Hundreds of Sunshine Coast residents remain without power after a severe hailstorm hit South East Queensland last night. 

Impacted streets in Nambour are closed and residents are directed to stay indoors, as Energex works to clear at least eight fallen power lines in the area. 

No one has been injured. 

The pandemic resulted from multiple preventable failures, according to an independent panel reviewing the global response to COVID-19. 

The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response also warned another global pandemic may happen unless urgent and vital steps are taken.

Panel co-chairs Helen Clark and Ellen Johnson say the COVID-19 pandemic could have been prevented. 

"[The pandemic] is due to a myriad of failures, gaps and delays in preparedness and response," said Ellen Johnson. 

Six environmental activists remain in custody after being arrested in protests outside of Parliament House, yesterday. 

Extinction Rebellion protesters attempted to block the roads of Parliament House with trucks and barrels, protesting the lack of environmental focus in Tuesday’s federal budget. 

Protester Violet Maree CoCo, who was removed from on top of a truck and taken into custody, said people are being forced to turn to civil disobedience.

Brisbane locals will join together to host a community repair workshop, this Saturday. 

The free repair workshop at the Repair Cafe in Woolloongabba will have locals bring broken items and team up with volunteer fixers to mend the item together. 

The neighborhood initiative helps people cut costs and help the environment -- aiding locals in repairing items, instead of replacing them.

Experts are calling for a residential rehab program to be set up in Brisbane in order to tackle youth crime in the region. 

The Noffs Foundation spokesperson Matt Noffs says residential rehab programs reduce youth reoffending by 62 per cent, while juvenile detention reduces it by 26 per cent. 

Griffith University criminologist Ross Homel agrees youth rehab programs are cheaper and significantly more effective than punitive programs.

Queensland first responders experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder will be able to workers compensation faster and more easily. 

Under new state legislation, frontline workers including police officers, firefighters, youth justice officers, prison officers, and paramedics will no longer have to prove their PTSD is work-related.

Queensland Parliament passed the legislation with cross-party support yesterday.

Gaza’s death toll continues to rise, with Palestinian health officials saying 35 people have now been killed in air strikes conducted by the Israeli airforce.

On Monday, Hamas demanded Israel stand down its security forces in Jerusalem, after attacks on Palestinian worshippers in the final days of the holy month of Ramadan. 

Yesterday, Israel attacked the gaza strip with a series of air strikes, killing a string of senior Hamas military figures and destroying three multi-storey towers.

The federal government’s budget will see hundreds of thousands of Australians in casual and part-time jobs paid superannuation in a bid to make the system fairer.

Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance chief executive Paul Murphy says the abolishment of the superannuation requirement to earn a minimum of 450 dollars a month per employer will help people in the arts industry with several jobs. 

The Government has outlined its hope for the plan to come into place before July 2022.