter Aitken says the ultra-low dose is not harmful, however it may affect immunity to the virus. 

Almost one million Queenslanders will be exposed to Covid 19 when the borders reopen in less than seven weeks.

As the state falls short of the 80% target, new vaccine data shows just 11 local government areas on track to meet the December 17 deadline.

The Palaszczuk government urged Queenslanders to get their first jab by Sunday or be left unprotected when the borders reopen.

911,728 Queenslanders aged 16 and older are yet to have one dose of the vaccine

The federal government has announced plans for Hong Kong nationals living in Australia to become permanent Australian residents. 

The plan detailed two new visa options, making the process substantially easier.  

The government estimates 9000 temporary skilled, temporary graduate and student visa holders will be eligible to apply from early next year. 

Immigration Minister Alex Hawke says these “simpler visa streams will attract skills and talent and build business links, helping to boost productivity and create further job opportunities for Australians."

Australia’s program to shut down cyberbullies will grow next year, reaching social networks like snapchat and WhatsApp. 

The changes will see bullies stripped of their accounts or taken to court with reduced time given to social media giants to remove harmful messages from their platforms. This will change from 48 hours to just one day.

The expansion of the Australian eSafety Commission’s cyberbullying scheme will begin in January as part of the Online Safety Act.

World leaders have gathered in Glasgow for the COP26 conference and have begun talks to achieve net zero emissions. This conference follows the last round of climate talks in Rome over the weekend where the G20 economies failed to commit to a 2050 emissions target. 

The first day of talks saw leaders discuss the divisions over western countries' failure to reach funding targets to help fund developing countries' climate transition costs. 

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has accepted it will be at least another two years before the funding goal is reached. 

With the holiday season in full effect, the Queensland government is encouraging as many vaccinations before borders open. 

Despite possible concerns about transmission once borders open, the government is hoping to have as many people double vaccinated but still predict a large influx of cases to last into 2022 with as well as deaths.

60 regent honeyeaters have been released as a part of a captive breeding program in the fight to save the species. 

With only 300 of the species left in the world, the release of 20 per cent of their entire population in the Hunter Valley will assist in saving the birds from extinction. 

Birdlife Australia says the program works, with birds released in 2017 recently being spotted nesting. 

The birds were released on Wonnarua country, on land owned by Mindaribba Local Aboriginal Land Council, within the Kurri Kurri and Cessnock Woodlands.