The national cabinet is being urged to make vaccinations compulsory for all hospital staff and to create a roll-out plan to ensure every worker gets a jab.

Catholic Health Australia, which represents Catholic not-for-profit hospitals, says every year healthcare staff are required to get vaccinated against the flu but yet there is no such directive for COVID.

They are urging the government to form a uniform rule across Australia for everyone working in a hospital environment.

A push for greater disability acceptance in the workplace is hoping to change ideas of inclusion and ability.

Nathan Basha, a disability advocate, says many people with disabilities face workplace rejection just because organisations are unaware or challenged by their support needs, even though often these people come forward with their own support and solutions.

Mr Basha says, “organisations and businesses need to stop putting people in boxes and recognise that everyone has their own unique potential, to lose their fear of the unknown."

Oil producing nations have agreed a deal to control oil prices. 

Under the new deal, OPEC (Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries) and partners have agreed to increase supply by a further 2 million barrels per day from August until December 2021 to help stabilise the market.

The OPEC cartel and partners, such as Russia, will boost supply after prices climbed to two-and-half-year highs during the pandemic

Domestic violence organisation CEO Hayley Foster criticised the Queensland Police Union for their statements regarding domestic violence complaints.

The police claimed that people are seeking domestic violence protection orders simply to gain an advantage in family court.

Women’s Legal Service Queensland spokesperson Julie Sarkozi said this myth puts women and children in danger.

Currently, only three in ten survivors of abuse report it to the police.

Australia’s craft beer industry is on the rise with over six hundred independent breweries having opened in the past decade.

Independent Brewers Association chair Peter Philip says his goal is to have a small brew pub in every Australian town with a population of at least 10,000.

Philip says an effective way to keep costs low is to move away from shop shelves and to promote domestic tourism by using old, abandoned pubs in country towns. 

Construction has continued on Houston-based Axiom Space’s project to construct the world’s first commercial space station.

Thales Alenia Space, a European aerospace manufacturer, will develop the two pressurized modules of the Axiom Space Station. The two elements, which are scheduled to launch in 2024 and 2025, will dock to the International Space Station before eventually detaching and operating as a fully independent, commercial station.

Backbone youth arts will be holding a rally Saturday at 1:30pm at Backbone in Mulberry Park in regards to LNPs government decision to demolish their current place of residence in the East Brisbane Bowls Club. The local council will also set up a public consultation booth as well starting at 2pm in Mulberry Park close to where the rally will be held.

This has come as the LNP wishes to turn the East Brisbane area into heritage-listed riverside park which included the plans to demolish the bowls club using resident feedback that the club site was "under-utilised."