A fully vaccinated Queensland woman has tested positive for the highly contagious Delta variant of COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP virus, while visiting her family in the Far North Queensland town of Mareeba. Public health alerts have been issued for the Sunshine Coast, Brisbane, and locations in Far North Queensland. Queensland health authorities…
Singaporean Troops to Train Alongside Aussies in Queensland
Up to 14,000 Singaporean troops will train alongside Australian forces in North and Central Queensland after the state government struck a deal to develop state-of-the-art military training facilities. Complex leasing arrangements for land at Greenvale and Shoalwater Bay were finalised for the multimillion-dollar defence industry effort that will subsidise jobs in the region. “Our defence…
Queensland Expands Contact Tracing Despite Data Access Concerns
The Queensland government will be greatly expanding its COVID check-in app requirements to encompass almost all sectors of society, including shopping centres, supermarkets, universities, libraries, and places of worship. “This app is all about keeping Queenslanders safe and helping our contact tracers when there has been community transmission of COVID-19 in our community,” Queensland Minister…
New York Met Museum’s European Masterpieces Visit Down Under
New York’s finest treasures, including five centuries of European Masterpieces, are now on display in Queensland, Australia in the most significant exhibition of international art the country has received in recent decades. The traditional masterpieces exhibition features portraits, still-life, and landscapes by Cézanne, Rembrandt, Renoir, Vermeer, van Gogh and others from the Renaissance to twentieth-century…
Snap 3-Day Lockdown for Parts of Queensland After 2 CCP Virus Cases
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has said that southeast Queensland, Townsville, Palm Island, and Magnetic Island will go into a three-day lockdown from 6 p.m. on Tuesday until 6 p.m. on Friday, July 2. Residents in this area must stay at home unless leaving for one of the exempted reasons: essential education and work, obtain healthcare,…
Brisbane Cop Hit and Killed by Stolen Car
A Queensland police officer has been hit and killed by a stolen car while on duty north of Brisbane. A manhunt is underway for the driver who fled the scene. The 53-year-old male senior constable was responding to a suspected stolen vehicle when he was struck on the Bruce Highway at Burpengary just after 3…
3 New Cases of COVID-19 in Queensland
Queensland has recorded three new community COVID-19 case linked to a flight attendant who was infected during hotel quarantine before briefly spending time in Brisbane. One of the new cases is the manager of the Portuguese Family Centre, where the woman had visited, who has been in home quarantine before testing positive. The other two…
Abortion Provider Marie Stopes Closes 4 Regional Australian Clinics
Abortion provider Marie Stopes has announced that it will close four of its regional clinics in Queensland and New South Wales due to financial issues brought on by the CCP virus pandemic. This comes about a week before Queensland MP George Christensen is due to present his private member’s bill to Parliament on June 21,…
Covid Case Left Victorian Lockdown, Now in Queensland
A woman with COVID-19 who left lockdown in Victoria and travelled north through New South Wales (NSW) has put Queensland on alert after visiting parts of the state. The woman and her husband left Victoria on June 1, travelled through NSW and crossed into Queensland at Goondiwindi on June 5. The couple has since travelled…
Australia’s largest dinosaur discovered in Southwest Queensland
After 14 years of excavation, palaeontologists have officially confirmed that titan sized dinosaurs once walked across Australia after the discovery of dinosaur skeletons in 2007 by a couple in Eromanga of Southwest Queensland led to the findings. The dinosaur —now officially named Australotitan cooperensis—is as long as a basketball court (25-30 metres) and reaches 5-6.5…
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