Tunisia has plunged into further chaos with President  Kais Saied suspending parliament and dismissed the Prime Minister, Hichem Mechichi. 

The decision comes after a prolonged period of deadlock between the President, Prime Minister and legislature, all of which has crippled the management of the Covid crisis.

A decade on from the 2011 Arab Spring, Tunisia has seen nine governments, some only lasting a few months. 

A vaccinated man has tested positive in Brisbane after spending two weeks in hotel quarantine, perplexing state health authorities. 

The man aged in his 40's returned from China earlier in the month, testing negative three different times in quarantine.

When tested later by his GP, a new infection was found in his system, which is currently considered low risk by health officials. Queensland Chief Health Officer, Dr. Jeanette Young says genomic testing is in process to understand where the man got the infection.  

After news of his resignation from the Liberal National Party, Campbell Newman is widely expected to bid for the federal senate on a minor party ticket. Mr Newman had blasted his former party on social media for abandoning core values yesterday.

The decade-long on and off development plans for Ipswich CBD have now finally progressed, changing the former ’ghost town’ into a $250 million redevelopment project. 

Tenants and locals have had their confidence boosted due to a recently constructed administration building which has greatly increased CBD activity. 

The Nicholas Street redevelopment will feature new retail spaces, dining precinct, water features, two libraries, a civic plaza, cinema and go karting track.

NSW local government elections will be postponed for a second time due to pandemic restrictions, with local Government Minister Shelley Hancock issuing a directive last Saturday that will reschedule this year’s council elections until December 4th.

A Federal Court judge has denied the request of the Northern Territory government to have the financial settlement amount from its 2016 class-action lawsuit disclosed from the public. 

The Northern Territory government sought a media suppression order on the settlement figure for the abuse of a number of young offenders at the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre, but Federal Court Justice Debra Mortimer ordered that it be made public on Monday

After 20 years of US military presence in Afghanistan, President Joe Biden has announced that the US military's combat mission in Iraq will end this year. 

Following a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, Biden says that the plan to withdraw two thousand five hundred American soldiers from the war torn region has begun, and a formal closure of operations in Afghanistan will continue until the end of the year.