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. 

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.

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.