Brisbane City Council is scheduled to meet today to formalise Brisbane’s bid to host the 2032 Olympic Games.

Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner fast-tracked the meeting to meet International Olympic Committee guidelines, meaning an official announcement could come as early as July.

A new $400 000 grants program to help Queensland export businesses grow overseas has opened.

The program will offer Queensland exporters that already have an E-Commerce deal up to $10 000, with Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk saying it’s all part of her government’s economic recovery plan. 

Cancer Council Queensland’s Biggest Morning Tea hopes to reconnect the state after the effects of COVID-19. 

Cancer Council CEO Chris McMillan says between June and September last year, over 60% of cancer patients reported feeling isolated often since the start of the pandemic. 

An extradition hearing for Russian-born, Perth-raised millionaire Zhenya Tsvetnenko has been delayed again after more than two years behind bars.

Accused of participating in a text scam in the US, 40-year-old Tsvetnenko was charged by New York authorities with conspiracy to commit money laundering, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud.

A large fire has swept through Rohingya refugee camp Cox’s Bazar, destroying shelters and essential health and aid facilities.

The camp, located in eastern Bangladesh, is home to over 850 000 refugees fleeing a military-perpetrated genocide in their native Myanmar.

Saudi Arabian foreign minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan al Saud says his country plans to offer Yemen’s Houthi rebels a nationwide ceasefire agreement.

The agreement would halt fighting in Yemen’s six-year-long civil war and allow the airport in Yemen’s Houthi-controlled capital Sana’a to reopen.

New data shows 16 COVID-19 variants of concern have been found in Queensland quarantine hotels since the beginning of March. Genome testing is still underway on a further 27 cases detected since the 17th of March. The variants, which are more contagious and cause more serious symptoms than regular COVID-19,

Australian first citizen science program, Soils for science is asking Queenslanders to dig deep as part of a research project looking to find a medical breakthrough. New antibiotics may be unearthed through collecting 100,000 soil samples from gardens and backyards. University of Queensland professor Ian Henderson says people can request a

State laws requiring important government information such as mining leases and land use amendments to be advertised in print media publications are set to be changed this week. The information now only has to be published online, redirecting vital funds from Queensland’s struggling newspaper industry. Treasurer Cameron Dick says the move