Facebook disables Queensland Health and BoM pages
Facebook has disabled vital pages, such as the Queensland Health page, alongside news giants in its Australian news takedown.
Facebook has blocked Australian users from posting or viewing news links on the platform, in response to the Government’s proposed news media bargaining code.
Changes to immunisation laws ahead of COVID-19 vaccine rollout
New laws are mandating vaccine providers record Australian’s COVID-19 vaccine status on the Australian Immunisation Register.
The changes to immunisation laws mean vaccine providers, such as GPs, will report who has received the vaccine to the government.
Before these changes, the register was maintained on a voluntary basis.
Proposed Toowoomba quarantine facility to be voted on in Cabinet
The Federal Government will decide whether a quarantine facility will be built in Toowoomba, during a National Cabinet meeting today.
The proposed 1000-bed facility would be built at the International Wellcamp Airport, west of Toowoomba’s CBD, and would take repatriated travellers to the site from the tarmac.
Homeless support services overwhelmed with 300,000 on Gold Coast waitlist
Homeless support services have placed people in motels and short term accommodation on the Gold Coast due to demand.
A spokesperson from the Department of Housing said there were 332,000 people on the Gold Coast Housing Register Waitlist.
Moreton Island renamed Mulgumpin honouring Quandamooka native title
Moreton Island has been renamed Mulgumpin, and Moreton Island National Park has been renamed Gheebulum Coonungai.
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New Caledonia elects pro-independence government
New Caledonia has elected a pro-independence government for the first time since 1999.
This comes following the government collapse on February 2nd, and months after a narrow referendum vote to remain within the French republic.
Hundreds of Thousands of people protest in Myanmar
Hundreds of thousands of people have protested across Myanmar, staging some of the biggest anti-military rallies since the coup began.
Drivers in Yangon staged a car break-down protest, blocking the city's key roads.
The demonstrators demanded their state counsellor and civilian leaders be released.
Queensland Government to investigate coercive control
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The Queensland Government is setting up an independent task force to investigate the potential to make coercive control a crime.
University lecture restrictions ease in Queensland
Queensland University lecture theatres can return to 100 per cent capacity as of next week.
The ease of restriction comes a week before university classes return.