A Queensland Police Officer will be subject to a “full review” of a fine issued to Councillor Jonathan Sri after Facebook posts revealed regular criticism of the councillor. 

Senior Constable Borg made numerous comments criticizing the councillor calling him a “dishonest grub”, while joking about having a bonfire party with Cr Sri’s election yard signs. 

This comes after Pride requested QPS officers not wear their uniforms after an investigation found numerous homophobic, racist and sexist comments had been made by officers on Facebook.

After no new cases recorded on Friday, strong indicators have suggested that the state could open by November.

After eases in social distancing and mask usage, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has so far resisted to give a firm date but still projects vaccination rates are projected to reach 70-80 percent.

As of Friday 68.78 per cent of Queenslanders have had one dose.

Sydney has ended its lockdown, with restrictions eased for those vaccinated. 

Lines of people to retail shops were witnessed before midnight as non critical retail stores are allowed to reopen with density limits for those fully vaccinated.

With 485 deaths and 6938 active cases, fully vaccinated people will still be required to show proof of vaccination and sign in under COVID Safe Check in system.

Taiwan has vowed not to “bow” to China.

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen says the island will not “act rashly” after responding to remarks made by Chinese President Xi Jinping’s vow of “reunification”.

These comments come after Taiwan warned that China’s military flights into Taiwan’s military zone had seriously affected relations between the two nations.

A federal court ruling will grant native title to Western Queensland’s Koa people following a Federal Court decision in Winton.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships Minister Craig Crawford says the determination recognises the rights and interests of the Koa people including hunting, fishing, gathering and conducting ceremonies on over 864,988 hectares of land and water between Corfield, Winton and Kynuna.

Queensland has recorded no new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 after 15,000 tests were conducted in the past 24 hours with one new case in hotel quarantine and another five cases on a bulk carrier ship off the western coast of Cape York. There were 20,559 vaccinations conducted at Queensland government centres yesterday which means Queensland has now delivered over 5 million doses of the vaccine. Currently, 68.3 per cent of eligible Queenslanders have had the first dose of a vaccine, and 49.5 per cent have had two doses.

More than 111,000 people have signed a petition for gender affirmation to be covered by Medicare, to reduce cost barriers faced by people seeking gender affirming surgery. Through the current Medicare insurance system, people are able to access certain health services for free or at a subsidised cost. However, transgender people and other people in need of gender affirming surgery pay up to $30,000 for the procedure.

Colombia has deployed a new unit of 14,000 military personnel on Wednesday to increase government control of a conflict hotspot near the Venezuelan border, where multiple armed groups compete for control of cocaine production. The new unit deployed in the northeastern province of Norte de Santander is the largest in Colombia's recent history. The province is one of Colombia's most violent regions and the site of recent high-profile attacks.