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A survey conducted by the West Australian Mineworkers Alliance has found nearly one-in-four women in WA’s mining industry have experienced sexual assault while at work.

The echoes of Saigon are being felt in Kabul, as thousands of Afghan civilians have rushed to the main airport desperate to escape Taliban rule. Eight people have died during the ongoing chaos at the airport, which included two unidentified armed men by U.S soldiers. 

Hundreds of civilians have been scattered along the runway desperate to board aircrafts, with some hanging from ramps hindering evacuation efforts.

Queensland has recorded no new cases of COVID-19. Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young says it had been 10 days since there was an infectious case in the community. 

Vaccine hesitancy is at an all-time low this year in Queensland.

The latest study from the Melbourne Institute, a part of the University of Melbourne, found that 26% of Queenslanders were unwilling to be vaccinated or unsure, which is down from 31%.

Queensland has launched its first Closing the Gap Implementation plan — a nationwide effort to Close the Gap in life outcomes between Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous peoples.

Australia is urged to embrace stronger climate targets ahead of the Glasgow summit.

The EU’s ambassador to Australia, Michael Pulch, says “We are calling on all of our partners – not only on Australia, all of our partners, particularly developed G20 countries – to be more ambitious now.”

Outraged Australian women have slammed an 'offensive' census question.

The Australian census aimed at recording the country's population contains questions about age, race, religion, marital status and more.

Students in Afghanistan fear that their scholarships to study in Britain could make them targets of the Taliban.

Prime minister Boris Johnson intervened to say efforts would be made to accelerate their visas, hours after the Foreign Office defended its decision to block their scholarships.