Climate activists will defy Brisbane City Council by-laws to demonstrate in Queen Street Mall at 4pm today. 

"The city council, who denies the climate crisis, are also denying our right to talk about it,” said Extinction Rebellion spokesperson Rene.

By-laws prevent assemblies with more than 15 people from gathering in the mall. 

“Our planet is undergoing a mass extinction that threatens our existence - we need to talk! Instead, people organising public forums have been penalised with fines totalling over $2,500.”

1.74 million COVID-19 vaccine doses are being administered every day in the United States.

President Biden says the US is on track to have enough dosages for every American adult by the end of May. 

The country has seen a dramatic drop in confirmed cases, with figures sitting at 68,000, down from three-hundred-thousand per day in January.

President Emmanuel Macron admitted France killed a top Algerian independence figure and then covered up his death, in the latest acknowledgement of colonial-era crimes.

Authorities had previously claimed Ali Boumendjel died by suicide while in detention.

President Macron has made several unprecedented acts to admit to France’s actions during the Algerian War of Independence, won by Algeria in 1962. 

Attorney-General Christian Porter has identified himself as the politician behind the rape allegations of a woman who took her own life last year. 

Mr Porter addressed the nation yesterday to say he knew the woman but denies the allegations.

Mr Porter rejected calls to stand aside and stated the rule of law would be worthless if people lost their jobs on the basis of accusations alone.

“I did not sleep with the victim. We didn’t have anything of that nature happen between us,” Mr Porter told a press conference in Perth.

Conservationists are warning a $2.7 billion development on the banks of the Caboolture River will threaten Moreton Bay's fragile ecosystem.

The development is near a wetland of international significance and home to the critically endangered Eastern Curlew bird.

Environmental scientist Ian Bell said the plan to dredge 5 kilometres of the river will create poisonous gases and exacerbate the growth of fish-killing algae.

"How can I not be concerned? I love the Bay— I've seen the deterioration of it over 50 years and we're coming to a tipping point," he said.

A technology company based off Queensland’s coast is trialling wi-fi connectivity on cargo ships. 

Vessels are being forced to dock kilometres from shore without internet access due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Insite Communication's initiative aims to connect seafarers stuck on ships for up to fourteen months with their loved ones ashore.

Mission to Seafarers Gladstone manager Jessica Mulhall said the prior to the initiate, seafarers had limited internet access due to the high cost of prepaid services and their low wages.

A Brisbane hospital service broke government guidelines while suing a former mental health patient for defamation. 

Brisbane Metro North spent 700,000 dollars on the private defamation case, but did not seek the approval of the Attorney-General, as required by guidelines. 

The guidelines were introduced after the Bjelke-Peterson-era to prevent officials from misusing public funds to potentially intimidate critics.

The Myanmar military has killed at least 38 residents in Myanmar yesterday. 

The military responded to widespread protests against the ongoing military coup in the nation. 

United Nations special envoy on Myanmar, Christine Schraner Burgener, said yesterday was the bloodiest day since the military seized control on February 1st.

Youth activist Thinzar Shunlei Yi told Reuters said, "It's horrific, it's a massacre. No words can describe the situation and our feelings,"