Australia’s craft beer industry is on the rise with over six hundred independent breweries having opened in the past decade.

Independent Brewers Association chair Peter Philip says his goal is to have a small brew pub in every Australian town with a population of at least 10,000.

Philip says an effective way to keep costs low is to move away from shop shelves and to promote domestic tourism by using old, abandoned pubs in country towns. 

Construction has continued on Houston-based Axiom Space’s project to construct the world’s first commercial space station.

Thales Alenia Space, a European aerospace manufacturer, will develop the two pressurized modules of the Axiom Space Station. The two elements, which are scheduled to launch in 2024 and 2025, will dock to the International Space Station before eventually detaching and operating as a fully independent, commercial station.

Backbone youth arts will be holding a rally Saturday at 1:30pm at Backbone in Mulberry Park in regards to LNPs government decision to demolish their current place of residence in the East Brisbane Bowls Club. The local council will also set up a public consultation booth as well starting at 2pm in Mulberry Park close to where the rally will be held.

This has come as the LNP wishes to turn the East Brisbane area into heritage-listed riverside park which included the plans to demolish the bowls club using resident feedback that the club site was "under-utilised."

Queensland has recorded one new locally acquired case of COVID-19, who was infected with the delta strain.

According to Premier Anastacia Palazczuck, this case had zero risk to the community as the woman was already in home quarantine.

This brought the total number of active cases in Queensland to 48.

Queensland also declared Victoria a hotspot, barring Victorians from entering Queensland starting at 1am Saturday.

Queensland's space industry has received a boost from the Palaszcuk government, with funding will go to gold coast-based Gilmour Space Technologies. Treasurer and Minister for Investment Cameron Dick said the funding would bolster Gilmour’s latest round of private investment, which has secured $61 million dollars from around the world.

The tax institute has released a 287 page  report on how to fix the Australian tax laws which have cost the nation about $50 billion in compliance costs, while inefficient taxes are costing even more in lost economic growth.

The report argues that Australia is over-reliant on personal and company income taxes. And that there should be a  higher rate and/or broader base for the GST, which may include taxing education, health and fresh food.

Victoria recorded 10 locally-acquired Covid-19 cases overnight after announcing a snap lockdown on Thursday. 

Of the 36 active cases in Victoria, 18 were transmitted in the community and originated from the New South Wales cluster.

This lockdown was the fifth for the state and Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said he hopes only a five-day lockdown will be necessary.

One of Thursday's COVID-19 cases was a worker from Brisbane international airport who had already been vaccinated.

Despite encouraging workers to get vaccinated the Brisbane Airport Corporations said they do not keep track of the number of vaccinated workers.

Likewise, ABC news found that Cairns airport also had no records of which workers were vaccinated.