The world has surpassed two sobering coronavirus milestones - 500,000 confirmed deaths, 10 million confirmed cases - and hit another high mark for daily new infections as governments that attempted reopenings continued to backtrack and warn that worse news could be yet to come.

Queensland Rugby League has extended the contract of State of Origin coach Kevin Walters for another year, taking him through to the end of 2021.

A 44-year-old woman is facing a murder charge after a man was allegedly deliberately struck by a car and pinned against a brick wall in innerwest Sydney.

A drink driver allegedly six times over the blood alcohol limit has been foiled by passers-by who took his keys after he crashed into a parked car in northern Tasmania.

A BMW belonging a man found dead in a car park in Melbourne's southeast has been located by police.

A 22-year-old man has been accused of manslaughter after another man, 46, was struck and killed by a truck in far north Queensland.

Several hundred protesters have braved overcast and cool and drizzly conditions to again march on an inner Brisbane hotel demanding the release of asylum seekers held there.

An online fundraiser has been set-up to support the children of slain Rockhampton mother Karen Gilliland.

Queenslanders will have to wait until Tuesday to find out when and how COVID-19 restrictions will be lifted after the transport minister stonewalled questions about borders reopening.

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