Three of the five green bridges set for inner-city Brisbane are still awaiting decisions on their final design and location, after almost a year.

$550 million will be put toward building all five bridges to create better cross-river links for pedestrians and cyclists. 

A final contract is expected to be awarded mid-year, with construction to start shortly afterwards.

The Royal Queensland Food and Wine Show (RQFWS) Beer Awards are underway at the Brisbane Showgrounds today, with judging commencing to find Australia’s Best Beer.

Locally, entries for the show have increased 20 per cent and the number of interstate entries have doubled.

A team of thirty-eight judges will blind taste 497 entries from seventy-one breweries over the next two days.

An online petition to free the Aboriginal Flag before it’s 50th anniversary birthday has over 150,000 signatories. 

Spark Health Company are running the petition after Victorian Aboriginal owned and led social enterprise Clothing the Gap were issued with a ‘Cease and Desist’ notice for using the Flag on their clothes. The petition aims to get 200,000 signatures and has been publicly backed by members of the AFLW. 

Increasing difficulty of securing a lease has been reported because of rocketing rental market demand in Northern New South Wales. The market vacancy rate is close to zero. 

A main factor in a successful rental application is reportedly a DINK - double income with no kids - rather than contribution to the community or personal credibilities. 

Institute chief executive Tim Mckibbin attributes the difficult situation to city dwellers relocating to regional areas during the pandemic, which has seen Northern Rivers locals pushed out of the market.

47 pro-democracy activists are being accused of undermining national security by the Hong Kong Police force before the largest mass arrest since last year.

Their acts of pro-democracy are now being scrutinised under the security law which criminalises acts of subversion, secession, terrorism, and collusion with foreign powers to intervene in Hong Kong’s affairs. 

Prior to their previous arrest and release in January, they are currently being detained and scheduled to appear in court on Monday.

The Jewish International Film Festival has wrapped up in Brisbane, closing on 28 February. 

Brisbane’s New Farm Cinemas ran over 30 screenings for the Festival, which highlighted Israeli and Jewish filmmakers, actors and producers. The Jewish International Film Festival, known as JIFF, has been running in Australia for 23 years. 

The Festival is still holding screenings in Sydney, Perth and Melbourne until 24 March 2021.

An action in support of sex workers is being held in Brisbane on 3 March 2021.

Respect Inc. in Brisbane has planned the action for Wednesday from 4.30pm in Centenary Place Park in Fortitude Valley, on International Sex Workers’ Rights Day.

International Sex Workers’ Rights Day was first recognised in 2001, after 25,000 sex workers gathered in India for a festival despite significant pressure on the Indian government to revoke their event permit.

Doctors at Brisbane’s Prince Charles Hospital are washing out the lungs of silicosis victims in an effort to stop the condition, which is caused by the inhalation and buildup of silica dust.

The procedure, known as lung lavage, involves filling one lung with saline solution and draining it and repeating the same on the other lung on the next visit.

Rates of silicosis spiked in recent years with the introduction to Australia of cheap stone, which can be more than 90 per cent silica.

Food delivery giant UberEats has introduced new technology and safety gear in an effort to help it’s riders stay injury-free on Australian roads.

From Tuesday, Uber will roll out a new object recognition feature in its App to detect whether it's riders are wearing a helmet and will require them to meet a checklist of their bike’s roadworthiness.

Later this month UberEats employees are set to receive lights, reflective vests, bells and phone holders from the company.