Vaping promoted on TikTok

Is Tiktok reinforcing a positive attitude towards vaping and e-cigarette usage?

That’s according to the University of Queensland’s National Centre of Youth Substance Use Research, who have analysed the portrayal of vaping and e-cigarette usage on Tiktok videos.

New Sunshine Motorway link

A 10km link on the Sunshine Motorway is a key section identified for an upgrade to accommodate population growth. 

This link running from David Low Way interchange to the north of Yandina-Coolum Road will double its lanes to combat the congestion. 

New jobs available at Harris Farm Markets

If you’re a baker, fruiterer, florist, deli specialist, dairy expert or work in customer service and you are looking for work, you may be in luck. 

The family-owned Harris Farm Markets will open their first Gold Coast store on the Isle of Capri and will host a two-day recruitment pop-up at Pacific Fair on Friday July 30 and Saturday 31 between 9am to 5:30pm.

Wild Perth weather

Perth and the South-West regions of West Australia are experiencing the most rainfall since 2000, with intense rain and dangerous winds of up to 70 to 120 kph in the Bunbury and Bremer Bay areas. The rainfall has continued for 17 days consecutively, producing 184ml this past month

Columbian protesters topple statue

Protesters in Colombia have toppled a statue of Christopher Columbus in the coastal city of Barranquilla. The demonstrations were originally against tax reforms that its government said would be key to handling the country's economic crisis – reforms its president has since withdrawn.

However the protest movement has grown to include calls for improvements to the country's pension, health and education systems.

Riverside land purchased for Olympics

The Brisbane City Council and state government will purchase Riverside land at South Brisbane for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games. 

Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner confirmed the seven hectares of land on Montague Road will host the Games’ International Broadcasting Centre, and would later become a parkland site.