The Chinese city of Wuhan has recorded its first local COVID-19 infections in over a year. 

Seven new cases in the city have prompted Chinese authorities to start a city-wide coronavirus testing blitz in Wuhan where the disease was first detected in late 2019. 

The positive cases are being investigated and are suspected to be the highly contagious Delta variant.

CLP senator Sam McMahon has drafted a new bill that may allow the Northern Territory to make its own voluntary euthanasia laws.

She says that this new bill has been a long time coming after the act of assisted dying was overridden by the Commonwealth in 1997. 

The senator said that "This bill is purely to allow the Northern Territory government, should it ever decide to introduce laws around the topic, the right to. 

Warning: This story contains themes of sexual assault. 

Former Attorney General, Christian Porter, is now acting House leader in place of Peter Dutton who is now isolating with his family after his sons were deemed close contacts with an infectious case at a Brisbane High school. 

Mr Porter who held the role until March, before he was removed after denying allegations he sexually assaulted a female debating teammate, will now take over in Mr Dutton’s role for the next fortnight.

The Brisbane City council has released the final draft for its $67 million Breakfast Creek “Green Bridge” that will connect Newstead into the city’s inner-east. 

The construction is set to begin later this year and is set to be a key link between the planned Hamilton athletes' village and the city for the 2032 Brisbane Olympics.

Over 200,000 Queenslanders are on a waitlist to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine, with estimation times showing that most won’t receive an invitation to book their appointments until October.

Queensland Health Minister, Yvette D'ath, announced Queensland would receive 84’000 doses of Pfizer in each week of August and 150’000 Astrazeneca doses. 

D’ath said that she would like to bring that whole supply forward, which would mean Queensland vaccination clinics would be able to ramp up the doses that they are administering every single day”.

Queensland has recorded 19 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours with 16 of those cases having been locally acquired. 

Deputy Premier Steven Miles said in his daily COVID-19 update, that the 16 locally acquired cases have all been linked to the Indooroopilly Delta cluster, which brings the current cluster to 63. 

The numbers come after Queensland set a new COVID-19 testing record with 51, 479 tests having been conducted in the past 24 hours. 

Queenslanders are urged to regularly check the QLD health website for information and updates.

This story contains themes of sexual assault.

United States President, Joe Biden, has officially called for the standing down of New York Governor, Andrew Cuomo amidst an array of sexual assault allegations.

Governor Cuomo maintains his stance that he is innocent of any wrongdoing, however, the findings of an investigation conducted by two independent lawyers have shown that Cuomo’s administration was a, “hostile working environment”