The Brisbane City Council’s Ethics Committee under pressure after its three Labor members resigned yesterday.

They resigned in protest of what they alleged is a political tool,  used against independent and non-administrative councillors.

Following the abrupt shutdown of the Sunshine Coast venue Nightquarter over the weekend, San Sisco called for compensation from the Queensland government.

The venue shutdown due to complaints about Covid-19 safety protocols leaving the music group with inadequate time to reschedule their shows or accommodation and travel.

Overnight palliative care returned to the Julia Creek Multi-Purpose Health Service after being cut in November last year.

Clive Palmer asked the Australia High Court to overturn a new law preventing him from suing the Western Australian government.

The WA government introduced a legislation which aims to stop Mr Palmer from claiming $30 billion in damages from a previous Liberal government which disallowed assessment of the billionaire’s Balmoral iron ore project in Pilbara.

Wage theft and exploitation inflicted by farm managers forces migrant workers to go dumpster diving just to survive.

Kate Hsu, a Taiwanese foreign worker, said she was paid $4 an hour for picking oranges on a farm in South Australia, leaving her no choice but to eat from public rubbish bins just to survive.

Scott Morrison and Boris Johnson agreed to a trade deal between Australia and the United Kingdom in principle over dinner.

The deal envisioned to give food producers and businesses from both nations easier access to each other’s markets and away from the volatile Chinese market.

Avocados sold for $1 each in supermarkets after farmers upped production for this season.

The state budget so far indicated little spending changes to improve housing conditions for lower income Queenslanders.

Queensland Greens Member for South Brisbane Amy MacMahon said resources for an adequate public housing strategy are noticeably absent from the new budget.