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. 

State Member for South Brisbane Amy McMahon and Councillor for Woolloongabba Jonathan Sri have expressed concern over the potential negative impacts the project would have on the community primarily due to the implications a private hospital would have on already-busy streets.

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.

In the next few weeks the traditional land names will appear on the screen along with the official government name for cities and towns.

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.

As the winter school holidays arrive, the current lockdowns and restrictions have meant the tourism industry, yet again, faces negative consequences.

Already, parts of the European Union are now allowing vaccinated individuals to travel quarantine-free, and there are hopes Australia will follow.

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%.

The winners are the mainstream right whose candidates held on easily to the regions they already controlled. One of them, the former minister Xavier Bertrand, is now openly a candidate for the presidency next year.

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. 

People with disabilities, using wheelchairs and other mobility aids, will also have more freedom to move and manoeuvre without fear of blocking the way for cyclists.

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.

The Cohesive Communities reform group has been at the centre of the push to redefine racist abuse, and tighten laws. As a result a parliamentary Inquiry is now underway.

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.

Ms Berejiklian says the outbreak of the highly-contagious Delta strain means entire households could become infected quickly, so lockdown was necessary to prevent further spread.