A range of websites including popular news outlets, ecommerce giants and governmental websites have come back online following an unexplained internet outage which occurred on Tuesday. 

Websites operated by news outlets including The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, Financial Times, the New York Times, Bloomberg News, CNN and Al Jazeera were sent offline for about an hour. 

Cybersecurity expert David Waburton says that the outages should act as a massive wakeup call that internet infrastructure  has become dangerously over-centralised and lacks resilience and security. 

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has revealed that $128 million paid by Australian Businesses in 2020 have been lost to multiple payment redirection scams.

The average losses in 2021 are already 5 times higher than the losses in 2020. Scamwatch is now recommending businesses “ensure their staff are well trained in the company’s payment processes and remain aware of payment redirection scams”.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison, is expected not to make any fresh climate commitments ahead of the G7 talks taking place in the United Kingdom this week, stating that Australia does not support false deadlines for phasing out specific energy sources.

Mr Morrison has reinforced his statement that Australia is on the pathway to net zero with the goal to get there by 2050, through technology that enables and transforms industries, not taxes that eliminate them and the livelihoods they support.

Queensland Health is facing criticism following an Australian couple being separated from their newborn baby after the baby was born 8 days into their quarantine period due to Queensland’s covid-19 restrictions. 

Sarah Haidar was admitted into the Royal Brisbane Hospital for an emergency c-section late last month. Husband Moe Haidar had previously requested an exemption for the birth but due to delays, didn’t receive a response.

The Seaway Promenade walkway at the Spit in the Gold Coast is now open to the public. 

The Queensland Government invested $6.84 million in the Seaway Promenade in attempts to improve the shared pathway with SeaWorld and boost community infrastructure. 

The member for Gaven, Meaghan Scanlon, said the project, “will continue to support the creation of jobs and the delivery of community infrastructure as part of the government’s economic recovery plan for Queensland”. 

The 2032 Olympics are looking more likely to take place in Brisbane, with a virtual meeting being hosted by the The International Olympic Committee Executive Board later this week with the Future Host commission to discuss the potential Olympic prospects.

Brisbane has already been given the status of being the preferred city for the 2032 Olympics and is a heavy favourite

The Queensland Government submitted their final documents in May, appealing to The Olympic Committee President, John Coates.

The New South Wales Council has come under fire as people who aren't classified as COVID vaccine priority groups have received the jab before people who are most at risk. 

Librarians, lifeguards and other community workers have already received their jabs ahead of thousands of older Australians who are yet to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. 

The Palaszuzk government is under pressure as the opposition claims that the state government is "Losing control of Queensland Health". Queensland's residents were asked to share their stories at the town hall in hopes they can be used to implement positive change within the current health system.

Health Minister, Yvette Darth says, "Year on year we are seeing increased demand on our EDs and ambulances and hospital system, every one of my health minister colleagues around the country are experiencing the same thing".