Older Australians might have to wait for months before they can get a choice of vaccines.

This comes despite the technical advisory group on immunisation (ATAGI) calling on the government to consider making mRNA vaccines, such as Pfizer, available to them.

The Australian Capital Territory Chief Minister, Andrew Barr, says vaccine choice “would be considered once vaccine supplies are there," however, that was likely to be “at the very tail end of the vaccination program."

According to a major report released by financial research provider Rainmaker Information, the number of Australian superannuation funds is contracting at its fastest rate in a decade.

It is estimated that Australia’s 10 biggest superannuation funds will hold an estimated 80% of the market within four years, with a wave of mergers expected to dramatically affect competition.

Gamers are reporting increased “hate raids” with barrages of racist, sexist, antisemitic and homophobic abuse, which has been making life increasingly unpleasant for minority users on Twitch.

Raven, a Black 31-year-old who identifies as gender non-binary, started a Twitter hashtag, #TwitchDoBetter to fight back racial slurs and messages referring to the Ku Klux Klan.

The hashtag has garnered many complaints over the past month, largely from female, non-white and LGBTQI+ players.

Queensland’s first 100% electric bus depot will be coming to North Lakes, with the first bus arriving next year.

Transport and Main Roads Minister Mark Bailey says the Australian-first electric bus depot will play an important role in Queensland’s Covid-19 economic recovery plan. 

Deputy Premier Steven Miles says the investment into this new electric depot will provide over nearly 150 jobs and generate 17 million dollars into the economy for local suppliers and contractors, a much needed investment right now.

Significant progress is being made on the Bruce Highway Upgrade – Maroochydore Road and Mons Road Interchanges. The completion of a new, eastern service road bridge over Eudlo Creek marked a major milestone for the project in Forest Glen.

Other Bruce Highway upgrades include the:

Caloundra Road to Sunshine Motorway 

Caboolture-Bribie Island Road to Steve Irwin Way 

And the Deception Bay Road Interchange 

This goes a long way in securing the Bruce Highway which saw 65 deaths or serious crashes in the past 5 years.

Tensions are rising between an anti-capitalist community garden and the proposed development next door in Highgate Hill.

Growing Forward gardeners say a sewer line for the Highgate Hill residences development would run through the community garden, which sits on disused land owned by the state government.

The activists declined offers from developers, ‘Bluebird’, to fund the rebuilding of the garden once construction is over.

Tune into Brisbane Line at 12pm tomorrow for the full story. 

There’s been an update on the suspension of evacuation flights out of Kabul Airport, with Defence Minister Peter Dutton saying all Australian Troops have been withdrawn from Kabul and all flights have been terminated.

This comes after the two suicide bombers attacked crowds outside of Kabul Airport and killed 60 Afghan civilians and 12 US soldiers.

Dutton said all Australians involved in the evacuation operation are safe after the final airlift was completed yesterday before the attacks.

This week’s Covid round up has NSW hitting over 1000 cases, with today’s number set to be announced at 11am. This comes as the state plans to ease the rules on outside gatherings due to hitting its vaccination targets.

Next is Victoria hitting a rise of nearly 80 new cases and 860 exposure sites showing that the numbers are continuing to rise.

There is no news yet on the other states but with NSW continuing to be on track for the over 2000 estimated daily cases, experts are concerned about the easing of the outside gathering rules.

US President Joe Biden has told Americans he will hunt down and make the terrorists responsible for the overnight twin suicide bombing in Kabul pay for what they’ve done.

ISIS-K has claimed responsibility for the attacks which killed 12 US soldiers, and saw the worst day of casualties for US forces there in a decade.

Biden said he’s asked the Pentagon to develop plans to strike back at them and ordered commanders to strike ISIS-K assets, leadership, and facilities.