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Australia has joined in international condemnation against the Myanmar military, as countries such as the United States, South Korea, Japan and the United Kingdom criticise the Junta.

The junta has said its use of force has been justified to stop what it calls ‘rioting’, during which 114 unarmed people were killed in a brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protesters on Saturday.

Amidst continued reports of human rights abuses in Xinjiang, China, Australian Olympic uniform supplier, ASCIS is also being caught. 

In a social media post, ASICS’ branch in China said it would keep sourcing cotton from Xinjiang, despite backlash internationally. However, a spokesperson from the company headquarter in Kobe, Japan confirmed that the Australian Olympic Team uniform does not contain cotton sourced from Xinjiang and was not manufactured in this region on Sunday afternoon.

Queensland will enter a snap three-day lockdown starting from 5pm tonight, after four cases of community transmission were recorded in Queensland in the last 24 hours. Masks will also be mandatory once again.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk made the announcement this morning, saying the snap lockdown is aimed at stopping the spread of the cluster. 

More information to come.

People on disability support and aged care pensions with assets will continue to be charged up to 40 per cent of their low incomes for administration services by the Public Trustee of Queensland.

A report published by Queensland’s Attorney-General Shannon Fentiman documented high fees for asset-rich pensioners, fees for no service and charging multiple sets of fees on managing the same funds, like superannuation.

On Sunday, the Palaszczuk Government announced plans to extend its free Playgroup campaign for Queensland families with children under one. 

Education Minister Grace Grace announced the Play Stars initiative would continue for another three years costing up to $2.4 million, which will provide additional support for up to 10,000 Playgroup families.

PlayStars provides free 12-month Playgroup Queensland memberships, including access to online resources, for any Queensland family with a child under one.  

A new report published on the weekend shows that nearly a quarter of permanent skilled migrants in Australia are working in a job beneath their skill level.

The Committee for Economic Development of Australia ("CEDA"), who published the report using data from the Department of Home Affairs, says that the skill mismatch cost at least $1.25 billion in foregone wages between 2013 and 2018.

Federal MP Andrew Laming has gone on medical leave and will be undertaking empathy and communication counselling services, after allegations of harassment against two women were aired on Nine News last week.

The Queensland LNP backbencher has confirmed he will resign from politics at the next election, but some members of Labor and the crossbench are calling for his immediate resignation as a result of the allegations, which Dr Laming has apologised for. 

A 400-metre long cargo ship remains wedged diagonally inside the crucial Suez Canal in Egypt after becoming stuck on Tuesday. 

Suez Canal salvage teams report it could take weeks to dislodge the skyscraper-sized “Evergreen” ship, while the cause of the grounding is still not totally clear.

The Suez Canal, which connects the Red Sea with the Mediterranean, is one of the world’s busiest waterways. Service provider Leth Agencies says 156 vessels are waiting in the vicinity of the canal.