Australia is set to trial a new vaccine passport this week.

The Federal Government says the trial is the latest step in opening Australia up to the rest of the world. 

Some of the countries flagged in the announcement were the US, UK, Japan as well as the Pacific Islands. 

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says once eighty percent of the population have received both doses of the vaccine, people will again be allowed to travel overseas, a target Australia is on track to reach by November.

The Adelaide Festival centre is showcasing a First Nations Exhibition, titled “OUR MOB.”

The gallery will feature Aboriginal artists across South Australia, with a section dedicated to Aboriginal artists aged 18 and under.

The free event will take place this month and aims to bring together people of all ages through culture and shared knowledge.

These pieces can be viewed via the Adelaide Festival centre website under “Our Mob” store.

England is backflipping on its plan to introduce a COVID-19 passport.

Plans for the Covid-19 passport were set to be introduced by the end of the month to grant access to large, indoor events. 

The UK health minister Sajid Javid announced the government had dropped the initial plan for the time being. Javid says he wouldn’t rule out revisiting the vaccine passport in the future. 

This comes as Australia is set to trial the vaccine passport technology overseas this week.  

Queensland records two new locally acquired COVID-19 cases in Brisbane. 

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says the local cases are considered low-risk as both students are from St Thomas More College which is linked to the Sunnybank cluster. 

Chief health officer Jeannette Young says one of the new cases was infectious in the community but it was only for a short period of time.

Dr Young today lifted ongoing restrictions on aged care, hospitals and prisons. She also urges those in affected areas to get tested if they experience any symptoms.

The state government has released a tender to design the Birdwood Road Velobridge. 

Minister for transport and main roads Mark Bailey, says the ultimate goal is to create a safe, separated connection for bike riders between Brisbane's CBD and Eight Mile Plains. 

The design phase is expected to be completed by mid-2022.

The Queensland government has announced a $5 million renovation for Newstead house built in 1846.  

The house is Queensland’s oldest remaining building and was added to Queensland’s Heritage Register in 1992.

The Newstead House’s long-serving program manager Jen Garcia, says that the refurbishment sends a message to Brisbane residents that heritage is of value. 

The house will reopen in about 18 months

Dylan Alcott has become the first man in any form of tennis to earn the calendar year ‘golden slam’ of all four major titles and Paralympic or Olympic gold. 

Mr Alcott says “thanks for making the dreams of a young fat disabled kid with a really bad haircut come true because I can’t believe I did it” 

Alcott has now won 20 of his 21 matches this season and a 15th singles grand slam.

A Brisbane based robotics team is set to represent Australia in a competition run by the United States. 

CSIROS’s Data61 team members will join the Subterranean challenge run by the US Defence Research Projects Agency via telepresence. 

The challenges are designed to stimulate real world scenarios and involve locating models representing lost or injured humans with the winners set to be awarded 1 million US dollars.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is scrapping the introduction of vaccine passports, announcing he will set out his plans on Tuesday to manage the COVID19 pandemic during the colder months.

After taking fire from his governing Conservative Party for raising taxes to fix a health and social crisis, Mr Johnson is set to ditch the plan to introduce COVID passports in a bid to sooth critics. 

The opposition Labour Party said it agreed it was a quote “reasonable” approach to take some measures off but warns the winter could punish the National Health Service (NHS)