Over 300 people gathered in Brisbane’s King George Square over the weekend, joining in the nation-wide protests against Indigenous deaths in custody.

Family and friends of those that have passed away gave emotive speeches during the rally, and participants held a smoking ceremony outside of the Brisbane police headquarters. 

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An 18-year-old man from Chermside has died while rock climbing in the Glass House Mountains over the weekend, after falling 40 metres from Mount Ngungun on Saturday. 

Queensland Fire and Emergency Services and SES volunteers assisted multiple paramedics at the scene.

The City of Sydney is taking steps to make their CBD more pedestrian-friendly, beginning works to convert 9,000 square metres from Town Hall to Railway Square to car-free space.

The works will also include a new public space in Surry Hills, with work set to start in 2022. 

An Extinction Rebellion activist is walking 300 kilometres from Sydney to Canberra along the Motorway in order to disrupt traffic along the major travel route. 

The protest march began on April 2, with participants hitting the 160 kilometre mark over the weekend. A 21-year-old participant was arrested on the Hume Motorway south of Campbelltown, charged with failure to obey police when asked to leave the Motorway.

Queensland hinterlands and beaches are set to hit the TV screens, as the US hit show The Wilds Season 2 starts filming on the Gold Coast this week. 

The Victorian Chief Health Officer designated Greater Brisbane and Gladstone regions as ‘green zones’ as of midnight last night, meaning people travelling from those areas to Victoria will no longer need to quarantine and get tested upon arriving in the state.

The regions were moved from ‘green’ to ‘orange’ just before the Easter long weekend as a result of the Brisbane COVID-19 cluster and lockdown

Thousands marched in Australian capital cities over the weekend to protest continued Indigenous deaths in custody, as Australia is set to mark 30 years since the royal commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody handed down its final report on 15 April.

An ABC/Four Corners report has found that New South Wales detectives were refused permission to travel to South Australia to obtain a statement from the complainant at the heart of a historical rape allegation against former attorney-general Christian Porter.