The Queensland Government will allocate $30 million towards extra funding for domestic, family, and sexual violence services in Queensland. 

Attorney-General and Minister for the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence Shannon Fentiman said the pandemic and increased awareness are placing demand on services in Queensland. 

The southern Italian island of Lampedusa is struggling to cope with an influx of migrants, with more than 2000 people arriving since Saturday. 

The arrivals have filled up the island’s migrant camp, designed to hold fewer than 300 people. 

Illegal miners have fired on an indigenous group in a protected reserve in the Brazilian Amazon. 

An estimated 20,000 illegal gold miners are occupying the Yanomami area of the Amazon, where violence has increased under Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro.

New South Wales will allocate $50 million to tackling the ongoing mouse plague in the state’s regions.

New South Wales Minister for Agriculture John Marshall said the state government will provide free baits to all primary producers and establish eight grain treatment stations. 

Over 800 music, theatre, comedy, and cabaret performances are taking place from Ipswich to the Sunshine Coast, as part of Queensland’s Anywhere Festival.

The not-for-profit festival has artists perform in backyards, ferry stops, and warehouses, and allows audiences who may not have access to traditional venues to experience live performance. 

Voting for the People’s Choice Awards for the QUBE Effect 2021 are now open.

The awards aim to help evolve and celebrate Brisbane musicians through an intensive development and mentorship program while promoting diversity across cultures, genres, and gender. 

Hundreds of Sunshine Coast residents remain without power after a severe hailstorm hit South East Queensland last night. 

Impacted streets in Nambour are closed and residents are directed to stay indoors, as Energex works to clear at least eight fallen power lines in the area. 

No one has been injured. 

The pandemic resulted from multiple preventable failures, according to an independent panel reviewing the global response to COVID-19. 

The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response also warned another global pandemic may happen unless urgent and vital steps are taken.

Panel co-chairs Helen Clark and Ellen Johnson say the COVID-19 pandemic could have been prevented.