The state government has resumed work on its one-billion dollar ring-road project, and residents have had to leave their homes to make way.

Among those affected were Sarah Greene and her three flatmates. Ms Green said that it was hard to find their house in the first place.

Now the relocating Rockhampton residents need to find a new rental home while the rental vacancy rate sits at 0.4%.

A major abortion provider is going to close clinics in Rockhampton, Townsville, the Gold Coast and Newcastle, citing high operation costs in the wake of COVID-19.

The non-profit organisation Marie Stopes was the only abortion provider in Townsville.

Womens’ health advocates are concerned regional Queenslanders seeking to have abortions will now have to travel to major cities.

Heritage New South Wales has granted ‘Mid-Coast Stories’ fifty-thousand dollars in a bid to capture quirky histories of small coastal towns north of New South Wales.

The developers of the initiative, Janine Roberts and Penny Teerman, said the funding will be used to create up to ten heritage trails over two years, preserving the region's little-known history.

With concern for preserving history, Ms Roberts said "We are losing that uniqueness of our regions and towns."

The Senate foreign affairs committee has recommended fourteen measures to block any goods made by forced labour across the world.

Human Rights Watch Australia researcher Sophie McNiell said Australia is lagging behind the US, Canada and the UK in introducing the measures.

Senior lawyer Freya Dinshaw says testimonies of Uyghur Muslims have propelled Australia to ensure Australian businesses are not complicit in profiting from forced labour from Xinjiang or anywhere else in the world.

Some members of the US congress have warned about the potential danger UFOs have on national security in a pentagon brief.

Republican congressman Tim Burchett said "Clearly, something’s going on that we can’t handle.”

Queensland’s updated border pass system will take effect at 1am tomorrow.

The new ‘traffic light’ system, which resembles Victoria’s, issues visitors with a green, amber, or red pass.

Green passes allow for free entry, amber passes are given to visitors who have been to an interstate exposure site and must quarantine, and red passes are for visitors who have been in a hotspot. Queensland residents will be the only ‘red pass’ holders with permission to enter the state.

Queensland Health says the form takes only three minutes to complete.

Plans for the state’s $10 million parking upgrade at Mango Hill train station are being finalised.

The station, just north of Brisbane, overflows with over 200 parked cars daily.

The federal government has also pledged four million dollars to the project.

The planned upgrade includes 280 new carparks as well as lighting and CCTV.

Moreton Bay Local Councillor Jodie Shipway said she welcomes the upgrade.

A satellite hospital will be built on Bribie Island as part of Labor’s 2020 election commitment to building seven hospitals like it across the state.

Health Minister Yvette D’ath said the Bribie Island hospital will take pressure off nearby emergency departments.

Construction at Bribie Island is expected to take twelve months after finalisation of which services will be provided at the hospital.