Protestors are gathering outside a police station in Minneapolis after a police officer shot unarmed black man Daunte Wright dead in a routine traffic stop. The city’s police chief says Mr Wright’s death was the result of an accidental discharge after the officer mistook her gun for her Taser.` The incident took place just 16 kilometres from where former police officer Derek Chauvin is currently on trial for the murder of another unarmed black man, George Floyd, in May last year.

The Gold Coast is beginning the biggest parks project in the city’s history as part of its bid to increase green space. The ten-year, $138 million project will create 220 hectares of urban parkland in Robina which Mayor Tom Tate says will be essential as the Gold Coast’s population continues to grow rapidly. The parklands are expected to be six times bigger than the Broadwater Parklands and will include sporting fields, wetlands walks and nature-based experiences.

Carers across Queensland are now able to nominate to join the Queensland Carers Advisory Council for a two year term. According to Minister for Seniors, Disability Services and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships Craig Crawford, the Queensland Carers Advisory Council advises the Palaszczuk government on strategies to improve support for carers. Mr Crawford says carers play a crucial role across the state and can have a serious impact on the people who give their time to care for people in need.

Adani Australia’s $1 Billion loan is still pending as they wait for India’s largest bank to approve it as reports say the State Bank of India is delaying the loan. The loan was first suggested in the beginning of the Carmichael project in central Queensland but fell through due to environmental pressure. An Adani spokesperson says the Carmichael mine and rail project was fully funded to completion from group funds.

A 21 year old student at Sydney university has helped solve a quantum computing problem with a simple modification. Pablo Bonilla’s first academic paper was published overnight.  After being given coding exercises as extra homework, the second-year physics student has helped solve one of the most common problems in quantum computing. Researchers at Yale and Duke in the United States gained interest in his code and well known tech company Amazon is now planning to use it in the quantum computer it is trying to build.

Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith has denied allegations made in a 60 Minutes episode that he hid compromising material in his backyard rather than giving it to officials investigating possible war crimes. The Australian Federal Police and Inspector General of the Defence Force are both investigating alleged war crimes in Afghanistan and are confirmed to be treating Roberts-Smith as a suspect. The former soldier is currently suing several Nine Entertainment media outlets for defamation after they made similar allegations against him in 2018.

Somalia’s lower house has supported extending President Mohammed Abdulhadi Farmaajo’s term for an extra two years to allow the country to properly prepare for general elections. Somalia has been locked in a months-long political stalemate over the election, which will be the country’s first one-person-one-vote election in decades. The United Nations is warning that after three decades of conflict and amidst regular continued extremist attacks, the country cannot afford for its current instability to continue.

WHO epidemiologist Professor Mary-Louise McLaws says Brisbane will need at least four mass vaccination clinics if Australia is to achieve its goal of 85% vaccination by mid next year. Professor McLaws says Australia will need to administer 40,000 AstraZeneca vaccines per day and an additional 60,000 Pfizer vaccines per day starting in September to reach this goal. The proposed sites for mass vaccination facilities include stadiums, parks and university campuses which would be spread across the city to prevent congestion and an increased risk of infection.