Brisbane’s Nine Lives Festival, originally scheduled for next weekend, will be postponed by two months amidst Queensland’s evolving border restrictions.

Festival organisers cited the fact the line-up features artists from across Australia who will no longer be able to enter Queensland under the new border measures.

Jet Black Cat Records owner, Shannon, said they’re not worried about the decision to reschedule the festival, as music lovers buying tickets are aware concerts and gigs need to adapt to the COVID situation as it evolves.

Content warning for this next story for mentions of murder.

Federal member Dan Purdie proposed new laws that give the Parole Board the power to make a declaration against child killers and other ‘worst of the worst’ offenders.

This will stop them from applying for parole for up to 10 years after their eligibility date.

This comes after a promise to the family of the child murdered by convicted child killer Barrie Watts' by Minister Dan Purdie, and a petition that was successful with 72,000 signatures.

The Callide C power station that catastrophically failed after an explosion in its turbine hall on May 25th, has faced a setback recently as the Queensland State budget for 2021/22 may have insufficient funds to repair it.

The budget has allocated $10.1 million for capital works at the Callide C in 2021/22, but that was locked in prior to the station exploding which puts the timeline of repairs in doubt, with the estimated repairs being at $43.5 million for refurbishments and overhauls.

The Greens seek to repeal the new online safety bill mainly due to the misspelling of several words. However, critics have also responded with other concerns, namely that the bill may unfairly impact the LGBTQI community and sex workers.

Critics say that the bill draft draws to many similarities British Anti-Pornography act and the American anti sex work out and may de-platform sex works as it gives the government the capacity to remove dating apps and apps like only fans from the app store.

The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came to an end after the Israeli military fired two rounds of airstrikes over the past three days.

According to the Israeli military, these strikes were in retaliation to a series of balloons launched by Palestinian militants which aimed to set fire to surrounding farmland. 

These strikes have reportedly hit Gaza City. 

Israel army chief, Aviv Kohavi, said the Israeli military will continue to strike Hamas infrastructure along the Gaza strip and holds Hamas accountable for all of the transpiring events.

In interplanetary news,

Three astronauts have flown to China’s unfinished space station where they will live for three months in China’s first crewed space flight since 2016.

The mission is the third of eleven needed to complete assembly of China’s first space station and will be used to test out technologies such as the life support system as well as the physical and psychological impacts of living in space.

Mt Cotton will see the construction of the new precinct commence in 2022 or 2023.

Redland City Mayor Karen Williams said the forty seven hectare site will allow for sports like netball, basketball, and gymnastics to expand, and that the project will take pressure off the Cleveland Showgrounds.

The new precinct will include three clubhouses, sixteen sporting fields, BMX and cycling tracks, and other recreational facilities.