Darling Downs stockman Terence Oberle has pleaded guilty to 21 charges relating to animal cruelty in Toowoomba Magistrate Court yesterday.

He was given a $20,000 fine and a 10 year restriction on owning horses, except for the 6 that he currently owns.

Mr Oberle has a history of animal cruelty and had been convicted of four similar offences back in 2006.
 

The federally-funded National Rental Affordability Scheme is winding down with over two thousand houses leaving the scheme this year.

Yogesh and Anjeli Sharma are living in subsidised housing in Capalaba, Brisbane, and are worried that they will be left homeless by 2024.

By mid-2026 there will be no homes left in the scheme, with just under forty thousand properties exiting, Australia-wide, over the next five years.

Shine Lawyers are preparing to file a class action against the federal government for compensation to be given to survivors of the stolen generation.

The class action is seeking compensation for the hurt and trauma they experienced, and for their loss of culture and connection to Country.

One of the 800 survivors, Heather Alley, was forced to go to school at a hostel for Aboriginal children in Alice Springs, 700 kilometres away from her mother and her home.

The US Justice Department is launching a review of a police department in Louisville Kentucky for potential use of unreasonable force and racially discriminatory practices. This is the second review of this kind within a week.

Officers shot 26-year-old Breonna Taylor in her home last year during a botched raid, sparking global outrage and protests.
 

A lobby group called Reset Australia found that Facebook does not protect teenagers from targeted advertising of gambling, alcohol, or dating sites.

The group set up fake accounts last year to see whether facebook treated teenagers accounts differently to adult accounts.

Reset Australia executive director Chris Cooper said advertisers were able to buy access, and target teenagers for ads in  gambling, smoking, alcohol and even their dating status.

Concerns about staffing levels and training have been raised during the death in custody inquest for Wayne Fella Morrison.

Prison officer Shirley Bell told the inquest that the Prison was "short-staffed all the time" and officers were "openly discouraged" from placing prisoners under constant observation because it was not considered "cost effective".

Mr Morrison died in the Royal Adelaide Hospital three days after being taken out of a prison transport van

A 40-year-old Brisbane police officer who developed blood clots after receiving the Pfizer vaccine has returned to work. 

Federal health authorities are working to determine if there is a connection between the vaccination and the blood clots the man developed shortly after, having already limited the Pfizer vaccine to Australians aged under 50.

Meanwhile, Pfizer said it had undergone comprehensive assessment of the vaccine’s aggregate safety data and said blood clots aren’t a risk associated with the jab.

Fewer Year 12 students gained senior school qualifications in 2020, a year characterised by severe disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. 

91% of Year 12 students received a QCE in 2020 compared with 95% in 2018. 

Fewer students also completed a university subject or school-based apprenticeship in 2020 compared with three out of the past four years.

The Brisbane Art Design Festival is set to take over Brisbane next month, showcasing local artists’ work in no less than 60 venues across the city.

The festival, which will run from the 7th to the 30th of May, will start in the CBD before making the rounds by utilising Brisbane’s extensive network of public display facilities.

Museum of Brisbane Director and event organiser Renai Grace says the event is an opportunity for Brisbane residents to enjoy the “incredible talent within our city.”