The Hydrogen Training Centre of Excellence kicked off in Beenleigh on 11th February, with aims to fast track development of the Hydrogen industry and keep Queensland at the forefront as the supplier of choice for hydrogen.

The prospect of cost-effective hydrogen gas, produced using renewable electricity, has opened up the prospect of a zero emissions source that can be used as an alternative to fossil fuels.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has re-signed onto a defence partnership valued at up to $27 billion today. 

The Memorandum of Understanding with Rheinmetall Defence Australia is a reconfirmation of a long standing partnership, with the new agreement set to deliver 450 infantry fighting vehicles for the Australian Army.

The company to the agreement estimates that the further project will create an additional 500 jobs in Queensland.

The North Quay precinct, which spans a few blocks between the river, Milton and Roma Street, is being eyed for a host of multi-million dollar developments.

Multiple high-end commercial towers, a possible university campus, a stadium and train station, seen as a new ‘Grand Central’, are potentially in the works.

A shift of focus from sector-by-sector planning, to thinking about how cities work and how they need to work, post-pandemic has been made. Prioritising mixed-use development, offering residential, commercial, retail and public space all in the same vicinity

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has released new guidelines to provide greater access and opportunity to under-represented people and perspectives.

The measures cover internal and externally submitted content across multiple genres and aim to enrich the ABC’s content by giving platforms to gender diverse, Indigenous Australian, culturally and linguistically diverse, people living with a disability, and the LGBTQI-plus communities.

Organisations such as FamilyVoice Australia are critical of the measures, saying they are un-inclusive of Christian Australians.

In November, the government announced it would implement temporary changes so partner visa applicants in Australia didn’t have to leave the country to have their visas granted.

According to the Department of Home Affairs, Partner and child visa concessions are set to come into effect on 27 February, which include child , adoption , dependent child, prospective marriage and partner visas.

Parent concessions are set to start on 24 March, which include parent and contributory parent.

Indian climate activist Disha Ravi has been arrested for her involvement in a farmer protest, which has been linked to Greta Thunberg.

Ms Ravi, founder of Fridays for Future India, was detained after allegedly helping to create a guide to the anti-government farmer protests and being the key conspirator in the documents formulation and dissemination, according to local police.

Delhi has called for twitter to block hundreds of accounts that had commented on the recent farmer protest.

On Saturday morning, parts of southern Queensland have had a month's worth of rain in a day.

Roma recorded 96mm of rainfall, which according to Meteorologist Rosa Hoff, is significant as Roma usually receives 90.7mm of rain in the entire month of February.

In the drought-declared region, the rain is welcome, as Roma are not expected to receive another downpour this week.

The Brisbane City Council opposition says almost 1,300 cases of illegally dumped rubbish and household goods show the mess left since the Brisbane City Council cancelled kerbside collections almost a year ago.

The chair of Council’s city standards, Kim Marx, said they have implemented a range of high-tech cameras that are installed in dumping hotspots and are rotated to different locations.

Ms Marx also said kerbside collection would return when it is economically viable, meanwhile $800,000 is spent on removing illegal dumping every financial year.