One new local COVID case detected in home quarantine and is linked to the Indooroopilly cluster. 

There was also one new overseas acquired case — detected in hotel quarantine.

Residents in Ascot fear that a proposed unit development will see them lose their city views and hundreds of thousands of dollars from their house values.

The initial 86-unit plan, lodged in 2019, was rejected by the Brisbane City Council, but the decision has since been appealed.

The Queensland Government is accused of abandoning residents affected by drywood termite.

Various Queensland towns and suburbs, including Brisbane's bayside suburbs, all have slow-spreading infestations of the invasive West Indian drywood termite.

This week South Australia will begin trials of home quarantine for travellers returning from Victoria and New South Wales.

Premier Steven Marshall said geo-location and facial recognition software will be used to track people quarantining.

Police have issued thirty-five thousand dollars in fines after a large group of people illegally gathered at a church in Blacktown, New South Wales. 

Around sixty people were inside the church, both adults and children from various local government areas of concern. 

President Joe Biden says the United States is considering extending the Afghanistan evacuation timeline.  

There are still upto fifteen thousand Americans alone who need to be evacuated from the country, along with fifty to sixty thousand Afghan allies.

Concerns are rising over the ongoing emergency health services crisis in Queensland.

Ambulance ramping, which when paramedics are required to continue care for patients in the ambulance, has grown to greater than 50% in eight Queensland hospitals.

Queenslanders living with a disability will now be able to access a website for the latest advice and information on a range of support services.

The Minister for Families and Social Services, Anne Ruston, says the National Disability Gateway is a fast, easy to use and ‘one stop shop’ website.