A Gold Coast nurse recovered after having an anaphylactic response to the Pfizer vaccine at Gold Coast University Hospital on Thursday. The nurse’s history of severe allergic reactions was known to the hospital, and the nurse was under observation at the time.

A spokesperson from the hospital said that the nurse had fully recovered.

"The response was prompt and effective and the patient received the appropriate treatment and has since recovered."

A Hong Kong court has ordered 47 pro-democracy activists charged with conspiracy to commit subversion under its national security law be kept in custody after the Department of Justice appealed an initial decision to grant 15 of them bail.

Global police organisation Interpol said the recent seizures of thousands of fake COVID-19 vaccines in China and South Africa are just the ‘tip of the iceberg’ in vaccine-related crime.

Interpol said 2400 doses of the fake vaccine were found at a warehouse outside Johannesburg, leading to the arrest of three Chinese nationals, and one Zambian national.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews plan to pressure the Prime Minister at the National Cabinet meeting today to approve two new quarantine centres in both states. 

Queensland’s intake is currently capped at 1,000 arrivals per week, while Victoria’s is 1,310. 

Queensland Chief Health Officer Dr. Jeannette Young says six passengers that arrived in Queensland on a Qatar Airways flight from Doha last month may have contracted the Russian variant of COVID-19 from a super-spreader.

Ipswich City Council has begun investigating the illegal dumping of construction waste on a main road in Redbank Plains.

Residents have been complaining about the large amount of waste on Austin street for some time, with locals taking matters into their own hands transporting the construction waste to the local dump themselves when the Council takes too long to respond to complaints.

The Australian Defence Department has released freedom of information documents regarding its involvement with the Myanmar military, which has been under fire in light of the recent coup.

A new survey by Vox Pop Labs for the ABC found 19% of those who identify with the right side of politics are ‘very unlikely’ to take the COVID-19 vaccine, compared to 4% of those on the left.

Professor Julie Leask, an advisor for the World Health Organisation, warns of the potential of Australia following the US and parts of Europe in a trend of political polarisation around vaccination.