A new vaccination centre will open at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre (BCEC) this Wednesday.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said initially 1000-1500 doses per day would be administered on site. 

The BCEC hub will deliver Pfizer vaccinations and second doses of AstraZeneca for those who have already had their first vaccination.

Queensland Ambulance Service has apologised to the family of a Brisbane sixty-nine year old woman who died while waiting nine hours for an ambulance.

 
This tragedy was one of a number of cases dating back as far as May this year, when information leaked from south-east Queensland Ambulance Networks revealed how Brisbane hospitals were at 190% capacity.

Researchers from the University of Queensland have described the fossils of a new pterosaur species unearthed in Wanamara Country, North West Queensland as the closest thing to a real-life dragon. 

This species of pterosaur had a wingspan of around seven metres, with a spear-like mouth containing forty teeth.

It is the third species of anhanguerian pterosaur discovered in Australia and from western Queensland.

A survey by charity group Anglicare has found that three quarters of Australians would support a universal basic income policy.

Executive director Kasy Chambers (not to be confused with the singer-songwriter) said the increases to jobseeker and newstart have highlighted to Australians that poverty is a policy choice.

The number of people surveyed was only around one thousand, but the results were consistent with similar surveys conducted since the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Northern Territory government has launched a new agreement with first nations Australians aiming to reduce high Indigenous incarceration rates in the region. 

Titled the ‘Aboriginal Justice Agreement’, community elders and legislators hope that the agreement will implement actions and establish new local laws that will reintroduce community courts as well as expand on programs aimed at reducing recidivism.

The agreement is set to be launched in Alice Springs and Kalkarindji later this month.

Belarusian President Alesandr Lukashenko has denied he had any involvement in the death of an activist in Kiev and the defection of an Olympian during an annual press conference.

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has indicated the EU states are planning stronger sanctions towards Lukasenko and Belarus, which could be approved at a EU ministers meeting next month.

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Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says the Queensland government is worried about the virus travelling further north from the outbreak in Sydney and Newcastle.

Ms Palaszczuk says those aged 16-59 should register to get their COVID-19 vaccine as the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre becomes a mass vaccination clinic.

The taxi driver in Cairns is suspected of acquiring the virus from a passenger, a marine pilot who tested positive last week.