Western Australia will move to phase five COVID-19 restrictions from Wednesday. 

The two-square-metre rule and 75% restrictions for the state's hospitality industry will be removed, with some venues allowed to return to 100% capacity.

Any locally acquired case will put WA back into lockdown.

Premier Mark McGowan says the decision is based on the latest health advice, assuring they have tightly managed quarantine hotels.

Thousands of people have marched in Poland’s Pride event in Warsaw. 

The parade was held because of rising discrimination against the country's LGBTQI+ community.

Poland's right-wing president Andrzej Duda has described what he calls quote "LGBT ideology" as being worse than communism and has vowed to block gay marriage and adoption.

Same-sex couples are barred from adopting children as couples, while some local authorities have allowed applicants to adopt as single parents.

Brisbane’s Nine Lives Festival, originally scheduled for next weekend, will be postponed by two months amidst Queensland’s evolving border restrictions.

Festival organisers cited the fact the line-up features artists from across Australia who will no longer be able to enter Queensland under the new border measures.

Jet Black Cat Records owner, Shannon, said they’re not worried about the decision to reschedule the festival, as music lovers buying tickets are aware concerts and gigs need to adapt to the COVID situation as it evolves.

Content warning for this next story for mentions of murder.

Federal member Dan Purdie proposed new laws that give the Parole Board the power to make a declaration against child killers and other ‘worst of the worst’ offenders.

This will stop them from applying for parole for up to 10 years after their eligibility date.

This comes after a promise to the family of the child murdered by convicted child killer Barrie Watts' by Minister Dan Purdie, and a petition that was successful with 72,000 signatures.

The Callide C power station that catastrophically failed after an explosion in its turbine hall on May 25th, has faced a setback recently as the Queensland State budget for 2021/22 may have insufficient funds to repair it.

The budget has allocated $10.1 million for capital works at the Callide C in 2021/22, but that was locked in prior to the station exploding which puts the timeline of repairs in doubt, with the estimated repairs being at $43.5 million for refurbishments and overhauls.

The Greens seek to repeal the new online safety bill mainly due to the misspelling of several words. However, critics have also responded with other concerns, namely that the bill may unfairly impact the LGBTQI community and sex workers.

Critics say that the bill draft draws to many similarities British Anti-Pornography act and the American anti sex work out and may de-platform sex works as it gives the government the capacity to remove dating apps and apps like only fans from the app store.