Concerns for the welfare of a thirty-three year old Brisbane father Daniel Muller continue this week since he has been reported missing since Thursday. 

Mr Muller was last seen at around 6pm on Thursday, August 12 walking in the vicinity of Bowen Bridge Road, Herston. 

Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is calling for Australia’s media watchdog to be abolished for failing to meet its responsibilities.

This comes as part of Mr Rudd’s pushback against Rupert Murdoch’s Sky News.

Mr Rudd says the Australian Media and Communications Authority has “monumentally failed” by not regulating Sky News’s misinformation around the pandemic.

Seven Extinction Rebellion protesters have been evicted from National Australia Bank in Brisbane City yesterday. 

The Extinction Rebellion group expressed displeasure over NAB’s claims in supporting action on climate change, despite investing $7 billion in fossil fuels.

Police guarded the entry points to the bank as activists unfurled banners outside, sang protest songs and displayed placards of the bank’s record in fossil fuel investments.

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A survey conducted by the West Australian Mineworkers Alliance has found nearly one-in-four women in WA’s mining industry have experienced sexual assault while at work.

Unions are calling for the establishment of an independent body to investigate claims of sexual abuse and harassment at West Australian mine sites, which is reported to include offers of career advancement for sexual favours as well as verbal sexual harassment. 

The echoes of Saigon are being felt in Kabul, as thousands of Afghan civilians have rushed to the main airport desperate to escape Taliban rule. Eight people have died during the ongoing chaos at the airport, which included two unidentified armed men by U.S soldiers. 

Hundreds of civilians have been scattered along the runway desperate to board aircrafts, with some hanging from ramps hindering evacuation efforts.

Inside the terminals, shops were looted adding to the sense of panic.

Queensland has recorded no new cases of COVID-19. Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young says it had been 10 days since there was an infectious case in the community. 

Amid surging cases in NSW, Queensland will continue its strict border rules. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says essential workers with an exemption to cross into Queensland – like emergency and health workers – will have to have had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Vaccine hesitancy is at an all-time low this year in Queensland.

The latest study from the Melbourne Institute, a part of the University of Melbourne, found that 26% of Queenslanders were unwilling to be vaccinated or unsure, which is down from 31%.

Professor Anthony Scott of the Melbourne Institute says, quote “Until recently, Queensland hasn’t really had very much exposure. And, particularly outside of Brisbane...people might feel like they’re miles away from what’s been happening.”

Queensland has launched its first Closing the Gap Implementation plan — a nationwide effort to Close the Gap in life outcomes between Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous peoples.

Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships, Craig Crawford, says they have partnered with Queensland’s peak community-controlled organisations to develop the plan, which will be updated annually, to reflect the experiences and ambitions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Queenslanders.