Brisbane Pride are requesting officers not participate in this year’s Pride March while wearing uniform. 

The decision comes after investigations were launched on a number of current and past police officers who are members of a Facebook group littered with homophobic, sexist and racist posts.

A team of Brisbane scientists have taken a podium finish in the “Robot Olympics”. 

The Data61 team, originating from the C-S-I-R-O robotics company, Emesent, based robot dog designs on Bluey characters “Bluey” and “Bingo”.

In a tie-breaking finish, the team took second place for their efforts, with C-S-I-R-O robotics group leader Navinda Kottege saying the team were “extraordinarily proud of their work”. 
 

Queensland Deputy Premier Steven Miles is criticising Prime Minister Scott Morrison for his suggestion, that the state's borders should be open by Christmas.

Mr Miles hit out at the Prime Minister, who he says should focus on federal matters.

A Victorian legal challenge aims to lower the eligibility for the age pension for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. 

The Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service and the Human Rights Law Centre argue, given the gap in life expectancy it is inequitable and discriminatory to hold both Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians to the same retirement age. 

Northern Tasmania will host the inaugural 2021 Tasmanian Disability Festival Award, on December 3rd. 

The awards are celebrating organisations and individuals who provide outstanding support to people with disabilities.

Switzerland has voted by a wide margin to allow same-sex couples to marry, in a referendum bringing the Alpine nation into line with many others in western Europe. 

Official results show the measure passed with 64 point one per cent of voters in favour, and won a majority in all of Switzerland's 26 states. 

Zero new cases of COVID have been recorded for Queensland today.

Masks will continue to be mandatory in South-East Queensland for at least two more weeks.

However, Queenslanders can go unmasked while seated at restaurants, school or sporting events.

A panel led by University of Queensland researchers have drafted new guidelines for treatment of children with cerebral palsy.

Associate Professor Leanne Sakzewski has said the guidelines will make it easier for children and families to select and use treatments.

According to a recent survey, a majority of Australian voters support calls to identify the top 10,000 companies that claimed Job Keeper payments last year.

The order to produce the information is also backed by Labor, the Greens, One Nation, and Jacqui Lambie.

Treasurer Josh Frydenburg has said that revealing the figures would undermine Government confidentiality.