Breakdancing is set to debut at Paris 2024, Summer Olympic Games.

Australian Olympic Committee CEO Matt Carroll says he is looking forward to seeing breakers in action in Paris.

Paris Games organisers were drawn to breakdancing's potential to attract a younger fanbase and grow the Olympic audience in the internet age.

Australia’s top-ranked female breaker in 2020, Dr Rachael Gunn, believes the Paris Olympics will present an equal opportunity for women to compete.

Around 3000 year-twelve students are set to receive their first Pfizer vaccination dose against Coronavirus today. 

These students range from eight local government areas which are of concern in Sydney.

A western Sydney Local Health spokesperson says they are thrilled to have the vaccination centre fully booked just on its first day. 

More than two thousand students have been sent the link to make a booking and eight thousand students bookings have been made already this week.

New research shows Australia has fallen behind in overall clean energy transition, which is now worse than 23 other comparable countries. 

The research, written by leading energy analyst Dr Hugh Saddler, says according to main indicators of decarbonisation and energy transmission, Australia ranks very poorly.

He further says Australia is back of the pack of developed countries, it is lagging and not leading the race to reduce emissions in our economy.

The LNP is calling on the Palaszczuk Government to implement a small family business support package as restrictions and lockdown uncertainties continue.

Opposition Leader David Crisafulli says the Government needs to get cracking on delivering this package, because even with the end of lockdown in South-East Queensland, the recovery will take months.

The current lockdown in Cairns is set to have similar negative effects.

Anti-semitic sentiment is on the rise in Queensland, and there are calls for decades-old laws to be updated to combat the hate.

As Queensland continues to record incidents of hate towards the Jewish community, yet 9 in 10 victims remain silent, questions have arisen over the effectiveness of the state laws.

Thousands of high school students are required to wear masks at school for the first time due to the COVID-19 Delta outbreak. 

All major schools in Queensland have issued letters to parents stating mask requirements for students. 

School staff and childcare workers have now been added to category 1B priority vaccination list.

Australia’s first drive-through vaccination clinic is now open in Victoria.

Nurses are preparing to administer the vaccination at a site of a former Bunnings in Melbourne’s outer north-west.

Department of Health deputy secretary Naomi Bromely says all you have to do is make a booking, drive down, roll down your window and get the vaccine. It's that simple.

Police deployment in Sydney's west and south-west suburbs has grown fear among the communities.

Dai Le, a local councillor in Sydney says: "They have killed people's confidence, they have triggered so much fear. What is this message? What is it doing to a community that's already under siege?”

New South Wales authorities say these measures are designed to stop infections in the worst-hit areas, with the virus spreading from workplaces to large households.