Ghana has become the first country to receive the coronavirus vaccine through the COVAX sharing scheme. 

The scheme aims to promote equitable worldwide access to the vaccine. 

The Australian Workers Union has called to change the way farm workers are being paid. 

Secretary Dan Walton says workers are not guaranteed a minimum pay rate as many rely on how much they pick. 

The proposal outlines that pickers who work ten hours per day should get the equivalent award rate for those ten hours. 

Residents in the Northern Territory Daly River region are being told to prepare for moderate floods. 

The NT Police have sent staff to assist the community with the river reaching 12.6 metres.  

Queensland’s borders have closed to New Zealand due to a COVID-19 outbreak in Auckland.

NSW, Victoria and Queensland have limited quarantine-free travel now that at least eight cases have been linked to an Auckland high school.

Community activists will take to the footpath to protest the indefinite detention of refugees in a Kangaroo Point hotel. 

Refugee Action Collective Queensland will gather every Friday from 5pm at the Kangaroo Point Central Hotel to draw attention to the detained men. 

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has named Brisbane as the preferred candidate city to host the 2032 Summer Olympic Games.

Brisbane's bid is reportedly the stand-out due to the existing infrastructure and the established upgrade plans for South-East Queensland.

A doctor who reportedly administered 4 times the recommended dose of a Pfizer coronavirus vaccine to two elderley Queenslanders, has been stood down from the vaccine program.

Federal Health minister, Greg Hunt, says the incident is still under investigation.