Thousands have been evacuated from low-lying areas in Gujarat, India, after six people died from the first reported cyclone of the year.

Officials are saying the cyclone has put further strain on the already difficult COVID-19 vaccination rollout. 

Gujarat Chief Minister, Vijay Rupani, asked officials to ensure that electricity supplies to COVID-19 hospitals and other medical facilities are not disrupted and the supply of oxygen is maintained, however vaccinations have been suspended for the next two days.

Refugee rights activists gathered outside of the Brisbane Immigration Transit Accommodation over the weekend.

It was the latest protest against the indefinite detention of refugees who were brought to Australia from offshore detention centres for urgent medical attention as a part of the now-repealed medivac legislation.

Speakers at the Pinkenba event on Saturday included Queensland Greens Senator Larissa Waters and Jeremy Fernando, Vice President of External Australian Medical Students Association.

The Queensland Government has announced a 2 million dollar investment into the protection of dingoes on K’Gari.

The funds will go into fencing infrastructure on K’Gari, also known as Fraser Island, to reduce the interactions between the dingo population and visitors. 

The new fencing will be in addition to the protections already in place across 24 campgrounds, as well as the townships of Eurong, Happy Valley and Kingfisher Bay Resort.

Thousands of students will walk out of school on Friday to join School Strike 4 Climate marches across the country.

The planned protest will be the organisation’s first since before the pandemic, with rallies planned in most capital cities, along with regional centres and country towns. Brisbane’s rally will be held from 1:00pm in King George Square.

The events on Friday are aimed at the Coalition’s inaction on climate policy, with protestors set to call on greater investment in renewable energy and protection for First Nations communities and Country.

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Two African American men wrongfully convicted of the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl in the United States in 1983 have been awarded $US75 million in compensation.

The two men, Henry McCollum and Leon Brown, were exonerated in 2014 after DNA evidence linked a convicted murderer to the crime.

The City of Logan Volunteer Awards were held over the weekend, with locals and organisations being recognised for their continued service to the community.

Among the winners was not-for-profit The Muslim Charitable Foundation in Woodridge, who took out the Davida Steele Memorial Award for Outstanding Community Organisation for their work with homeless and disengaged youth.

Melanie McKenzie, founder of Harrison’s Little Wing, was also recognised with the Spirit of Logan Award for her work supporting people who have experienced prenatal or postpartum child loss.

The appeal hearing against the 2019 Supreme Court decision for the class action involving Queensland flood victims is scheduled to begin in New South Wales today. 

The New South Wales Court of Appeal will hear the appeal lodged by Seqwater, one of three defendants identified in the class action lodged in 2017, who was found to have contributed to the loss and damage suffered by the plaintiffs as a result of the negligent operation of the Wivenhoe and Somerset dams during the January 2011 floods in South East Queensland.

The trial is set to run for just over two weeks.