Scott Morrison delivered a snap press conference last night about the AstraZeneca vaccine, following reports in Europe about blood clot side effects.

The advisory recommended people under 50 years of age receive the Pfizer vaccine instead. Morrison was unable to say how this would affect the rollout, but conceded it would need recalibrating. 

It is unlikely to have much immediate effect, given most individuals being vaccinated at the moment are the elderly.

A teacher in Sydney has alleged she was fired from her job for being gay. After announcing her engagement to work colleagues, Karen Pack states an email from the public was sent to the college imploring the school to distance themselves from her ‘demonic actions’.

Morling College says Ms Pack left the school because she could no longer adhere to the key value of the school about the nature of marriage. 

Equality Australia CEO, Anna Brown, says in all states except the ACT and Tasmania, it is legal for religious institutions to fire staff on the basis of sexuality.

A study by the University of Queensland has found that suicide is the leading cause of death for maternal women in Australia.

Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research researcher Dr Carla Meurk says their findings show suicidal behaviors increase in post-partum women who have a history of mental illness or substance abuse.

The study found new mothers had high rates of contact with health services before taking their own life.

Gold Coast city council faces a legal battle to complete its proposed one point six kilometre pathway along the beachfront. 

Local community group, the Surfers Beachfront Protection Association, argue the pathway would result in significant destruction to the beachfront dunal system. They have lodged an appeal against the decision to approve the pathway. 

Gold Coast city council maintains the path will allow cyclists and pedestrians to avoid driveways and streets without causing significant environmental damage.

A section of a popular beach near Rainbow Beach has collapsed into the water in what is becoming a regular occurrence for the area.

Wayne Dean, a resident in the local area, says the landslide went on for over twenty minutes and was not the first he’s seen. He says the landslide occurred shortly after a barge picked up a load of cars bound for Fraser Island.

A University of the Sunshine Coast associate lecturer, Peter Davies, says the phenomenon is caused by fast-moving currents along the beach that eat away at sand beneath the surface.

US President Joe Biden plans to provide two hundred and 35 million dollars of aid to Palestinian, restoring the Trump administration cuts. 

Over two-thirds of the aid will go to the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees with the additional funding going towards development assistance and peace programs. 

The funding aims to address the impact of COVID-19 and food security in the nation.

The federal government will amend the Sex Discrimination Act to include MPs, judges and public servants, who are currently exempt from the act.

The government will adopt the 55 recommendations of last year’s Respect at Work report, including placing the onus on employers to proactively end sexual harassment and create safe workplaces. 

Attorney-General Michaelia Cash says politicians will now be subject to the same law, and the same consequences, as everybody else.

China’s ambassador to Australia has told Canberra to stop criticising the country over human rights abuses, in a press conference on the treatment of Chinese Uighur people. 

Ambassador Cheng Jing-yi described criticisms of China’s re-education camps for minority Uighur people as “Western lies” and “fabrications”.

The ambassador warned any country which put pressure on China for its internal affairs would receive “a response”. 

Farmers concerned over koala welfare are setting aside land for permanent safe koala corridors from northern New South Wales to the Queensland border.

Bangalow Koalas, the organisation behind the initiative, have planted nearly 54 thousand trees since February 2020.

Bangalow Koala president Linda Sparrow says they are hearing from more farmers who want to create wildlife corridors in response to the 30 thousand koalas that died in last summer’s bushfires.