Danila Dilba Health Service launched legal proceedings on 5 March in the Northern Territory Supreme Court over a decision to approve a Dan Murphy's store in Darwin.

The action, being run by Maurice Blackburn Lawyers, calls on the liquor licence approval to be set aside on the basis that the decision failed to properly weigh up the risks and benefits for the community. 

The Matamoros asylum seeker camp on the US-Mexico border is now almost empty, with nearly all asylum seekers allowed to cross the border to pursue their claim to stay in the United States.

Once home to more than three thousand people, the camp has emptied after American President Joe Biden last month rolled back the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), which had forced asylum seekers to wait in Mexico.

Two taxi drivers are isolated due to three new COVID-19 cases in Brisbane Hotel Quarantine.

Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young said a precautionary approach has been taken and there is no risk to public Queenslanders.

South-east Queenslanders are being urged by Urban Utilities to use less water as the region's dams hit their lowest levels in more than a decade.

Wivenhoe Dam, the biggest water storage unit in south-east Queensland and main supply to Brisbane and Ipswich, is at 36.3 per cent capacity.

North Queensland tourism organisations are calling for a rebate for students travelling to the nation’s capital to be redirected to travel in the Great Barrier Reef region. 

Queensland Opposition Leader David Crisafulli says the move would give the North Queensland tourism industry the kickstart it needed following the global COVID-19 pandemic.

A content warning on this story, which talks about sexual assault. 

A petition to trigger a debate in the New South Wales Parliament to teach consent education in schools launches online today.

The New South Wales epetition, sponsored by New South Wales MP Jenny Leong, has received nearly 900 signatures since opening this morning.

Mardis Gras crowds took over Sydney streets in protest last Saturday, after being granted an exemption from New South public health restrictions. 

Protesters sought justice for LGBTQI+ community against transphobia and homophobia and for asylum seekers on Nauru, as well as rights for sex workers.

Just a warning, the following story refers to death.

Black Lives Matter activists return to streets as a trial over George Floyd’s murder begins in Minneapolis today.

Jury selection is beginning in the case against Derek Chauvin, who was filmed with his knee on Floyds neck for nearly 9 minutes causing him to struggle to breathe.