Energex are appealing to drivers to heed warnings and signs around roadside power line works.

After a couple of close calls, Energex crews are urging south east Queenslanders to take care. 

Executive General manager of operations Paul Jordon says with 178,000 kilometres of overhead power lines and 29,000 kilometres of underground cable, it's not unusual to come across these roadside works. 

Mr Jordan says thankfully most drivers are following warnings, but appeals for caution as it only takes one reckless driver to cause an accident.

First Nations people have been given funding to combat domestic violence.

Eleven organisations are set to distribute over $100,000 in order to provide appropriate support across 8 communities in Queensland. 

This was prompted by the National Women’s Safety Summit held last week in order to formulate a plan to prevent violence against Indigenous women and children.

These grants are set to support families and young people whilst preventing the cycle of domestic violence.

A taxi driver has been awarded $1.5 million in damages after being exposed to a carbon monoxide leak. 

After 8 years Muhammad Salman Shahid’s court case with Capital City Taxis has come to an end. Mr Shahid suffered a heart attack, hypoxia and an acquired brain injury as a result of what the court has deemed as negligence. 

This was one day after another taxi driver died in the same vehicle. Maurice Blackburn senior associate Patricia McMullan says the money does not undo the harm, however it provides comfort of financial security to her client and his family. 

The New South Wales education department has announced a teacher shortage set to hit schools across the state.

With the vaccine mandate deadline approaching, the Teachers Federation is expecting the already low number of teachers to further reduce. 

The new south wales teachers federation president Angelo Gavrielatos says the unsustainable workload and non competitive salaries are contributing factors to the shortage. 

Shanghai residents are being told to brace themselves as Typhoon Chanthu moves up the east coast.

Flights and train services are being cancelled and schools have closed due to heavy rainfall and high-speed winds affecting the region. 

The storm has forced Shanghai's main container port, the worlds largest, to suspend operations.

Senior meteorologist Jason Nicholls says, "Chanthu will lose wind intensity as it continues to push northward just east of Shanghai into Wednesday." 

A Brisbane riverfront home has sold for 10 times the previous purchase price. 

The Californian bungalow in Toowong sold for six million dollars in less than 48 hours in an off-market deal. The house was previously sold in 1993 for $600,000.

Jordan Navybox, who brokered the deal, says that surging interstate migration has driven an increase in Sydney and Melbourne buyers. He says a third of his clients are buying property from outside of Queensland driving the demand and soaring prices. 

Greens candidate Danielle Mutton will join fellow community protesters this Thursday in a bid to halt introduction of a toxic energy-from-waste incinerator in Ipswich.

The greens are calling on Queensland and federal governments to move away from energy-from-waste and towards a cleaner alternative. 

Ms Mutton says the incinerator will do immeasurable harm to the health of local residents and the environment. 

Queensland has recorded an additional locally acquired case of COVID-19

A 15-year-old girl who attends St Thomas More College in Sunnybank has tested positive.

In good news, however, premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is not concerned due to the case being related to the Sunnybank cluster.  

More than 13,000 tests have been conducted in the last 24 hours and 38.3% of eligible Queenslanders have now had their first dose of the vaccine. 56.6% have been fully jabbed. 

New food sharing app is tackling the problem of food waste in Australia.

OLIO is the world's only neighbour-to-neighbour food sharing app which connects people with local shops and cafes in an effort to eliminate food waste. Users are able to exchange food with one another rather than throwing it away. 

App user Sian Lewis says the initiative is a satisfying reassertion of community and caring. 

The app is free to use and is accessible to any smart phone.