Over the next ten months City Cycle will be phased out of Brisbane to make way for an increase in electric bikes and e-scooters. 

As users of the once popular City Cycle have diminished the council have made preparations since the start of the year to repeal the service. As of this morning it was announced that cycle station removals will begin commencement.   

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has conceded there have been “significant challenges” faced by the vaccination rollout, but rejects calls to reinstate JobKeeper. 

Calls for the federal government to reinstate the JobKeeper wage subsidy scheme have been growing with almost half of all Australians under lockdown across the country. 

Nine Victorian netball players exit a local club in their stand against racism following an abhorrent slur used by their own teammate in an A-grade competition.

Argentina has joined Canada, New Zealand and India following the announcement they have introduced gender-neutral formal identification cards.

President Alberto Fernandez said identities other than man and woman need to be respected.

An indigenous student at USC has been appointed by the State Government as the inaugural First Nations Archive Advisor at the Queensland State Archives.

One of Brisbane’s oldest exhibitions is on again this weekend with the Mt Gravatt Show returning for its 105th year. 

The Mt Gravatt show was cancelled last year for the first time since WWII, as it joined the likes of the Ekka as another major drawcard that fell victim to the pandemic.

Annastacia Palaszczuk has confirmed she will attend the opening ceremony at the Tokyo Olympics after Olympic Committee President John Coates insisted the politician prolong her visit. 

Annastacia Palaszczuk previously said she would not be attending the ceremony after more than one hundred and thirty-two thousand Australians expressed concerns about the premiers' Tokyo visit.

The construction industry has warned of catastrophic consequences if the current 2 week shutdown of building sites is extended by the NSW lockdown. 

Australian Constructors Association CEO Jon Davies said it is likely that "a high number of companies would fold".

COVID-19 lockdowns are adding to the distress of prostate cancer patients and families, with the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia recording a recent spike in calls to their new telenursing service.

Since the opening of the new service in March, 870 cases have been managed and the foundation says this uptake of the service is important not only for supporting patients but also the future direction of patient care, highlighting the care gaps and how they can be filled.

India has recorded 45,000 cases of a deadly “black fungus” known as mucormycosis over the last 2 months, as a nationwide outbreak sweeps through COVID-19 patients.

The infection, while not directly COVID affiliated, usually strikes patients after recovery from the disease and was once considered very rare until cases became more frequent during the pandemic.