The initiative to revitalise Roma Street is continuing with a proposal being lodged with the council to construct a third new luxury hotel in the area. Along with the two other hotels, the new Cross River Rail station and the proposed Brisbane Live entertainment precinct, this hotel is part of the council’s effort to spruce up what has long been the CBD’s least developed area. The proposed site for the

Hurstville Aquatic Centre in Sydney has closed temporarily after 70 litres of Hydrochloric Acid spilled into the spa area due to a faulty valve leaking. The leak caused three hospitalisations and a major evacuation of 150 people.

More than 100 people have now lost their lives and many more are missing after flash flooding and landslides hit Indonesia and East Timor over the weekend. Disaster relief efforts are already underway to provide health and basic needs assistance to residents and repair the towns and villages that were destroyed. East Timor, one of the Pacific’s poorest nations, is causing particular concern internation

More than 400,000 people in 2 Kenyan refugee camps face an uncertain future as the Kenyan government persists with its ultimatum that the United Nations must present a plan to shut down the camps by tomorrow. If the UN fails to come up with a plan to shut down the camps, Kenyan authorities say they will forcibly remove the refugees and take them to the Somali border. The Kenyan government tried to shut

Shay Hayston, the owner of Cafe Froth on Brunswick, a popular cafe in Brisbane has apologised after he posted a photo to his public snapchat online calling customers “two very annoying Asians”. The image was taken in the kitchen at the cafe with the caption “Omg I love my staff” over it.

More than 1500 Queensland primary producers will be given a rent reprieve until September first. Resources Minister Scott Stewart says the deferral of more than $200,000 of land rent is in response to a series of successive hardships for farmers including COVID-19 and Tropical Cyclone Niran. Queensland’s food and fibre industry is worth $60 billion and accounts for more

Queensland tourism operators continue to have bad luck with last week's lockdown and now dangerous weather conditions continuing. The 3 day Lockdown and severe weather warnings caused cancellations and loss of business over the Easter weekend.

As the federal government continues to face criticism over the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, acting chief medical officer Michael Kidd says in the coming weeks both administration and supply will increase. Mr Kidd says mega-vaccination sites seen in the US such as stadiums and sporting grounds are unnecessary in Australia as our system is effective. The number of GP’s administering the vaccine will double

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is accusing several top naval officials of an attempted coup after they signed a document voicing concerns that government plans for a new canal may be in violation of an international treaty. 10 retired admirals are now in detention and four others have been ordered to turn themselves in amid Erdogan’s latest crackdown on critics. The canal, which would resemble