The future of casual dining is taking off in southeast Queensland, with several restaurants bracing for a robot revolution.

Among those embracing the changing ways include Sunnybank Chinese family restaurant, Impressive Dumplings, with new addition Bella already turning heads.

Two bills are before Queensland Parliament today to reform the state’s rental system as part of the Greens move to bring more certainty to the state's 1.8 million renters and landlords.

The proposed Greens plan would cap rent increases to once every 24 months and end "no grounds evictions". 

A woman living with disability is in opposition with a Victorian council over a lack of suitable parking options in her street after copping several fines.

Rhiannon Tracey has repeatedly been fined for using a no-standing zone outside her home in Geelong but said she has no other option.

Haiti declares a state of emergency following the assassination of President Jovenel Moise with the First Lady also wounded in the shooting. 

Thousands of healthcare and frontline workers marched in New York City on Wednesday in a ticker-tape parade honouring their work during the COVID-19 pandemic.

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio declared “We've got a lot to appreciate, because we're well underway in our recovery."

Queensland has recorded one new COVID 19 case over the past twenty four hours. 

The new case was in home quarantine for their entire infectious period and a close contact of two known cases in Tarragindi in Brisbane's south. 

Sunshine Coast hospital staff have been marked heroes after exposing themselves to the COVID 19 virus to save a patient's life. 

Ten staff were involved in the incident, and are being forced into a fourteen day isolation after becoming casual contacts.

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Queensland police have renewed its tyre spike protocols following the death of senior constable David Masters.