AstraZeneca vaccinations on hold in European nations after reports of blood clots
Danish health authorities have suspended AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccinations for fourteen days after a sixty-year-old woman died from blood clots following vaccination.
A similar suspension has been introduced in Norway and Iceland. The Norwegian Institute of Public Health has not said how long the suspension will last.
First public golf course in Brisbane in 70 years to be opened 2022
Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner visited the site of the first new public golf course opened in Brisbane in seventy years.
Adrian Schrinner said the St. Lucia public golf course will cater for the golfers unable to use the Victoria Park Golf Course when it closes for its major transformation.
Gold Coast primary school incorporates First Nations culture in activities and architecture
Gold Coast school St Francis Xavier primary has opened a new building and school song program which pay homage to the First Nations traditional owners of the land.
Both indigenous and non-indigenous students will come together once a week to sing in the Yugambeh language.
World first hydrogen trial starts between Japan and Australia
Australian-produced Hydrogen will be exported to Japan in a world first trial between Australian and Japanese businesses.
Both the Federal and Victorian Governments have invested $50million into the project which will cost a total of $500million.
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Calls for Australia’s first Woman MP to be recognised with statue
Historian Rita Stinson is calling for more recognition for Edith Cowan, Australia’s first woman MP in her hometown of Geraldton in Western Australia.
It comes as the Palaszuzck government in Queensland has amended frameworks for developing new busts and monuments to include more diverse figures.
Stradbroke Island hopes to bring back tent camping
Stradbroke Island businesses called for the end of a tent ban at three camp grounds following the easing of camping restrictions across the state.
From 1:00AM Saturday the four-per-site limit on campers, which was introduced on February 25th, will be lifted.
Audio of NASA rover undertaking geologist tasks released
NASA has released an audio recording of its Perseverance rover blasting rocks with a laser. Researchers use the data from the rover’s SuperCam to learn about the composition of Martian rock.
Country Liberal Party failed to report electoral donations
The Northern Territory Electoral Commission (NTEC) found that the Country Liberal Party (CLP) failed to report almost $90 000 in electoral donations by the required deadline.
The review said the CLP's accountant excluded receipts under $1500, while the law requires the total of all receipts to be reported.
Evasive quoll discovered in Logan
After ten years of reported sightings with no concrete evidence, the endangered spotted quoll has been discovered in Logan.
Flora and fauna surveyors found and analysed scat, which turned out to contain quoll hair.