Annual public reporting of school comparison tables showing Year 12 results has been stopped in Queensland. This decision coincides with transitioning Queensland Schools to the national ATAR system.

Education Minister Grace Grace says the move means it is no longer possible to publish league tables as the University Admissions Centre confirms ATAR results are not made public nationally. 

Beef Week is underway this week in Rockhampton and organiser Bryce Camm says this year’s edition of the event could surpass its previous record of 105 000 attendees, making it the largest event of its kind since COVID-19.

The large-scale attendance is just the latest boost in what Camm describes as a great season for eastern seaboard cattle farmers with both cattle and beef prices at record levels.

The Gold Coast Beach Parade is set to go ahead this month as a major community event to reunite the region after COVID-19 restrictions, floods and bushfires.

The event will be sponsored by Queensland businesses and brands and will be raising funds for the Currumbin Wildlife Hospital to save koalas. 

A single mother of three from Victoria who has been left permanently disabled following two strokes in 2017 claims she is living like a peasant since her Jobseeker payment was cut last month.

44 year-old Lisa from south-east Melbourne says she has been forced to steal food for her family. The loss of Jobseeker has put her weekly income back by $150. 

The European Union is proposing allowing vaccinated overseas travellers to enter its borders as early as June as part of its COVID-19 reopening scheme.

The plan would require travellers to have received their second dose of an EU-approved vaccine two weeks prior to their trip and would only be open to people from countries with low infection rates.

Libyan Foreign Minister Najila al-Manqoush has called on Turkey to repatriate more than 20 000 foreign fighters from Libya in preparation for elections planned for December this year.

Deputy Premier Steven Miles has left the crowd at a Labour Day event in laughter after seemingly calling Prime Minister Scott Morrison the C word in his speech. This comes after Mr Miles has already criticized the federal government. The word was allegedly an accident and was supposed to be contrast.

Queensland Premier Anastacia Palaszczuck has called on the national cabinet to expand the number of GPs who can deliver COVID-19 vaccines. Ms Palaszczuk said QLD was not receiving the volume of vaccines required to set up mass vaccination centres. The premier says that Queensland can expect to see more supply and a greater number of vaccination centers being opened towards the last quarter of the year.

An illegal yabby trap has caused the death of a Platypus in Queensland’s Broken River Campsite making the locals angry. The location is a known platypus habitat near Mackay. Mayor of Mackay Greg Williamson says the incident is disappointing as the region is built on experience for tourism about the platypus.