An Australian Olympic basketballer has made international news by calling out a “whitewashed” promotion of Australian Olympians and Paralympians ahead of the Tokyo 2021 Olympics.

29-year-old Liz Cambage has threatened to boycott the games after her criticism of the campaign, which reportedly only featured one person of colour, sparked a torrent of online commentary. 

Ms Cambage has backed her position, telling her Instagram viewers that Australia’s black athletes are some of the best we have and should at the forefront.

China is urging United Nations member states not to attend a planned event to discuss the repression of Uyghur Muslims and other minorities in Xinjiang.

China’s UN mission wrote that the event was politically motivated and requested the member states, including Germany, the United States and Britain, not to participate in what they say is an "anti-China event".

Queensland Greens Senator Larissa Waters will speak at a rally for refugees this Saturday, hosted by the Refugee Action Collection. 

The protest aims to highlight the continued detention of 35 refugees currently held in the Brisbane Immigration Transit Accommodation. The men were originally brought to Queensland from Nauru and Christmas Island requiring urgent medical treatment under the recently repealed Medivac legislation. 

The protest will be held at 11am on Saturday in Pinkenba.

Indian community leaders and state and federal Greens MPs will come together this morning to call for an immediate end to the Indian travel ban.

Amar Singh, President and Founder of Turbans 4 Australia, and New South Wales Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi will join other Greens MPs and Indian diaspora in a press conference this morning calling on the Coalition to move forward it’s planned end to the ban on 15 May.

A gang of cyber criminals have forced the shutdown of one of the United States' major fuel pipeline operators for a third day running.

An investigation into the ransomware attack reports the group, known as Darkside, have built a ‘Robin Hood’ reputation by stealing or attacking large corporations and giving cuts to charity organisations in the US.

Colonial Pipeline, the company at the heart of the attack, has not released any information on what the hackers are demanding.

The 59th annual Brisbane Writers Festival wrapped at the Brisbane State Library up on Sunday.

The festival hosted nearly 100 events across Brisbane, with speakers from across Australia traveling to Queensland to appear. 

Festival organisers say they’re now looking ahead to their 60th anniversary in 2022.

A Trademark examiner has raised objection to an attempt to trademark the words “Always Was, Always Will Be”, saying the “expression is commonly used by other traders… to promote indigenous ownership or custodianship of land.”

The trademark application was made on 26 January this year and is currently being reviewed by IP Australia, a department of the federal government. 

Aboriginal clothing company Clothing the Gaps posted to Instagram saying the words and culture of Aboriginal people were created by Community and should not be trademarked for commercial gain.