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.

Queensland Premier Anastacia Palaszczuk said her key agenda item at today’s National Cabinet Meeting is reducing international arrivals by fifty percent.

Currently Queensland accepts a maximum of 1,300 international arrivals each week, but the Premier said the quarantine hubs are stretched and down to their final beds.

Backbone a prominent youth arts organisation which is known for promoting alternative, queer and POC music and performances, may have to relocate from its long-term home in Mowbray Park after Brisbane City Council announced a proposal to demolish its leased building.

SBS News has released statistical information from the Department of Home Affairs which details data on outgoing international flights during Covid. 

The data spans from August last year to April 2021 and found that the top three travel destinations for Australian’s were India, China, and the United Kingdom.

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Assisted dying laws have come into effect in Western Australia, bringing relief for terminally ill individuals.

Western Australia and Victoria now have active voluntary assisted dying laws, with Tasmania and South Australia on the way.

Undocumented migrants in Belgium have sewn their lips closed in protest of their rights.

Hundreds of undocumented workers have been hunger striking for weeks to stress their demands for legal recognition and access to work and social services.

Brisbane and Moreton Bay regions will remain in lockdown for a further 24 hours.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuck made the announcement in a press conference today as three new locally-acquired cases have been recorded overnight.

The Rail, Train, and Bus Union says that the Brisbane City Council are forcing bus drivers to work through the three-day lockdown or face getting stood down.

RTBU Assistant State Secretary Tom Brown says that two hundred and fifty bus drivers that are part of the union know at least six hundred other council workers who were sent home with full pay.