COVID Update: No New Cases
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has provided a covid update from the new vaccination hub in Broadbeach on the Gold Coast.
The Premier announces there has been no new covid cases recorded.
In the past 24 hours 5,922 tests were conducted in Queensland.
Palaszczuk Government set to Support Goat and Sheep Meat Industry
The Palaszczuk government is set to support the goat and sheep meat industry to double the value of production to 150 million per annum.
The government backed a strategy with 4 million in grants over two years to help the industry leverage the benefits of cluster fencing.
Call for Rehoming Volunteers after Large Chicken Rescue
A Sunshine Coast farm-animal rescue group is pleading for people to volunteer to rehome chickens after 82 hens were rescued from death.
Happily Heifer After co-founder Michelle Dranfield says the hens were rescued after a farmer offered them to the charity when they could not produce eggs.
NSW Shop Staff bear brunt of COVID frustration, new data finds
The National Retail Association is urging NSW to ensure there are more undercover police to assist retail workers following the rollout of vaccine certificates.
New data released by the NRA shows violence towards shop staff has already significantly increased in NSW.
Victoria records 705 new locally acquired COVID19 cases
Victoria has recorded 705 new locally acquired covid cases and 0 cases acquired overseas.
The cases were detected from 51,252 test results processed on Sunday and there were 29,657 vaccines administered over the weekend.
Taliban Religious Police Ban Beard Shaving in Helmand Province
The Taliban has today issued a new rule which prohibits men shaving their beards in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand.
The Taliban's director of information and culture, Hafiz Rashed Helmand says the decision was made by the Taliban's religious police during a meeting with barbershop owners in the province.
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Joyce to hold Flight Noise Community Forum amid unrest from local residents
Amid growing unrest from local Brisbane residents affected by flight noise, Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce will hold a community forum to provide feedback to Airservices Australia.
Federal Ministers call for QLD borders to open by Christmas
Federal ministers are calling out the Queensland Premier in a bid to continue the national plan to reunite Australia by Christmas.
Caboolture Hospital subject to State Government Inquiry
Two former patients of a Queensland hospital have claimed they were discharged without health staff removing their cannulas.
A patient says when she was discharged from Caboolture Hospital, staff forgot to remove her cannula.