A couple are driving roughly 26-hours per week to Cairns to receive dialysis treatment because of the shortage of chairs in Mt Isa.

This problem adds to the growing wave of criticism against Queensland Health by the LNP, for the mismanagement of public health facilities.

Member for Traeger, the Katter’s Australian Party‘s Robbie Katter, says it’s an example of regional Queensland missing out on government funding for public health services.

Two Indigenous men from Arnhem Land have lodged a voter suppression complaint against Australian Electoral Commission (AEC).

Mayor of West Arnhem Regional Council, Matthew Ryan, and Chairman of Yalu Aboriginal Corporation in Galiwinku, Ross Mandi, allege the requirement for people to have a street number and postal address to be listed on the electoral roll is discriminatory.

They allege the AEC’s strict rules about how people enrol to vote indirectly suppress Indigenous communities voices. 

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Two refugees hunger striking in the Melbourne Immigration and Transport Accommodation Centre have been hospitalised this morning in Melbourne.

They’re amongst fourteen refugees who have been hunger striking since Thursday night, in protest of their indefinite detention. 

No refugees have been released since February this year, even after the government had announced it was starting a quote “progressive release” policy.

Chile President Sebastian Pinera has announced Chile will get a new constitution to replace its current conservative, dictatorship-era charter.

The assembly drafting the new constitution will hold its first session on July 4.

The rewriting of the constitution is the result of a broad political consensus agreed to after the widespread social protests that broke out at the end of 2019 against inequality.

The Royal Brisbane Hospital has cancelled non-urgent elective surgeries for the next fortnight in an effort to counter the state’s growing emergency health crisis.

This period will allow the Metro North Health group to implement strategies to address the bed-shortage issues.

Opposition Leader David Crisafulli has addressed the issue as a failure of the government to be honest about what indeed classifies as a bed, and how many are actually available at any one time.

Victoria has developed and will make Australia's first local mRNA COVID-19 vaccine to be ready for clinical trials by the end of the year.

Acting Premier James Merlino says the government is investing $5 million in support for the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MIPS) to manufacture doses of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine for trials, which are due to start in the coming months.

Mr Merlino also says the vaccines received from the federal government would not meet demand in Victoria over the coming months.

Construction for the world’s largest medicinal cannabis facility is due to begin in Toowoomba in August.

Built 250 metres from the Wellcamp International Airport, it will cost $400 million, producing 500 tonnes of cannabis per year and employing about 1000 people.

Demand for medicinal cannabis is set to soar, with prescriptions tripling in Australia over the last year and low-dose CBD oil soon to be sold at pharmacies without prescription.

Toowoomba Mayor Paul Antonio says the economic boost to the region will be tremendous. 

Prime Minister Scott Morrison faces criticism over his recent trip to St Keverne, England, following his G7 summit trip in Cornwall.

Mr Morrison went to St Keverne for a personal trip to visit the graves of his ancestors, however, this had not been disclosed to the media in his schedule.

Mr Morrison recently announced that travel to Britain was too risky for Australian travelers, therefore, his trip raises questions over whether politicians are not subject to the same pandemic rules as others.