Residents in north Brisbane will be treated to an early morning spectacle tomorrow. 

The Perseid Meteor Shower caused by the earth travelling through a trail of debris strewn across the solar system by a comet. The event happens every August and is described as one of the best meteor showers in the world producing 100 meteors a second.
 

The RNA has put its hand up as a replacement to host professional cricket and AFL matches while the Gabba gets its Olympic facelift.

The Ekka’s cancellation in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 threat had cost the Royal National Agricultural and Industrial Association of Queensland an estimated $4 million in lost revenue.

The Australian government has announced that Moderna will become the third COVID-19 vaccine to be rolled out in the country next month.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday that the Australian vaccine regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration, approved Moderna for use by adults 18 years and older.

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The Queensland Child Death Review Board examined the deaths of 55 children known to their system and found over forty percent to be Indigenous. 

Board chair Cheryl Vardon said she was deeply concerned about the number of deaths involving children who identified as Indigenous.

Entertainers from across the nation have pushed for reform of the arts and creative industries sector in an open letter to the federal government.

The industry has suffered throughout the pandemic, with continuous pleas for government support.

A Chinese court has sentenced Canadian businessman Michael Spavor  to 11 years in prison, in a decision likely to further undermine an already poor relationship between China and Canada.

Spavor, who for years ran a travel and cultural exchange business between China and North Korea, was convicted of espionage and illegally providing state secrets at Dandong city’s Intermediate People’s Court.

Greece’s wildfires are ravaging the country as authorities have described some of the scenes to be apocalyptic. 

More than $500K in job keeper given to Margaret Court’s controversial church despite revenue barely decreasing.

When questioned, the ATO stated that they, “do not have an identifier in the ATO systems that would help distinguish religious practitioners from employees including lay people”