A rally in support of West Papuan political prisoner Victor Yeimo will take place in Newstead today.

Yeimo was charged with treason and incitement by an Indonesian court after his alleged involvement in anti-racist protests led to riots in 2019. 

Event organisers for 'Make West Papua Safe' aim to protest outside the Brisbane AFP offices to show their solidarity and concern for Yeimo’s health due to poor prison conditions.

Staff and students at QUT will be protesting job losses and unstable working conditions at midday today on the Gardens Point campus.

The rally coincides with the National Tertiary Education Union’s National week of action for secure and safe jobs.

They will deliver a Staff Petition to QUT’s Vice Chancellor.

A new long-term study reveals that exposure to toxoplasma, a disease commonly carried by cats, may increase the likelihood of psychosis in predisposed young people.

Dr. Paul Amminger of Orygen’s Personal Assessment and Crisis Evaluation Clinic studied ninety six clients aged fifteen to thirty, and found a three point six fold increase in the risk of psychosis for individuals who had grown up or lived with cats. 

Those who developed psychosis commonly had higher Toxoplasma antibody levels, which had arisen from exposure to the disease.

The UK’s foreign secretary Dominic Raab has been demoted over his handling of Afghanistan’s evacuation crisis. 

Raab remained on holiday in the Greek islands over the duration of Kabul’s takeover by the Taliban, and will now be replaced by Aussie Senior Minister Liz Truss. 

Truss rose in popularity during her political work post-Brexit as International Trade Secretary.

The ARIA Awards have announced today that they will include a gender-neutral awards category to embrace equality and the true diversity of the music industry.

Replacing the previous categories which included five nominees each for Best Female Artist or Best Male Artist, there will now be ten nominees for the Best Artist category. 

ARIA CEO Annabelle Herd aims to not only reduce gendered bias in the awards ceremony, but also be more inclusive of non-binary artists.

5 Runcorn State High School students have been forced into isolation after socialising with students from neighbouring school Saint Thomas More College. 

1000 families attending Saint Thomas More’s have been isolating since a 13-year-old girl was infectious in class for three days.

A Metro South Health spokeswoman advises, all other contacted staff and students at Runcorn State High have tested negative, and the school will not need to close at this stage.

A geology team at the University of Queensland, are revealing some volcanoes draw their lava from a much shallower depth than previously thought. 

Lead researcher, volcanologist Dr Theresa Ubide says hotspot volcanoes have a natural filter which sifts out impurities in the lava, creating the illusion it came from deeper in the earth.

The team continues to study a collection of volcanoes in the Canary Islands to see if these discoveries apply to other categories of volcanoes.

Greens MP for Maiwar Michael Berkman is proposing a private member’s bill which would see the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14.

The proposal aims to relocate children under fourteen convicted of crimes out of detention centres and into safe housing for rehabilitation.

Mr Berkman believes, while the behaviour of young offenders is problematic, his proposal would invest in early intervention models and therapeutic responses.