People on JobSeeker and the community sector are calling on Parliament to stop cuts to JobSeeker and Parenting Payment in Parliament House today.

Australian Council of Social Service are calling for the base rate in the JobSeeker bill to increase by at least $65 a day which they claim will keep it above the poverty line and ensure it delivers on gender equality and justice for First Nations peoples.

Brazil’s newest health minister says he intends to continue implementing far-right President Jair Bolsonaro’s policies.

Cardiologist Marcelo Queirogar is the country’s fourth health minister since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Brazil has reported 11.5 million COVID-19 cases and more than 279,000 people deaths to date.

Brisbane city council will hold a closed door meeting and require councillors to sign a confidentiality agreement for a 2032 olympics briefing.

Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner said the meeting would give councillors confidential information on the Olympics bid that could affect Brisbane's property prices.

Adoption rates in Queensland have decreased over decades and only 34 children have found home over the past year.

According to the data released by Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, while the adoption rate has declined over all, known-child adoption increased over the past decade from 124 in 2010 to 249 in 2019, which accounts to 75% of all finalised adoptions in Australia.

People living in the central Queensland township of Sapphire have been told to evacuate after severe storms hit the area early this morning causing a torrential downpour in the town’s creek catchment.

The Bureau of Meteorology issued an emergency alert before 5 am warning that Retreat Creek was rising rapidly and major flooding was expected.

Coronavirus vaccines are now available to all Australians aged 70, in the phase 1B of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.

Appointments will be available starting next monday, with Roughly 1,000 GP clinics able to start vaccinations.

Vaccination bookings can be made online through the vaccine eligibility checker on the health.gov.au website

Group of protesters demonstrating against military rule in Myanmar have thrown petrol bombs on a bridge in the city of Yangon, setting barricades on fire.

Local media has reported Myanmar's security forces killed at least 20 people taking part in pro-democracy demonstrations on Monday, and the number added up to the total of 183 people who lost their lives during the protest.

A massive dust storm has descended on Beijing with meteorologists declaring it the worst in ten years. 

The sandstorm is caused by strong winds blowing in from the Gobi Desert and increasing deforestation in Northern China which previously acted as a barrier. 

Queensland University of Technology’s professor Kerry Carrington believes a woman-only police station, adopted from Argentina, could help lower levels of domestic abuse.

Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll says she would need more evidence before a trial would be considered in the state, because of the different demographics.

The Australian government is being criticized for paying almost thirteen million dollars over recommended value to secure water from two Queensland farms in 2017.

The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources made an  eighty million dollar closed tender deal made by then water minister Barnaby Joyce.