Protests are ongoing in the Senegalese capital Dakar following opposition leader Ousmane Sonko’s formal indictment on rape allegations.The protests began last week in response to Sonko being taken into police custody in what many see as a politically motivated attempt to suppress dissent. While they centre around Mr.

Former deputy leader Julie Bishop has criticised how senior Morrison government ministers have handled the sexual assault allegation raised by Brittany Higgins and the historical rape allegation against Christian Porter saying she would have felt a ‘duty’ to report an allegation of rape to the police. Speaking to ABC’s 7:30 Ms.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says supply issues are behind the state’s slow rollout of the AstraZaneca COVID-19 vaccine. The first two vaccine hubs opened on Monday in Logan and Bundaberg as Ms Palaszczuk says it can only be rolled out as fast as it’s being supplied and no concerns about this were raised in the national cabinet meeting last week. 

Brisbane City Council has approved a proposal for a commercial building between the Heritage-listed Boggo Road Gaol and a CSIRO building despite the surrounding residents' complaints against the development. Stockwell, a Brisbane property company proposed the development in 2019.

Queensland Greens MP Amy McMahon says sex education should be made compulsory in Queensland schools. McMahon, the state member for South Brisbane, wrote to Education Minister Grace Grace yesterday in a bid to curb sexual violence. As people around the world celebrated International Women’s Day yesterday, Ms

Protesters marked three years since a family of Tamil asylum seekers were taken into immigration detention, with a protest in Brisbane’s CBD this weekend. 

The Brisbane protest came on the same weekend a candle-light vigil was held in support of the family by neighbours and friends in their home town of Biloela.

Four Brisbane developments in the inner-city region are under the spotlight as City Hall assesses a deal to relax project development restrictions.

Developers of the Bulimba Barracks site in Brisbane's east have asked the City Council to vary an existing masterplan to reflect a need to raise the entire site above flood level.

Developers say earthwork filling is needed to remove the risk of flood inundation and effectively manage stormwater flow across the site.

Simultaneous marches are planned across Australia on 15 March to seek justice for women affected by gendered violence.

The protest was initially planned just in Canberra, with aims to have enough attendees to encircle Parliament House, but popularity for the event has grown significantly now with twenty-one planned events across all States.