Queensland Green’s MP Michael Berkman is calling for state legislation to be changed to better legally recognise trans and non-binary identities. 

Berkman is sponsoring a petition, posted to parliament on Monday, to recognise trans and intersex genders on legal documents. 

Brisbane labor councillors are calling for physical barriers to be installed for Brisbane bus drivers after the council released figures of assaults on drivers yesterday.

Brisbane city council statistics show there were 654 assaults against bus drivers in 2020, 3 attacks less than 2019 despite the number of people on busses declining by 85 percent during the pandemic.

Homeless people removed by police from a tent city in Perth and placed in a budget hotel face another removal after hotel owner, Eddie Kamil, has not been paid.

Facebook has suspended Liberal MP Craig Kelly's account for one week for posting three unproven discourses on Covid-19 treatments.

Kelly strongly objects to the ban and he says there are absolutely no grounds.

Facebook's spokesperson says they don’t allow users to share misinformation about Covid-19 which could lead to imminent physical harm.

A US airbase in the Kurdish region of Iraq was attacked by militants late on Monday. The attack has killed a Filipino national civilian contractor and injured nine other people.

The US-led military coalition in the region says approximately 14 rockets were launched toward the city of Erbil, with three hitting the air base used by the U.S. military in its campaign against Islamic State.

Brisbane commuters living in Norman Park are fighting to have their axed cross-river ferry to New Farm returned.

Residents stated that zero consultation was conducted by Council at a meeting yesterday, council says the service was cancelled due to low numbers.

A non-Indigenous business selling ‘red-centre sand exfoliant’ has pulled the product from its website after increased pressure and criticism.

Melbourne-based small business Red Dune Skin, sold red Central Australian sand in dot painting-style packaging which some Aboriginal people claim misleads customers into thinking the business is Aboriginal owned.

Thick snow has been falling in the Greek capital of Athens since last Saturday, cutting off power through the affected area, which affected the Covid-19 vaccine distribution.

The north-western city of Florina yesterday recorded temperatures as low as -23C. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is urging people to stay at home.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says Queenslanders will begin getting the COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine  this coming Monday.

Australia’s smallest freshwater fish has been saved from the brink of extinction thanks to a breeding and conservation program. 

The red-finned blue eye is only found in remote parts of central-western Queensland and is listed as critically endangered.