The national unemployment rate came in at just under five percent, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

The QLD unemployment rate just topped the national average, with almost one hundred and fifty thousand losing their jobs in August.

Conus Consultancy economist Pete Faulkner said despite only limited lock-downs in Queensland the story was similar to the southern states.

Forum Finance founder Bill Papas has been accused of orchestrating a four hundred million dollar fraud. 

Westpac and two other lenders have brought civil proceedings against Papas, claiming he has forged signatures of managers. 

New South Wales Police are separately investigating the claims against the Australian managed services provider.

Australian farmers are set to have a good season this year, with values of what is sold expected to reach seventy three billion dollars. 

Following years of drought, mouse plagues and trade sanctions with China, Australian farms have received high volumes of rain and high demand in livestock such sheep and cattle. 

The Government’s economist said that this could mean a rise in supermarket prices by about 5 percent.

Australia’s recent cancellation of a 90 billion dollar conventional submarine deal has drawn condemnation from France.

The cancellation has come in the wake of the new AUKUS pact. 

France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has said the cancellation of the 2016 deal is a ‘stab in the back’.
Australian Foreign Minister Peter Dutton has said he doesn’t make any apologies for a decision that's in the country's best interest.

Charity organisation, Maroochydore Neighbourhood Centre, has been experiencing increased pressure as rental prices have soared on the Sunshine Coast.

MNC community development coordinator says that locals have been struggling to pay for essentials in addition to the high cost of rent and have sought assistance from MNC.

This has come at a time when two MNC funded sleep busses are set to hit the streets of the Sunshine Coast, housing twenty people each night.

The Queensland government announced a new vaccine blitz, starting with a pop-up clinic at a Rugby League game in Mackay on the 17th of September.

Community vaccination hubs are now taking walk-in clients as part of the weekend blitz, and over 60’s are allowed to receive the Pfizer vaccine on request.

Authorities have had concerns that covid-19 may be going undetected in the Queensland - New South Wales border zone, as an abundance of home septic tanks has been causing inaccuracies in sewage testing.

Testing has so far proved accurate in detecting one positive case out of a sample size of ten thousand people.

But with roughly a quarter of Lismore’s residents not connected to the town’s sewerage system, authorities are worried there may be infected people in the local government area.

Anti-fracking activists celebrated a legal victory in the Northern Territory as the courts dismissed an appeal by prosecutors.

The pair of activists first faced court in November last year for drilling three large holes in the lawn outside the Northern Territory Parliament in 2019. 

The Supreme Court of the Northern Territory upheld the local court’s decision and dismissed the charges because the prosecution failed to establish that the lawn belonged to the Parliament.

Hundreds of Cadbury workers in Melbourne are set to strike for better conditions, pay, and job security.

The Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union said the workers have been forced to take action as the international confectionery giant has been delaying giving them permanent roles.

Union Secretary Tony Mavromatis said some of the workers have been in insecure work for ten years.