Henry Pike will contest the Queensland seat of Bowman for the LNP to replace Federal incumbent MP, Andrew Laming.

Mr Pike, the Property Council director of media and communications, won a five-way LNP preselection battle on Sunday.

Dr Laming will quit politics at the next election after allegations that he harassed two women online.

In a recent Queensland COVID update, four new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 have been recorded today. 

Premier Annastacia Palaszcuk says all are low risk and linked to existing clusters. 

All four cases are the Alpha strain, rather than the more contagious Delta variant, which the Premier says is excellent news. 

The Queensland Government will supply free support for homeowners and builders amidst the impacts of rising prices and material shortages.

The Accelerated Builder - Consumer Dispute service will give frustrated people access to professional mediators in an effort to help them complete their homes.

Australian researchers are calling on Facebook to better regulate hate speech in the Asia Pacific region.

A study funded by Facebook found the platform does not have adequate mechanisms to combat discrimination from proliferating on its service.

Visa applicants with permanent medical conditions or disabilities will no longer have their applications assessed in terms of their lifetime care cost.

The migration requirement, resulting in rejection of Australian visa applications of more than 15 people with disabilities or illnesses, has been relaxed by the government.

Oxygen shortages have resulted in the death of 33 patients at Dr Sardjito General Hospital in Yogyakarta city in Indonesia. 

Public hospitals in Indonesia's main Island of Java are being pushed to the brink as the highly infectious Delta Variant causes a dramatic spike in cases and strained medical resources.

The Queensland government has proposed a $14 million overhaul to keep the Wivenhoe Hydro Power Station pumping cleaner, cheaper energy.

Minister for Energy, Renewables and Hydrogen, Mick de Brenni, says that Wivenhoe is a valuable and reliable power station, particularly in light of the recent incident at the Callide-C Power station in May.

Cairns police officers are running a program for mentoring young Indigenous women.

This Cairns branch of project “Booyah”, a Queensland police youth mentoring program, is different to most as it is an all-female run and focused branch.

Australians will now be prompted to include traditional place names when addressing letters and parcels, after a community campaign.

The new Australia Post packaging will include a dedicated spot where customers can choose to include the First Nation country, just above the street address on a letter or parcel.