Plans for a new green bridge brought to the Brisbane City Council this week have derailed plans for a superyacht mooring site under Kangaroo Point Cliffs.

The state government announced a 12-month trial allowing superyachts to dock opposite the City Botanic Gardens In March last year.

The Palaszczuk Government is offering 15,000 Queenslanders vouchers up to $200 in value for tourism experiences in Cairns and the Great Barrier Reef region in an effort to boost the industry.

Applications to enter the draw are open from 8 to 11 March and vouchers will need to be used between March and June 2021.

Beaches from Rainbow Bay to Tallebudgera were patrolled by all-female teams on Sunday, 7 March, in Surf Lifesaving Queensland’s effort to raise awareness on International Women’s Day. 

Each member of the team, from First Aid Officers to Inflatable Rescue Boat Drivers to Operation Support Roles, were women. 

International Women’s Day has seen the Australian Council of Trade Unions release a report detailing increasing job insecurity and pay gaps for women, today.

Australia will suspend its limited bilateral Defence Cooperation Program with Myanmar's military, due to  its exercising violence against protesters. 

Australia is one of a small number of nations that maintained cooperation with Myanmar's armed forces in the wake of a brutal 2017 campaign of ethnic cleansing waged against the Rohingya minority.

In Switzerland today, voters have approved a proposal to ban face coverings, both the niqabs and burqas worn by Muslim women in the country and ski masks worn by protesters. 

The proposal foresees exceptions at religious sites and for security or health reasons, such as face masks, as well as for traditional carnival celebrations.

Standardised wheelie-bin waste collection systems will be implemented from April.

The system will aim to reduce confusion for people on what can and can’t be placed in the kerbside bin, according to Queensland Environment Minister Meaghan Scanlon.

Disaster assistance has been made available to cyclone-affected communities in North Queensland after Tropical Cyclone Niran caused significant damage last week.