The Sunshine Coast Council handed down its 2021/2022 budget on Thursday. 

A quick snapshot of the budget includes: 

The Supreme Court will keep a key judgement confidential in the legal saga between coal mining giant Adani, and climate activist Ben Pennings, until next week. Vi Pham reports:

4ZZZ will update as the story progresses

Bob Katter and the KAP party are claiming that Queeslanders have “fed a load of croc” by the Palaszczuk Labor Government as it continually refuses to reveal the findings of a detailed crocodile population survey that concluded in 2019.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called on state and territory leaders to consider border closure exemptions for people who have been fully vaccinated.

Mr Morrison says this reward would encourage more people to get the vaccine.

However, state governments might not be on board.

A Victorian man convicted of terrorist-related offences has been freed from prison early, with 9 months remaining on his sentence.

Adam Brookman, who has been in custody since July 2015, pleaded guilty to one charge of foreign-incursion last Wednesday, but has since been released.

A content warning for the next story which talks about death and abuse of Indigenous peoples. 

A second site of seven hundred and fifty unmarked graves has been discovered in Canada at a Catholic School for Indigenous children.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison suggested the army barracks in Pinkenba to be the site for a new quarantine hub after rejecting the state government's request for a site near Toowoomba.