National Shelter, a non-for-profit organisation lobbying for affordable housing access, says legislation needs to cap exorbitant rent increases on the Sunshine Coast.  

Executive officer, Adrian Pisarski, says the rent rises of one hundred or two hundred dollars a week for people who have just emerged from a pandemic is shocking.

The Queensland Residential Tenancies Authority says tenants should discuss rent increases with their property manager if they feel it is excessive.

A 300km network of pipelines is planned for the Lockyer Valley region to help grow the agricultural and horticultural industries.

The project will use purified recycled water, whilst also sourcing up to 34000 mega litres from the Wivenhoe Dam.

The Lockyer Valley, which produces some of Australia’s most diverse fruits and vegetables, has become overly reliant on groundwater supply in recent years due to ongoing droughts. 

A new report has found that up to 350,000 thousand soldiers who died for the British Empire in World War One were not given recognition due to racism.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he offers an unreserved apology for the troubling findings. 

The United Kingdom’s Commonwealth War Graves Commission is expected to act on ten recommendations including seeking out names and adding explanations at gravesites.

Advocates say most Canberrans with physical disabilities need to build their own homes or live in public housing due to a lack of accessibility in homes.

ACT Minister for Sustainable Building and Construction Rebecca Vassarotti will attend a meeting next week to discuss the introduction of mandatory accessibility standards in the National Construction Code.

Vassarotti says only five percent of new homes have complied with current voluntary accessibility guidelines in the past ten years.

Doctors from the Queensland Children’s Hospital warn cases of the highly infectious respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are on the rise. 

Though most people experience only cold-like symptoms, the virus can be deadly for infants.

Emergency Physician Doctor Geoff Pearce says parents and guardians should bring their children to the ED if they notice laboured croaky breathing, or their lips and tongue are blue.

A US consumer advocacy group was able to trick a Tesla into driving in Autopilot mode with no driver at the wheel.

The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said the information is concerning and will prompt action if the issue poses a safety risk.

Consumer Report’s senior director of auto testing, Jake Fisher, said Tesla is falling behind other automakers who use technology to ensure drivers are looking at the road.

A Queensland police sergeant has resumed working again after recovering from blood clots developed three days after receiving a Pfizer vaccine.  

Deputy Premier Steven Miles said it was too early to say whether there was a link between the vaccine and the man’s condition.

Pfizer said it has closely monitored reports of adverse reactions and has found no evidence of a clot risk associated with its vaccine.

Russia will begin to pull back troops from the Ukraine border from this week onwards.

The troops will be moved to permanent bases within Russia, after weeks of building tension between Moscow and Ukraine’s capital Kyiv. 

Germany and other Western allies of Ukraine have accused Moscow of attempting to provoke hostilities between the two nations.