Over 800 music, theatre, comedy, and cabaret performances are taking place from Ipswich to the Sunshine Coast, as part of Queensland’s Anywhere Festival.

The not-for-profit festival has artists perform in backyards, ferry stops, and warehouses, and allows audiences who may not have access to traditional venues to experience live performance. 

Voting for the People’s Choice Awards for the QUBE Effect 2021 are now open.

The awards aim to help evolve and celebrate Brisbane musicians through an intensive development and mentorship program while promoting diversity across cultures, genres, and gender. 

Hundreds of Sunshine Coast residents remain without power after a severe hailstorm hit South East Queensland last night. 

Impacted streets in Nambour are closed and residents are directed to stay indoors, as Energex works to clear at least eight fallen power lines in the area. 

No one has been injured. 

The pandemic resulted from multiple preventable failures, according to an independent panel reviewing the global response to COVID-19. 

The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response also warned another global pandemic may happen unless urgent and vital steps are taken.

Panel co-chairs Helen Clark and Ellen Johnson say the COVID-19 pandemic could have been prevented. 

Six environmental activists remain in custody after being arrested in protests outside of Parliament House, yesterday. 

Extinction Rebellion protesters attempted to block the roads of Parliament House with trucks and barrels, protesting the lack of environmental focus in Tuesday’s federal budget. 

Brisbane locals will join together to host a community repair workshop, this Saturday. 

The free repair workshop at the Repair Cafe in Woolloongabba will have locals bring broken items and team up with volunteer fixers to mend the item together. 

Experts are calling for a residential rehab program to be set up in Brisbane in order to tackle youth crime in the region. 

The Noffs Foundation spokesperson Matt Noffs says residential rehab programs reduce youth reoffending by 62 per cent, while juvenile detention reduces it by 26 per cent. 

Queensland first responders experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder will be able to workers compensation faster and more easily. 

Under new state legislation, frontline workers including police officers, firefighters, youth justice officers, prison officers, and paramedics will no longer have to prove their PTSD is work-related.