School Strike for Climate has announced a national day of action for the 15th of October. 

The group has said that this strike is a good opportunity to make some noise about the ongoing climate crisis in the lead up to the UN Climate Change Conference and apply pressure on the Australian Government before the upcoming Federal election. 

The Brisbane strike will take place on the fifteenth of October at 1pm in King George Square.

As of today, it is illegal for Australians to import nicotine containing vape liquid without a prescription, and illegal to supply any liquid nicotine that isn't in child-resistant packaging.

This ban comes after Health Minister Greg Hunt closed a legislative hole which allowed their unrestricted sale.

Facing criticism from backbenchers, he cited a doubling in nicotine poisonings nationwide over the last year.

China has showcased new technology at the 2021 Zhuhai Airshow which is speculated to allow astronauts to land on the moon by around 2030.

The new Long March 9 super heavy lift rockets and other mission elements could be used to bring infrastructure to the moon as well as allow the astronauts safe return.

An initial test flight of the rocket technology is expected in 2028.

A teenage boy has died in Mackay after an adverse reaction to ingesting an unknown substance. 

Emergency services were called yesterday at 11am to a report of six teenagers ingesting the substance.

Of the remaining five teenagers, a girl and a boy, both fifteen, were discharged yesterday and a twelve year old girl and two boys aged fifteen and sixteen are still in hospital in a stable condition.

The NRL has said that the Grand Final will go ahead at Lang Park in Brisbane this Sunday, even if the venue has to be reduced to 50% capacity.

There is still however a possibility that the event could be moved to Townsville if a lockdown is imposed in South East Queensland following recent COVID cases.

NRL Boss Andrew Abdo said the NRL was watching the situation "on an hourly basis" and would "react accordingly" to any changes imposed by the developing COVID outbreak.

Suspicions have been raised over the legitimacy of submissions from community members in support of the development of luxury apartments by company, Bluebird. 

Anti-capitalist gardening group, Growing Forward has revealed in a press release that upwards of three hundred of these community support submissions were made from the same four IP addresses. 

The group made a right to information request to further investigate the legitimacy of these submissions, as did Councilor for the Gabba, Jonathan Sri.

A slip of the tongue from Victorian Health Minister Martin Foley has fueled misinformation online, after the minister incorrectly stated during a press conference yesterday that 95% of COVID hospitalisations were people who had already been vaccinated

A spokeswoman for Mr Foley confirmed, however, that 78 per cent of those currently in hospital in Victoria were unvaccinated, while 17 per cent had received just one dose.

Singapore’s migrant workers have been put under strict rules restricting their movements. 

This came after a surge in cases on the island, recording 2,236 new cases on Tuesday. 

The migrant workers have been forbidden not only from travelling internationally, but also from mingling with the general population while employed in Singapore, and have been limited to visiting their places of employment and their dormitories.