Three people have been injured and one left dead after a car crash yesterday afternoon in North Queensland.

The driver  from Mareeba was airlifted to hospital where she remains in serious condition, while a male passenger in his twenties died at the scene.

Two other male passengers were transported to hospital with minor injuries.

Demand for domestic courses has nearly doubled across Australian universities due to a lack of international students.

Central Queensland University’s HELP fee loans have jumped from an estimated 10.5 million to 20.5 million for this year.

Nationals Senator Matt Canavan says he will ‘cross the aisle’ if the government legislates its plans to be carbon-neutral by 2050.

Canavan is the latest Nationals member to criticise the plans following Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack’s calls yesterday to make the agriculture industry exempt from the mid-century target.

Congestion levels on Brisbane roads are worse than pre-COVID as people are hesitant to use public transport.

RACQ reports that so far in February 2021 Brisbane roads are seeing ninety percent more congestion than the last 2 years.

Brisbane police officers are being relocated to Townsville to form a new repeat youth offenders task force this week.

This follows multiple incidents, including the death of Jennifer Board last week. 

Assistant commissioner Brett Shafferious says nearly 80 minors on over 300 charges for property offense have been recorded this year.  

KittyCats are slowing down due to noise disturbance complaints.

The cats are going faster after eight wooden City Cats ferries were taken off the river over safety concerns back in June. They were replaced by five KittyCat ferries brought up from Sydney.