Category: Brisbane

Australian Electric Car Charging Company to List for Over $1.4B on NASDAQ

An Australian manufacturer of electric vehicle (EV) fast-chargers based in Brisbane has announced a merger that will see the company listed on the NASDAQ for US$1.4 billion. Tritium already services a worldwide market across 41 countries and is banking on the continued expansion of the electric passenger vehicle market with expectations of 20 percent growth…


Australian Researchers Develop New Drugs to Prevent and Treat COVID-19

Researchers from QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Brisbane, Australia have developed two new drugs which can protect people from spreading COVID-19 and prevent those who are infected from developing severe disease. A team led by Professor Sudha Rao, senior researcher and head of QIMR Berghofer’s Gene Regulation and Translational Medicine Group, has developed two…


400,000 Queensland Homes Lose Power After Station Fire

A fire and possible explosion at the Callide coal-fired power station has caused at least 400,000 homes to lose power across the Australian state of Queensland, with reports of outages from as far south as New South Wales and up to Cairns. Queensland state-owned CS Energy confirmed the incident, writing on Twitter that as a…


Virus Exposure Sites at Brisbane International Airport

Travellers who passed through Brisbane International Airport on Thursday have been warned of possible coronavirus exposure sites after a transiting passenger tested positive to COVID-19. Queensland Health has identified the airport’s Hudson’s Coffee stand and adjacent seating area, and the male toilets adjacent to Gate 79 as areas visited by the infected passenger. It says anyone…


Brisbane Olympics Decision Could Come in July

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palasczcuk has said that Brisbane could find out as early as July whether it has been chosen to host the 2032 Olympic Games. This comes as Prime Minister Scott Morrison agreed to fund half of the costs for infrastructure development provided that a jointly owned, funded, and run Olympic infrastructure agency was…


Queensland Labor MP Resigns ‘With Heaviest of Hearts’ Due to Cancer

Queensland MP Duncan Pegg has announced that he is resigning from state politics to focus on his health and treatment for cancer. The member for Stretton gave his final speech in Parliament on Thursday, where he said that it was “with the heaviest of hearts” that he will resign in the coming weeks. “I’ve been…


Brisbane’s Gabba Stadium Proposed as 2032 Olympic Venue Hub

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk envisions the entire Brisbane city area becoming an Olympic venue with hundreds of thousands able to enjoy the atmosphere even outside of stadiums if the city hosts the 2032 Olympic Games. The premier’s comments come as she announced the Gabba as the proposed main stadium for the Games after the International…


8 New Local CCP Virus Cases Detected in Brisbane

The Queensland government has reported eight new locally-acquired CCP virus cases in the state overnight, with six being the close contacts of confirmed cases and a further two acquired overseas cases. There are two cases under investigation but Premier Annastacia Palszczuk said health authorities believed the cases to be linked to known cases. A further two…


Targeted Lockdown in Parts of Brisbane After Man Contracts Virus Locally

The Queensland government is implementing a targeted lockdown in parts of Brisbane after a man was found to have been infectious with the CCP virus in the community for a week. From noon on Friday, visitors will not be permitted at aged care and disability centres, hospitals, and correctional centres in the Brisbane City and…


Brisbane Quarantine Hotel in Lockdown

A Brisbane COVID-19 quarantine hotel is in lockdown as health authorities investigate an infected traveller for links to an infected Brisbane hospital doctor. The infected person was staying on the same floor at the same time as at the Hotel Grand Chancellor as another infected traveller now at the Princess Alexandra Hospital. That patient had…