Australia's first residential treatment facility for eating disorders opens in the Wandi Nerida facility on the Sunshine Coast.

The 13-bed private hospital is owned and operated by the Butterfly Foundation under its "B-FREEDT" Model of Care, which incorporates connectedness, mental health support, permaculture and equine therapy.

Admissions to the centre for people over 16 years will be via a GP, psychiatrist or online referral and it is anticipated that participants will stay for around 60 days.

Brisbane’s ethnic Polish club has issued an urgent call for help to prevent the sale of its Milton venue by September.

The 60 year old centre of Brisbane's Polish migrant community is in financial trouble and has only a few months to raise $200, 000

President Waldemar Duda says he appeals to not just the Polish community, but the wider community in Brisbane and beyond, to visit the club and help with fundraising efforts to save the club.

The state is expecting to receive over $17 million across the next three years as interstate arrivals will ‘pay for the privilege’ to move to Queensland.

From July 2022, new arrivals will be required to pay roughly $80 to transfer their driver’s licence.

Queensland is expected to receive 61,700 people over the next few years.

Treasurer Cameron Dick claims this decision is a small price to pay for new Queenslanders, who will pay less tax compared to other states, particularly New South Wales.

Last week’s Victorian flood crisis will see businesses and households continue without power, potentially for up to another week.

As the clean-up continues there remains more than 26, 000 homes and businesses without power.

Acting Premier of Victoria, James Merlino, says financial assistance would be available for eligible Victorians impacted by the recent weather.

The Bureau of Meteorology has predicted more rain in the coming days.

Content warning -- mentions the death of an Indigenous Australian.

Leetona Dungay, mother of the late Dunghutti man David Dungay Junior, will take her family’s fight to the United Nations after feeling the Australian legal system has failed her son.

Mr Dungay died in custody in 2015, due to guard mistreatment. No one has yet been charged with his death.

Ms Dungay wants to hold the Commonwealth and New South Wales Government accountable for their failures to protect the lives of Indigenous people in custody.

It has been over a month since the deadly uprising of anti-government protests began in Colombia.

The protests started due to inequalities faced by the citizens, with the pandemic only having worsened the situation, as 42% of the population in Colombia now live in poverty. 

The protests so far have resulted in the President Ivan Duque promising changes in police training and disciplinary standards as well as new human rights directorate.

The Australian Medical Association (AMA) says they have heard reports concerning children with respiratory symptoms who aren't being treated by General Practitioners. 

It is a continuous issue, as Queensland health authorities in March noted a third of the state’s increase in hospital visits were illnesses a GP could have treated. 

The Royal Australian college of General Practitioners however, is defending GPs, saying they lack the personal protective equipment to see children with respiratory illnesses in person.

The Brisbane City Council objects to trucks carrying soil through the inner city on Sundays during the construction of the Cross River Rail project.

BCC’s infrastructure committee chair David McLachlan says allowing 100s of trucks in the city on the weekend will hinder the inner-city’s economic recovery, as people would be less likely to partake in the city’s recreational activities.

The state’s Coordinator-General, Toni Power, claims the Sunday works will speed up construction, and prevent traffic build-up during the week.