QLD records 2 new local COVID-19 cases overnight
Queensland has confirmed 2 new locally acquired COVID cases and 1 new case in hotel quarantine.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is urging all Queenslanders to get tested if they show any symptoms to ensure the outbreak has been contained during Brisbane’s lockdown.
An announcement will be made tomorrow morning in regards to whether the Greater Brisbane lockdown will be extended.
$1300 fine for Brisbane residents who leave home to socialise
Brisbane residents risk forking out a one thousand three hundred dollar fine if they decide to travel out of the greater Brisbane region before the COVID-19 lockdown period ends on Thursday afternoon.
Council-owned caravan parks on the Gold and Sunshine coasts have been advised to refuse requests for entry from anyone in Greater Brisbane during the lockdown period.
A report shows the connection between Myanmar's military-controlled company and Adani Group
A leaked report has revealed The Adani Group is paying up to $68 million to a Myanmar military-controlled company.
Footage has also emerged showing Adani Ports' boss meeting with the junta's top general in 2019 contradicting the company's claim that it had never "engaged with military leadership" in Myanmar.
Australian lawyer, and former member of a United Nations fact-finding mission Chris Sidoti says the report established links between the Myanmar military and a company that is intimately involved in the Adani Carmichael coal project in Queensland.
Scott Morrison will announce a billion-dollar defence manufacturing plan today
Scott Morrison will later today announce plans to develop a 1 billion dollar weapons manufacturing facility.
This is one such project in the federal government's plan to invest $270 billion dollars in military and defence projects over the next ten years.
Defence Minister Peter Dutton has recently announced that Australia and the US will work together on a project to develop and test super-fast heat seeking missiles.
Bolomo elders call for the closure of Gunlom falls in NT
Bolmo elders are calling for the closure of Gunlom falls, Kakadu in the Northern Territory amid a court battle over infringement of a sacred site.
Parks Australia is facing charges for carrying out work on a sacred site near the Gunlom Falls infinity pool.
Mick Markham, a Bolmo elder who chairs the Gunlom Land Trust says he wants tourists to enjoy the areas but traditional owners must have some control over where they go and what they can see.
WHO accused China over the handling of COVID-19 information with investigators
The World Health Organisation has accused China of withholding data from investigators who travelled to the country to investigate the origins of COVID-19.
A joint statement released by Australia and 14 other nations states says, “The international expert study on the source of the SARS-CoV-2 virus was significantly delayed and lacked access to complete, original data and samples.”
All health care workers receive COVID jab within 48 hours in QLD
All Queensland health care workers are set to receive a COVID vaccine in the next 48 hours.
The announcement has come after the Greater Brisbane region was sent into a three-day lock down following a cluster of positive cases detected in the community.
A rule will be put in place from today that only vaccinated workers can care for COVID patients.
Brisbane's lockdown could cost $35 million on QLD tourism sector over Easter holiday
Queensland’s tourism sector may lose up to $35 million dollars in revenue over the Easter holiday period due to an excess of holiday cancellations, says the Tourism and Transport Forum’s chief executive, Margy Osmond.
A number of Qantas and Jetstar flights in and out of Brisbane have been cancelled this week with a spokesperson for the companies warning more cancellations are to be expected in the coming days.
NT government is considering to halt Glencore mining company's plan on Borroloola sacred site
The Northern Territory government is considering whether a heritage listed site of high Aboriginal significance should be destroyed for a mining waste dump.
The Glencore mining company has sought approval to remove artifacts and destroy the Borroloola sacred site.
The Department of Territory Families, Housing and Communities advised the NT Heritage Minister that refusal of the plan will draw criticism as a decision which inhibits economic development of the NT.
Federal Labour will announce new climate policies
Federal Labor has promised to demolish taxes on electric cars as part of a new suite of climate policies aimed at cutting costs on Australian households.
The opposition is due to announce the plan today, and it would remove government charges on non-luxury electric vehicles, including import taxes and fringe benefits tax.
Labor leader Anthony Albanese will also reveal a $200 million package to install 400 community batteries, which would support 100,000 households by storing energy from rooftop solar.