Prime Minister Scott Morrison said that soon children aged 12-15 will become eligible in the Covid vaccine roll out.

Morrison told reporters in Canberra that the decision to vaccinate 12-15 year olds was consistent with the interim advice from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI), who’s set to deliver its final findings today.

There are 1.2 million Australians in this age bracket and Morrison says with our current vaccination rate of 1.8 million doses administered per week, this age group would be immunised quickly.

The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission reports that 210 people have been killed in attacks in Ethiopia's Oromia region.

It’s been alleged members of the Oromo Liberation Army in the East Wollega area of Oromia are responsible for 150 of the killings.

With the other 60 said to have been killed in retaliation attacks, according to the statement issued by the government-appointed body, which did not state who was responsible for the acts of revenge.

Scientists have identified an eight million square kilometre region of water in the South Pacific that is warming unusually fast, disrupting normal weather patterns and contributing to South America’s long megadrought.

The region is dubbed the ‘Southern Blob’ and according to an article published in the Journal of Climate, the phenomenon has a natural origin but has intensified over the last forty years due to global warming.

Toowoomba community leaders said they were kept in the dark about the Queensland Government's construction of a regional quarantine facility at Wellcamp Airport.

Toowoomba Regional Council Mayor Paul Antonio said he knew nothing of the plan and learned of it from a press conference he was not invited to, stating that he and the council were caught off guard and would like to have been consulted.

Construction is underway, with 500 beds available by the end of the year and a total capacity of 1,000 expected by March 2022.

Renovations on the Albany Creek Leisure Centre swimming pool are now completed, making it the first venue in the Moreton Bay Region to implement the ‘Changing Places’ scheme.

‘Changing Places’ is an amenities compliance upgrade designed to accommodate those with disabilities or high support needs, making venues fully inclusive and accessible for everyone.

The Liberal National Party is criticising the state government for the high ‘ramping’ rates in hospital emergency departments. 

Queensland Health Minister Yvette D'Ath defended the system and called it ‘one of the world’s best’, and that last financial year it was reported that all critical patients were seen within clinically recommended time frames.

The Senate has unanimously signed approval for an inquiry into Australia’s deployment in Afghanistan over the past twenty years and the subsequent military withdrawal.

Independent Senator Jacqui Lambie is responsible for pushing the investigation, and said that "while there’s lots to be proud about, we clearly didn’t achieve the outcome we wanted."

Lambie said she’s happy the senate unanimously voted in favour of the inquiry, which will examine all the procedures and objectives of Australia’s longest war.

New research by the University of Sydney shows under current settings and restrictions in NSW, the state could reach up to six thousand cases per day by October.

Research leader, Dr Mikhail Prokopenko said the data supports Gladys Berejiklian’s plans to keep some restrictions in place after lockdown is lifted  in November once eighty percent of Australia’s eligible population is vaccinated. 

If all restrictions are removed with the lift of lockdown, Dr Prokopenko warned infections could surge to forty thousand cases per day based on the research findings.

The Australian evacuation mission in Afghanistan has been suspended after two suicide bombers set off explosives outside Kabul airport, killing twelve US Marines and an estimated sixty civilians.

The Australian Joint Operations Command said in a Tweet that all assisting Australian personnel are safe.

The IS affiliated group in Afghanistan, ISIS-K, has claimed responsibility for the attacks, with the Taliban condemning their actions.