British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed that all remaining coronavirus restrictions will be lifted in England. 

Despite a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases in the past week, the Prime Minister has said it was "the right moment to proceed" as schools close for summer vacation but urged people to "proceed with caution."

Liberal National MP, George Christensen, is said to be under pressure from Barnaby Joyce to reconsider his retirement which was announced in April.

Energy Minister Angus Taylor, has appointed a former Quadrant Energy Head, Katherine Vidgen as a clean energy regulator to help reduce emissions and reduction goals.

Quadrant Energy is one of the largest independent exporters of oil and gas in Western Australia and was sold in 2018 for 2.1 billion US dollars. 

A new treatment being developed at a Queensland University could potentially save lives by treating patients with a range of serious conditions.

University of Queensland researchers are developing a treatment that could potentially benefit critically ill patients with sepsis or acute respiratory distress syndrome.

Co-founder of Atomos and former chief executive, Jeromy Young, has been identified as the man caught evading Queensland’s border restrictions after sailing in his super yacht from Sydney to the Gold Coast and attending a rugby game last Wednesday with 3 other people aboard. 

Mj Rodriguez makes Emmy history as the first transgender person nominated in a lead acting category. Member from the Australian Transgender Association Queensland, Christine Johnson, stated that,

“It’s wonderful, a real boost for the whole community to see her on-screen, and hopefully she gets the Emmy”. 

The United States President, Joe Biden, has said the US is facing the biggest threat to fair elections in its history as the Republican Party pushes to tighten voting laws and make it harder for Americans to vote. 

Republican-led states, Georgia, Texas, and Florida have all proposed or are passing laws to limit postal ballots which were a contributing factor to Biden’s success in the 2020 Presidential election.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he is confident that the NSW Government "will get on top" of a new coronavirus testing regime which has led to thousands of cars queuing for hours at a southwest Sydney testing site just to be able to work.

The Australian Council of Social Service has said that the New South Wales’ lockdown support package announced on Tuesday excludes people on the lowest incomes. 

It comes after it was found that almost 4 hundred thousand people in Greater Sydney are on income support payments like JobSeeker that are below the poverty line.