The Paint Factory, a repurposed factory in Yeronga, is providing local artists with avenues to create art in a free and spacious environment.

Invited artists are free to use the site, which is made up of a grand total of 34,000 square metres of old factories and offices, to broaden their horizons and work on a significantly larger scale. 

Federal government announces an international arrivals cap to be slashed by half after a national cabinet agreement. 

The number of commercial international arrivals will be temporarily halved to around 3,085 per week while more than 34,000 Australians remain stranded abroad.

The Pfizer vaccine will be administered by some 500 GPs across Australia today, for the 40 to 59-year-old age group.

Victoria is already claiming that its Pfizer allocation is dwindling, while NSW gets more to battle its unfolding virus outbreak.

After almost 20 years, approximately 2,500-3,500 United States Military troops have left, and many are nearing departure, from Afghanistan's Bagram air base. 

President Joe Biden says he expects Afghanistan’s government and military to handle the rising Taliban attacks. 

Queensland will be given a loan of $175 million to a $900 million coal mine project that will clear koala and glider habitat in central Queensland.

This has been criticised by environmental groups as there's already been loans to Adani and other mining corporations in this era of climate change.