The first commercial flight since the US-led evacuation has left Kabul airport on route for Qatar.

The flight has instilled hope in people stranded in Afghanistan and has been marked as an important step in regaining some degree of ‘normality’.

The Queensland Government has announced they will be investing in Queensland company Buildsafe as part of the state’s Covid-19 Economic Recovery Plan and to promote construction safety. 

Treasurer and Minister for Investment Cameron Dick said Queensland dwelling approvals are up thirty-seven percent since May 2020, generating high demand for the safety solutions provided by Buildsafe.

Queensland marine biologist and anti-plastic straw campaigner Nicole Nash said she is proud to have been made ‘redundant’ after the state government banned all single-use plastic.

Nash started the ‘Last Straw’ campaign back in 2016 and by 2019, Nash had over half a million plastic straws stored in a bedroom of her house. 

The NSW Government has announced shires along the coast of Tweed Heads to Byron Bay and west to Moree Plains will have lockdown lifted from midnight tonight, despite Covid-19 being detected in sewage.

Queensland Premier Anastacia Palaszczuk has said she will wait until more details on the lockdown relaxation are announced before considering a border bubble, remaining concerned about the ongoing high infection rates in NSW.

Residents in parts of Northern NSW have been treated with a magical display of fireflies this spring, with thousands being seen on a single night.

The bioluminescent beetles have appeared earlier than usual this year with local resident Janine Howe putting it down to the warmer weather.

Australians have expressed concern over the legality of Federal MP Craig Kelly’s mass-distributed text messages to Australians spreading Covid-19 vaccine misinformation.

Mr Kelly who is a member of Clive Palmer’s United Australia Party has sent two rounds of text messages urging Australians to follow a link to a ‘Vaccines Risk Adverse Events Report.’ 

Australia and Indonesia have strengthened their military ties after both countries’ foreign and defence ministers engaged in security talks.

Australian Defence Minister Peter Dutton said they’re looking at opening up Australian training areas for Indonesian troops to join regular training exercises as part of the deepening of the alliance.

The Queensland African Communities Council said it has “no confidence” in media regulator the Australian Press Council after it ruled a front page newspaper story labelling two African Australian women “enemies of the state” was not racist.

Australian Artists Fear Shattered Arts and Creative Industry has been forgotten by the Australian Government.

An open letter to the Australian Government calling for a vital reform in the way that the Arts and Creative Industries is represented in the Federal Parliament of Australia has been left unanswered.