Yesterday a new COVID-19 case was detected in Queensland, linked to the Portuguese restaurant cluster. 

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says she is not overly concerned because this person is now in home quarantine.

The Queensland Government faces criticism from local businesses for being lenient with COVID-19 restrictions for large-scale football matches, but strict on businesses.

Although yesterday's football game was after the lockdown was lifted, it has locals questioning how fair this is on business-owners and wedding and funeral goers.

The Paint Factory, a repurposed factory in Yeronga, is providing local artists with avenues to create art in a free and spacious environment.

Invited artists are free to use the site, which is made up of a grand total of 34,000 square metres of old factories and offices, to broaden their horizons and work on a significantly larger scale. 

Federal government announces an international arrivals cap to be slashed by half after a national cabinet agreement. 

The number of commercial international arrivals will be temporarily halved to around 3,085 per week while more than 34,000 Australians remain stranded abroad.

The Pfizer vaccine will be administered by some 500 GPs across Australia today, for the 40 to 59-year-old age group.

Victoria is already claiming that its Pfizer allocation is dwindling, while NSW gets more to battle its unfolding virus outbreak.

After almost 20 years, approximately 2,500-3,500 United States Military troops have left, and many are nearing departure, from Afghanistan's Bagram air base. 

President Joe Biden says he expects Afghanistan’s government and military to handle the rising Taliban attacks.