Plans to replace the derelict Urban Paradise Gallery on Annerley Road, with a private hospital is being contested.

It is estimated to provide care for approximately 100 patients, with full-time staff numbers reaching an estimated 355. 

A Redland-based service for men has been awarded a $15,000 grant to help raise awareness about abuse, promote healing and reconciliation for male victims of sexual assault and institutional child abuse.

The Men & Co service manager Millie Knight says the funding would be crucial in developing videos that would allow men to share their experiences and encourage reconciliation.

ABC’s current affairs program 7.30 will begin to acknowledge Indigenous land names when it introduces places on its program.

This comes as the national broadcaster moves to improve representation and public awareness and knowledge of the Indigenous community during programming.

Increasingly, Australians are receiving a ‘vaccine passport’, but the government has not attached any rights or freedoms to it, yet.

Tourism Minister Dan Tehan hopes the vaccine passport will, in the future, prevent extended lockdowns or border closures.

France's far-right National Rally (RN) fails to win their first ever region, as results from the second round of regional elections come in. The election also recorded low turnout of less than 30%.

Woolloongabba is set to build a new veloway cycle bridge. 

The bridge will be built above O’Keefe St, connecting the inner city cycle network to two sections of the veloway.

It is expected to make bike riding quicker and safer in the Brisbane CBD. 

The Bruce Highway is closed in both directions near Kybong following a serious traffic crash. 

Paramedics are on scene at a serious vehicle and truck crash on the Bruce Highway that is causing lengthy delays.

Diversions are placed however significant delays are expected. Motorists are urged to seek an alternative route.

Lawyers and advocates are campaigning for stronger anti-discrimination laws in Queensland. The 30-year-old laws continue to label racist abuse as “wilful damage”, rather than as a hate crime.

Sydney expects COVID-19 cases to grow as the state enters the first week of lockdown.

With more than 30 new locally acquired cases and a growing list of exposure sites, the New South Wales Premier, Gladys Berejiklian, warns case numbers will likely increase as infected individuals start showing symptoms.