Protests erupt for a third night in the United States, after police shot and killed a Black man during a traffic stop. 

Officer Kim Potter shot 20-year-old Daunte Wright in Minneapolis on Sunday, reigniting national conversations and protests about policing and use of force.

Officers used pepper spray, rubber bullets and stun grenades against protesters in Minneapolis. 

Queensland’s heightened COVID-19 restrictions have eased as of 6am this morning, after no new cases of community transmission.  

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced that as of today, there is no legal requirement to wear masks indoors. 

Visitor restrictions on hospitals, aged care centres, prisons and disability accommodation have also been lifted.

A Brisbane study found that a ‘lower quality’ kidney transplant has been found to have better quality of life outcomes and is more cost effective than remaining on dialysis for patients with end-stage renal failure. 

Expanding the quality criteria of donor kidneys suitable for transplant may be a better strategy than remaining on dialysis in the hopes of being matched with a higher-graded kidney. 

People with end-stage kidney failure require dialysis three times a week and dialysis is associated with higher mortality rates than successful transplantation.

Fraud charges have been dropped against eight former Logan City councillors two years after they were sacked.

Former mayor Luke Smith and seven Logan City Councillors  had all been charged by Queensland's Crime and Corruption Commission two years ago.

Yesterday morning, prosecutors told the Brisbane Magistrates Court that charges were being withdrawn as there was insufficient evidence.

Waste disposal is starting to be revolutionised on the sunshine coast with the underground suction system set to complete its first phase.

It has taken 5 years for a 6.5 kilometre network of underground pipes to be laid  under Maroochydore.

The waste disposal system has been delayed by the pandemic not allowing Korean inspectors to enter the country.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison is being urged to apologise to former Australia Post chief executive Christine Holgate, who alleges she was "bullied" into leaving her position over the Cartier watches scandal.

There is also growing support for Ms Holgate's call for Australia Post chair Lucio Di Bartolomeo to resign. 

Speaking at the Senate inquiry on Tuesday afternoon, Mr Di Bartolomeo rejected Ms Holgate's claims and said he would not resign.

The High court of Australia has upheld a terrorism conviction after ruling that married couples can commit conspiracy together.

Alo-Bridget Namoa and Sameh Bayda were convicted of planning to commit a street attack on non-Muslims during late 2015 and early 2016.

The High Court confirmed there is no longer any principle in Australian common law respecting the single legal personality of spouses.

US President Joe Biden will withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by September 11, the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on America that were coordinated from that country.

The deadline was previously marked to be May 1 under a peace agreement the Trump administration reached with the Taliban last year, however, President Biden extended the date as he believed an orderly withdrawal of the remaining 2,500 troops would be difficult.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced that Restrictions will ease from 6am tomorrow.

Masks will not be required except at airports or when flying visitors will be allowed in hospitals, aged and disability care facilities as soon they are ready. 

You can also stand up to eat and drink in pubs and clubs, and dancing will be allowed.  Stadiums, theatres and cinemas can operate at 100% capacity, and gatherings of up to 100 people will be allowed at private residences.