A vigil was held on Friday in Brisbane at King George Square for a Biloela family who has languished in immigration detention for three years.

Greens Senator Larissa Waters and former Labor Senator Claire Moore also participated, calling for Minister Karen Andrews to release the family and let them go back to Biloela.

The Government will allow Australian families travel exemptions to have their children brought home from India.

After India was particularly hard-hit by COVID-19 the Australian government banned all travel to the country, over fears that it would place Australia at a serious health risk.

G7 country leaders will pledge 1 billion coronavirus vaccines to poorer nations in an attempt to convey global friendship and unity.

The leaders have also vowed to help developing nations tackle climate change and call out Beijing for human rights abuses.

Bangor, the oldest city in Wales, has a new Mayor, Owen Hurcum.

They are the first openly non-binary mayor of any city in the world. 

Demand for political representation from transgender and non-binary individuals is growing, as the US also elected its first trans state senator and first black gay congressman.

The Palaszczuk government has announced their state budget will invest $460 million into skills, jobs and training for the unemployed.

Around $320 million of this package goes to the 'Skilling Queenslanders for Work' program, which aims to help small businesses create jobs and then fill them with skilled employees.

A Sunshine Coast music venue claims the Government is not being transparent, after police shut down a concert over the weekend.

After viewing security footage from the NightQuarter venue in Kawana, the police shut down a Spacey Jane concert in the Sunshine coast on Friday, after alleged repeated Covid-19 breaches.

Brisbane City Council announced that a new CityGlider airport bus service is expected to be built in coming years.

As Brisbane continues to plan and bid for the 2032 Olympic Games, there has been a push to improve public transport, specifically airport connections.

As Victorians expect lockdown restrictions to ease over the next few days, the Government is urging residents to keep getting tested.

The declining number of tests has authorities worried.

They say they would feel more confident in their decisions if they could confirm there were no more undetected cases in the community.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's 12-year tenure has ended.

Naftali Bennett, the head of an ultranationalist party that controls six seats in the 120-seat Knesset, is the new Israeli Prime Minister.