The Queensland government says they will open community-based mass vaccination hubs in the last quarter of the year when more Pfizer vaccines become available.

It comes after the government announced yesterday they would be delaying opening mass vaccination centres because of a shortage of vaccine doses.

Health minister Yvette D’Ath says the government will begin opening further hubs in October, after they’re expected to receive more Pfizer vaccines

Queensland’s firefighting service says it has stood down six staff and contacted the state corruption watchdog over allegations they failed to adhere to proper procurement practices.

The Queensland Fire and Emergency Services stressed their decision did not mean the allegations were substantiated, but the Crime and Corruption Commission was investigating them.

The six staff have been stood down with pay pending the result of the investigation.

A new underpass is set to be built beneath the Story Bridge in Kangaroo Point so pedestrians and cyclists can access a future green bridge. 

New designs show the underpass will run between Main Street and the eastern side of the Kangaroo Point Peninsula. 

Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner says the contract to design the bridge is set to be awarded in the coming months with construction due to start later in the year. 

The AFP have revealed the office of a federal politician was tipped off about Brittney Higgins’ sexual assault allegations years earlier than previously disclosed. 

However, a new timeline provided by the federal police suggests then Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton’s office learned of the sexual assault allegation in October 2019. 

Mr. Dutton maintains he personally learned of the allegations in February of 2021.

New Samoan prime minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa has been sworn into office in a marquee outside Parliament House after her political rival locked her out of parliament house.

Police barred Mata’afa from entering the legislative hall on her arrival and the parliament clerk announced he would only allow parliament to sit on the orders of outgoing Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi.

Mata’afa's FAST party won federal elections in April inflicting a shock defeat on Malielegaoi, who had previously served as prime minister for 22 years.

Mali’s interim president and prime minister have been arrested and taken to a military base outside the capital Bamako following a controversial reshuffle announced yesterday.

Reports say interim vice president Colonel Assimi Goita, who engineered the coup last year which installed the interim government, ordered the arrests.

A new government of 25 ministers was announced yesterday following widespread criticism of the military’s control over the democratic transition process.

A Noosa advocacy group has been formed to fight Noosa council efforts to prepare the area for the effects of climate change and is bringing in an Adani-linked lobby group to help.

The Eastern Beaches Protection Association opposes the Noosa Shire Council’s Coastal Hazard Adaptation Plan which aims to set out long-term mitigation strategies to reduce the effects of rising sea levels on coastal communities.