Plans for a 1950’s American style diner is due to open in Chermside 

The development will take place at the corners of Abarth St, Wallace St and Gympie road on a 2897 square metre site.

However, the site is currently occupied by a house, florist, bike shop, hairdresser and electronics store which could face demolition if the plans proceed.   

The triple zero line is being flooded with recipe requests and street directions. 

The Queensland police have revealed that only 13.67 percent of calls made through the triple zero phone line are deemed emergencies. 

Authorities are urging people to consider the seriousness of their calls via a new campaign. They are asking for callers with less urgent matters to call PoliceLink in an attempt to deter hoax calls.  

PoliceLink can be reached on 131 444 or online at www.police.qld.gov.au

The Brisbane City Council has waived 172 parking fines issued to drivers with disability permits.

The Council is investigating its parking ticket technology after incorrectly issuing fines to drivers.

A disability permit allows drivers to park for free in metered parking bays for an unlimited time when the sign indicates 30 minutes or more. Drivers began receiving up to three tickets per day due to the flawed technology. 

Woolworths will be the first to trial a new form of packaging on its shelves. Recycling start-up Samsara has plans to open a new recycling plant which will use enzymes to eat plastic and break it down into molecules to be reused. The technology developed at the Australian National University will eliminate single use plastic. 

Samsara chief executive officer Paul Riley said, “This means we will never have to create new plastic from scratch using fossil fuels again.”

The trial will take place over 2 years and will begin with Woolworths’ own-brand products.

Victoria is home to its first Aboriginal-owned solar farm, due to be completed next year.

A paddock, which has remained vacant for over a decade, will soon become the site of the state’s first indigenous-owned solar farm. The block in eastern Victoria’s Gippsland region will contain solar panels, as the region moves toward cleaner energy. 

The electricity sales generated from the site will go towards funding for local indigenous communities.

The United States have announced they will lift the covid travel ban for fully vaccinated UK passengers. 

From early November, passengers from the UK and most of the EU will be able to travel to the US. Currently only US citizens, green-card holders and those with exemptions can travel freely to the US. 

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson tweeted, “It’s a fantastic boost for business and trade, and great that family and friends on both sides of the pond can be reunited once again.”

Queensland has recorded no new community cases, but two in hotel quarantine.

Victoria recorded 567 new COVID-19 cases, but no deaths.

In Sydney, fully vaccinated adults in another twelve LGAs can experience an easing of restrictions, following other parts of the city.

A gay bar opened last week in the Gold Coast, it hopes to unite a ‘disconnected’ community.

The Chameleon Lounge Bar, in Broadbeach, is the first LGBTQI+ safe bar in almost two years.

Dan Duncan, the owner, says, “We seem to be losing the gay culture on the Gold Coast because there was nothing.”

This venue gives LGBTQI+ people a chance to meet in-person in a welcoming space.

Drunk drivers in outback Queensland will face a $2,000 bill for alcohol interlock devices.

Until now rural convicted drivers have been able to apply for a court exemption because there was no qualified technician to install the devices.

The devices, which require a breath test and facial recognition to start ignition, will hopefully prevent alcohol-related road crashes.