Chinese leadership is drastically increasing control on the Hong Kong government by introducing a mechanism to vet candidates’ loyalty to Beijing and reducing the share of directly elected lawmakers. 

Zhang Xiaoming, a senior Chinese official, says even one “anti-China” person is too many for Hong Kong’s legislature.

Strawberry prices are expected to sky-rocket in Queensland amidst a shortage of pickers as a result of the international border closures.

Farmers have had to resort to limiting their strawberry crops or not planting at all from fear of the fruit rotting in the ground without enough people picking them.

The Crime and Corruption Commission has released several of the Queensland Premier’s private emails after she was found to have been conducting government business through her private accounts. 

The Triple-C also revealed that other Queensland government ministers were conversing using their private emails. 

The Queensland Government has passed a law banning single-use plastic and polystyrene takeaway containers.

From 1 September, single-use plastic straws, stirrers, cutlery, plates and expanded polystyrene products will join single-use plastic shopping bags on the banned list in Queensland.

The exact results of the Western Australian state election could take longer than normal after a large uptake of early and post-in votes.

The WA Electoral Commission says that the official results may not be known for some weeks.

New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian has said Queensland's tourism troubles are "entirely self-inflicted" as controversy over the Commonwealth's $1.2 billion travel stimulus package continues.

She mentioned in hope of seeing more people to spend money in the Sydney CBD.

Prime Minister Morrison joined his United States, Indian and Japanese counterparts in the first leadership meeting of “the Quad” over the weekend, with the US President hosting the video link-up.

The Heads of States gathered to discuss a broad purpose of "practical solutions and concrete results" to global problems including COVID-19, climate change and cyber security.

A LGBTQIA+ event on the Gold Coast has been making waves after their launch in January, with the self-described “Queens of Paradise” creating the event as a safe space to celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community.

The event, Flamboyance, runs each Sunday at the Pink Flamingo in Broachbeach and the event on Facebook boasts it’s a “stunning drag show taking you on a journey from the deepest parts of space to the camp side of air travel.”