Experts say mental health initiatives and campaigns in rural Queensland are having an increasing impact. 

Royal Flying Doctor Service councillor Alex Donoghue says more and more men are taking responsibility for their mental health. 

"We've gone from really having to lobby hard to seeing more and more people coming forward," says Ms Donoghue.

"Talking creates awareness, awareness creates people taking responsibility, and people taking responsibility creates better mental health outcomes."

More than 4 million dollars worth of holiday vouchers will be up for grabs in Queensland in an attempt to boost tourism in Brisbane and the Whitsundays.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced the initiative, which will see 30 thousand vouchers valued at 100 dollars given to recipients for select tourism experiences and accommodation, early this morning. 

"This will pump millions of dollars back into our economy and help tourism operators doing it tough,” says Ms Palaszczuk.

Queensland’s Attorney-General Shannon Fentiman is considering launching an independent review into how police-related deaths in custody are investigated in Queensland. 

The review was recommended during the inquest of Brisbane mother Cindy Miller’s death at an Ipswich watch house in 2018.

Queensland is also the only jurisdiction that has not changed its public drunkenness laws, as recommended by the Deaths In Custody royal commission 30 years ago.

At least 24 COVID-19 patients in western India have died because the oxygen supply to their ventilators ran out after the tanker refilling it suffered a leak. 

The nation is facing an oxygen shortage and a surge of COVID-19 cases. 

Desperate family members have crowded oxygen refilling facilities in an attempt to save infected relatives, with some even trying to loot an oxygen tanker.

A UN envoy in Myanmar warns nearly a quarter of a million people have been displaced by the February 1st military coup. 

At least 700 people have been killed by military forces, and 3,300 people are in detention, including 20 who have been sentenced to death. 

UN special envoy Tom Andrews said Myanmar is a mounting humanitarian catastrophe and is urging the world to act immediately.

Booker prize-winning author Richard Flanagan has criticised Tasmania's salmon industry claiming the product being sold is not as healthy as advertised. 

Flanagan alleges up to two-thirds of the salmon is processed industrial chicken, including beaks, feathers, fat and claws. 

The author stated he was compelled to speak out after watching the slow destruction of natural habitat.

The Gold Coast City Council will re-advertise their chief executive position. 

This follows the sudden resignation of David Edwards last week, after less than a month in the role. 

Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate said although the hiring process is expected to take a few months, he is confident they will find a top candidate for the role. 

Chief operating officer Joe McCabe is currently filling in as acting chief executive.

Parents are concerned about the fate of East Brisbane State School amongst plans to redevelop the neighbouring Gabba stadium.

South Brisbane Greens MP Amy MacMahon said the redevelopment plans show the neighbouring school will be affected.

"The visualisations put out by the government... show the school being completely transformed, and from my understanding, the school is yet to have any formal consultation," said Ms MacMahon.