With home quarantine trials beginning, the first Queenslanders to spend their two weeks at home - instead of hotels - will enter the state today. 

Those arriving will need to have tested negative seventy-two hours before travelling, have two vaccine doses, and fourteen days worth of groceries in a free standing home where all other occupants must also spend a fourteen day quarantine. 

The initial one thousand residents to trial the system are just a few of the sizeable backlog of people applying for entry to the state, revealed by the ABC earlier in the month.

Noosa is being forced to reckon with the impact of rising sea levels, as council research shows two beaches immediately to its south will deteriorate from the effects of erosion by 2040. 

Sunshine, Sunrise and Perigian beaches are all at risk, with the rising water levels and erosion affecting not only the landscape, but also the luxury homes perched just onshore.

Draft plans to manage the erosion risk float a range of options, including cycles of pumping additional sand to the beach, earthmoving and revegetating the area. 

 A court battle over damage to a sacred site in the Kakadu National Park will head to the Northern Territory Supreme Court.

Parks Australia, which jointly manages the land alongside the Gunlom Traditional Owners is accused of breeching conditions obtained to build a walking track.

The Aboriginal Areas Protections Agency says the track was built without proper authority with chairman Bobby Nunggumajbarr saying proceedings would go ahead despite losing senior Gunlom custodian and Jaowyn traditional owner Mr Markan.

Cuba’s dissident protests on November 20 will be met with a military exercises for civilian defence preparedness that same day. 

It’s a move that has drawn outcry from protesters who say they are marching against state violence and for democracy and freedom of political prisoners. 

Protesters, from what’s known as the Archipelago Group, requested authorisation for the public demonstrations last month. 

They’re set to kick off five days after the nation opens to international travellers.

Gladstone is set to host the world’s largest hydrogen equipment manufacturing plants.

On Sunday, mining magnate Andrew “twiggy” Forrest, head of Fortescue Metals Group announced an initial $140 million stage of an expected 1 billion facility alongside Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk.

Mr Forrest says the time is right for the shift to green hydrogen powered furnaces, with the plant expected to deliver 173 jobs.

After criticising the Premier’s Olympic plans, LNP MP Ted O’Brien has been called out by Health Minister Y’vette D’ath.

Mr O’Brien’s federal colleagues declined to support his comments regarding funding slashes saying he would ask Prime Minister Scott Morrison to withdraw $5 billion unless the Australian government had a stronger say in the Brisbane Olympic Organising Committee. 

Ms D’ath says after meetings with sports minister Stirling Hinchliffe, Mr O’Brien had raised no concerns.

The state government is launching “get ready Queensland week” this week in preparation for the Summer natural disaster season ahead.

The efforts aim to increase Queenslanders’ preparedness for the upcoming wet season through three household steps: understanding risks, making an emergency plan, and packing an emergency kit. 

Heading into Summer, the Bureau of Meteorology says Queensland can expect an average to “slightly above average” cyclone season, as warm waters in the north bring high rainfall.