ABC’s current affairs program 7.30 will begin to acknowledge Indigenous land names when it introduces places on its program.

This comes as the national broadcaster moves to improve representation and public awareness and knowledge of the Indigenous community during programming.

Increasingly, Australians are receiving a ‘vaccine passport’, but the government has not attached any rights or freedoms to it, yet.

Tourism Minister Dan Tehan hopes the vaccine passport will, in the future, prevent extended lockdowns or border closures.

France's far-right National Rally (RN) fails to win their first ever region, as results from the second round of regional elections come in. The election also recorded low turnout of less than 30%.

Woolloongabba is set to build a new veloway cycle bridge. 

The bridge will be built above O’Keefe St, connecting the inner city cycle network to two sections of the veloway.

It is expected to make bike riding quicker and safer in the Brisbane CBD. 

The Bruce Highway is closed in both directions near Kybong following a serious traffic crash. 

Paramedics are on scene at a serious vehicle and truck crash on the Bruce Highway that is causing lengthy delays.

Diversions are placed however significant delays are expected. Motorists are urged to seek an alternative route.

Lawyers and advocates are campaigning for stronger anti-discrimination laws in Queensland. The 30-year-old laws continue to label racist abuse as “wilful damage”, rather than as a hate crime.

Sydney expects COVID-19 cases to grow as the state enters the first week of lockdown.

With more than 30 new locally acquired cases and a growing list of exposure sites, the New South Wales Premier, Gladys Berejiklian, warns case numbers will likely increase as infected individuals start showing symptoms.

More than a quarter of Australia’s top 20 listed companies will not fund the superannuation increase for all employees from July 1st, but will instead deduct it from take-home pay.

The Superannuation Guarantee - compulsory superannuation paid on top of ordinary earnings - goes up from 9.5% to 10% on July 1st.

US President Joe Biden signs a law that designates a former nightclub Pulse, which was the scene of a deadly mass shooting, as a national memorial site.

Pulse was one of the biggest and most popular gay clubs in Orlando where a gunman killed 49 people in 2016.