Annastacia Palaszczuk defends Pfizer vaccine choice ahead of possible Tokyo Olympics trip
Annastacia Palaszczuk has defended her choice to get the Pfizer vaccine as the Queensland Premier gets her first dose of the vaccine.
Despite government advice that people over the age of 50 should receive the Astrazeneca vaccine, the Queensland Premier made the decision to get the Pfizer vaccine in event she needs to travel to Tokyo for the 2021 Olympics.
Extra Support for First Nations Queenslanders and the Blue Card Process
First Nation Queenslanders are set to receive extra support from the Federal Government through the Working with Children Blue Card process.
A review in 2017 showed that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders experienced more barriers through the Working with Children check.
The initiative will have a set team to assist with the process and target remote communities without access to the application system.
Spillage
Spillage are a Brisbane rock 'n roll band from a time before the internet. It was a time when rock was dangerous and Spillage were the epitome of that. They were playing to (almost) packed houses in Brisbane when one balmy night they gave their singer Sam some money to buy kebabs and they never saw him again. Until 20-odd years later he reappears and reforms the band and they write a whole bunch of new songs.
Spillage are back to share their cache of 'nuovo grunge' songs with a vigour that, while much healthier, is no less dangerous.
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Global Internet Outage causes News Outlets to Shut Down Temporarily
Online news outlets Amazon, The Age, and The Guardian among others were temporarily shut down due to an unexplained global website outage linked to provider 'Fastly.'
Shortly after the outage, the United Kingdom's attorney general tweeted that the country's main gov.uk was down, providing an email for queries.
Adapting to the outage, popular tech website the Verge took to Google Docs to report news, while UK technology editor at The Guardian started a Twitter thread to report on the problems.
Melbourne Lockdown to come to an End
Although Melbourne's lockdown is expected to end later this week, health authorities are warning some restrictions will likely remain in place.
Melbourne GP Dr. Todd Cameron says that the end of the lockdown is coming but he's not sure Melbourne residents will be able to do things as normal such as regular catch-ups, travel, or have large gatherings.
Melbourne remains to be on track to exit lockdown at 11:59 pm this Thursday despite the emergence of the highly contagious Delta Coronavirus cluster.
Cuts to Brisbane Transport leaves Norman Park Residents Angered
Norman Park residents are protesting cuts to Brisbane's public transport that they say leave residents out of options
A protestor against the Brisbane City Council's cuts to the New-Farm ferry on Monday says "a 3-minute Cross River Ferry now takes about 45 minutes by car in peak hour traffic"
Norman Park resident Chelsea Clarke rejects the state government initiative to promote public transport being a 'Golden Go-Card' giveaway for each week of June, which gives the receiver of the card unlimited access to public transport for a year.
Townsville Inundated by Tents ahead of the State of Origin Clash
A tent city has been situated in Townsville ahead of tonight's State of Origin game. The tent city, or otherwise referred to as this week's Footy Basecamp has the capacity of accomodating up to 200 people.
The creation of the footy base camp comes after it was deemed to be a creative and short term solution to the city's severe accommodation shortages, as thousands of fans travel to the region for a sold-out State of Origin clash
New Technology now enabling researchers to manipulate viruses
Variants of viruses, such as that causing COVID-19, can now be quickly studied in the laboratory, even before they emerge in nature and become a major health problem.
New technology has been developed at the University of Queensland and can now enable researchers to manipulate viruses synthetically allowing rapid analysis and mapping of new potential virus variants.
Campaign to halt Palestinian evictions
Palestinean twin activists Muna El-Kurd and Mohommed El-Kurd have become the faces of a campaign to halt Palestinian evictions from the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah.
Footage was released on social media showing Muna being handcuffed and escorted away by israeli officers. Her brother Mohommad later turned himself in after receiving a summons.
They have since been released from prison.