The Secretary of Australia’s Health department, Brendan Murphy, has been criticised for his claim one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine is enough to be fully vaccinated.

Labor senator Katy Gallagher says Professor Murphy’s statement was ‘dangerous’.

Professor Murphy has since clarified his statement, saying all Australians should aim to get two shots. He denies claims it aimed to provide political cover for the Morrison government’s lofty vaccination targets.

Danish health authorities have suspended AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccinations for fourteen days after a sixty-year-old woman died from blood clots following vaccination.

A similar suspension has been introduced in Norway and Iceland. The Norwegian Institute of Public Health has not said how long the suspension will last.

Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton says the Australian government remains confident in the safety of the vaccine.

Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner visited the site of the first new public golf course opened in Brisbane in seventy years.

Adrian Schrinner said the St. Lucia public golf course will cater for the golfers unable to use the Victoria Park Golf Course when it closes for its major transformation.

The golf course will be named Minnippi Golf Course after local Jagera elder Tommy Minnippi.  

With golf a potential option on the list of sports on the Olympic schedule for 2032, Adrian Schrinner said there are hopes a future Olympian may train at the site.

Gold Coast school St Francis Xavier primary has opened a new building and school song program which pay homage to the First Nations traditional owners of the land. 

Both indigenous and non-indigenous students will come together once a week to sing in the Yugambeh language. 

The new building, called Nyumbalabah, was unveiled with a show of indigenous artwork.

Australian-produced Hydrogen will be exported to Japan in a world first trial between Australian and Japanese businesses.

Both the Federal and Victorian Governments have invested $50million into the project which will cost a total of $500million. 

The Hydrogen will be produced from coal in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley; the project will aim to store the carbon dioxide emissions to reduce the environmental impact.

By twenty fifty it’s estimated the Hydrogen industry will provide more than 8000 jobs nationally and $11billion a year in GDP.

Historian Rita Stinson is calling for more recognition for Edith Cowan, Australia’s first woman MP in her hometown of Geraldton in Western Australia.

It comes as the Palaszuzck government in Queensland has amended frameworks for developing new busts and monuments to include more diverse figures.

Geraldton-based creative producer Jody Quadrio says despite growing up in Geraldton she was not aware Cowan was from the town until beginning a musical project that aims to highlight prominent women from the region.

Stradbroke Island businesses called for the end of a tent ban at three camp grounds following the easing of camping restrictions across the state.

From 1:00AM Saturday the four-per-site limit on campers, which was introduced on February 25th, will be lifted.

The island's camping administration, Minjerribah Camping, said they will likely meet next Tuesday to discuss the best course of action.

Local businesses hope the grounds can be open for tents in time for the Easter long weekend, to help combat tourism operators' continued struggle with declining revenue.

NASA has released an audio recording of its Perseverance rover blasting rocks with a laser. Researchers use the data from the rover’s SuperCam to learn about the composition of Martian rock.

The rover aims to head to an ancient river delta to collect rocks that will one day be brought to Earth. Its next steps include releasing an experimental helicopter named Ingenuity to scope the area.

The Northern Territory Electoral Commission (NTEC) found that the Country Liberal Party (CLP) failed to report almost $90 000 in electoral donations by the required deadline.

The review said the CLP's accountant excluded receipts under $1500, while the law requires the total of all receipts to be reported.

CLP president Jamie DeBrenni said the party responded to the electoral commission soon after the report’s publication to fulfill the requirements to a satisfactory standard.