The cost of the upgrades to the Indooroopilly roundabout has risen with estimates the project will cost $60 million more than the anticipated budget. 

The upgrade will provide Brisbane drivers with more bus stops, wider roads, cyclist safety improvements and more turning restrictions.

Infectious diseases expert Dr Paul Griffin has predicted that coronavirus will eventually seep into virus-free states such as Queensland. 

Six new cases have been recorded for Queensland today.

Four were acquired overseas but two were acquired locally.

Both local cases tested positive in New South Wales and have since tested negative in Queensland.

Scamwatch reported almost a 120 per cent increase in investment losses have been associated with scams since early 2020 and 2021.

Reports over the year found the over 65 age group have lost the most money to investment scams so far in 2021, experiencing losses of nearly 20 million dollars, according to more than 500 individual reports.

Researchers from the University of New South Wales and the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute have reported that accommodation such as public housing is key to decreasing reoffending rates amongst ex-offenders.

Chris Martin from UNSW, says that social housing is a powerful break in the vicious cycle of homelessness and imprisonment. 

Jenny Gao, a master of embroidery art, is set to host a new exhibition this coming Sunday. 

Jenny uses embroidery - art created through needlework - to merge Chinese influence with Western culture to present an emotional perspective on the natural world. 

Indonesia has begun easing restrictions in parts of the country as coronavirus cases have begun to fall off.

The nation recorded fewer than 10,000 new cases Monday, which was a sharp fall from recent peaks.

Nationwide vaccination was at about 11 per cent, with some major cities achieving a vaccinated majority.

Talks resumed on a world-wide environmental plan by UN negotiators to protect natural land as part of the ‘Global Biodiversity Framework’. 

A draft for the Global Biodiversity Framework aims to conserve at least 30 per cent of the world's land and oceans by focusing on eliminating plastic waste and decreasing the use of pesticides by two thirds.