Demonstrators responded with laughter after their protest band Riff Raff were given move on orders Wednesday.

The orders came during a musical protest against the land forces expo at local Southbank bars on Wednesday night.

One musician told 4ZZZ the experience was “exciting”, with the band enjoying the protest.

A final protest of the land forces arms expo is set for 5:30pm on Friday June 4 at the Brisbane convention centre.

Victorian authorities added four new COVID hotspots to the growing list.

All four exposure sites were on the Mernda metro train line late last week. 

The Victorian government urged anyone who may have been exposed to get tested urgently and isolate until receiving a result..

https://www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au/exposure-sites

Chief Executive Officer of Inclusion Australia Catherine McAlpine has called upon the Australian Government to urgently review the rollout of vaccines for Australians with additional needs. 

The Senate estimated less than 2 percent of Australians living with a disability and living in a group home have been fully vaccinated, leaving those without the vaccination in facilities and homes, at risk.

In SPACE NEWS, NASA announced they will be launching two probes to Venus, totalling six-hundred-and-forty-five million dollars, in 2028 and 2030.

These probes, DAVINCI+ and VERITAS will explore Venus’s atmosphere and analyse the planet’s geological composition. 

NASA’s return to Venus after over thirty years has been spurred by the discovery of phosphine gas in its atmosphere.

Phosphine gas is associated with evidence of life on earth, which implies possible microbial life on Venus.

An Australian-born two-year-old child faces deportation, after the Department of Child Safety told the child’s foster mother she can’t apply to care for him.

The child’s biological mother was on a student visa at the time and despite being born in Australia, the child has no right to Australian residency.

Federal Immigration Minister Alex Hawke says the child can be sponsored by the Queensland government in these cases, and that he as a minister would, quote, “give it my full and compassionate consideration."

Brisbane’s Lifeline Bookfest hopes to raise 1.5 million dollars this year, after being cancelled twice in 2020 due to Covid-19.

Lifeline offers 24-hour crisis support via the phone number 13 11 14 and they say there’s been a 40% increase in calls over the past year.

Lifeline has over 1000 crates of books they hope to sell with the help of 2000 volunteers.

The Bookfest will take place at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre from 26th June to July 4th.

Head to the Lifeline website if you want to volunteer.

An Australian clinical trial made a breakthrough in Cancer research, with a drug trial for melanoma patients proving successful.

Findings show the drug stopped the progression of tumours in approximately half of the trial patients and is the first in the world to have such high success rates.

Andrew Bennett, a patient in the trial called the drug a ‘miracle’ after doctors told him his melanoma was a death sentence.

Victoria is introducing new laws which will make it mandatory to sign in with QR codes when visiting venues.

Businesses now face fines for up to one thousand and six hundred dollars for not complying with enforcing QR sign ins.

There’s concern for older Australians and Australians from migrant backgrounds regarding this new law, as Victorians need a smartphone to use the Service Victoria app to sign in and may be unaware how to.