Brisbane is set to close its bid to host the 2032 Olympics after it was unanimously endorsed by the International Olympic Committee overnight.

This is a break int tradition following a change in the selection process as cities no longer have to outbid each other to host the event. 

State Treasurer, Cameron Dick, will announce a drivers licence transfer fee for Australians wanting to relocate to Queensland from July 2022.

The fee of $78.75 is expected to raise $17 million over three years, as more than 61,000 Australians are predicted to relocate to the North East.

China is preparing to launch its first manned mission to its new, orbiting space station.

The China Manned Space Engineering Office said it moved the Long March-two-F Y1-twelve rocket, carrying the Shenzhou-twelve spacecraft to the launch pad as of yesterday in preparation for its first crewed mission into space.

United States President, Joe Biden, said the US will donate 500 million doses of the Covid-19 Pfizer vaccine around the world in an attempt to speed up the end of the pandemic.

The announcement came before the G7 summit, which is due to be held in the United Kingdom.

Fortitude Valley’s QMusic has called upon the state government to invest money into Brisbane’s live music industry after Townsville’s state of origin match.

The closure of international borders until 2022 along with the flexible state borders, has seen the live music industry brought to its knees.

Protesters are criticising the QLD Maroons over a six-year merchandise sponsorship with fuel company, Puma.

A flash protest on Origin night highlighted PUMA’s ties to the Israeli football association, which has teams in Palestine territory.

Under a new pilot plan, the New South Wales government plans to allow two hundred and fifty international students into Sydney each fortnight from the middle of this year.

The students will spend their quarantine period in purpose-built student accommodation before commencing the second semester of their university studies.

The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons released a new report which calls for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to end its reliance on nuclear weapons.

It asked NATO to enter into the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons which was founded in January of this year.