Melbourne's loss of the Australian Grand Prix for a second consecutive year puts the city at risk of a "slow economic death", as warned by a leading business figure.

Innes Willcox, chief executive of the Australian Industry Group, told Today that businesses were being hit hard by city lockdowns and curbs on international travel that hit major sporting events.

Mr Willcox said, getting people more vaccinated is key to businesses surviving and growing.

A woman was fined after breaching Quarantine restrictions in Cairns yesterday after it was noticed she was missing from her room Sunday afternoon.

CCTV footage revealed the woman scaled two sets of balconies, used an outdoor stairway and kicked-in a door to escape.

The woman was found in her mothers house, and was brought to court yesterday morning on charges of contravening public health directions, unregulated high-risk activity and wilful damage.

The number of Brisbane e-scooter riders fined for not wearing helmets is expected to double as shared e-bikes,hit footpaths this month.

Police data shows the number of fines issued so far this year hit 536 as of May 31, compared with 449 across all of 2020.

The figures are expected to spike as eight-hundred dock-less bikes will join a doubled fleet of 2000 electric scooters across the city from July 22 after Neuron Mobility and newcomer Beam were announced to be successful bidders for the rollout of the new bikes.

New COVID-19 exposure sites were listed this morning after a positive case was declared earlier this morning. West End, Loganlea, Macgregor, Moorooka and South Brisbane.

Queensland Health Officials are asking locals to refer to the Queensland Health Site for more information.

The number of people killed in a landslide that roared through the coastal town of Atami in Japan last Saturday has risen to four, as rescue crews continue to search for 24 more.

The landslide caused by days of heavy rain in the region initially was thought to have inundated 147 residents as homes and holiday rentals were destroyed. 

The Morrison Government has defended their protection of the Great Barrier Reef after recommendations from the United Nations to place it on the World Heritage In-Danger list.

Sydney’s lockdown is reportedly expected to be extended by at least another week. 

Investigations are underway as a Northern Territory Miner is suspected to have caught COVID-19 through an air conditioner after quarantining in a Brisbane hotel.

A couple and another individual located on the same floor also tested positive, with officials believing it was related to the Mineworker case. 

The Queensland Premier has defended her decision to fly to the Tokyo Olympics this month, as an online petition trying to stop her surpasses 30,000 signatures.

Many of those signing the Change.org petition are believed to be Australians stranded overseas who are calling for Annastacia Palaszczuk to remain in Australia until she changes her stance on cutting hotel quarantine numbers.