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12.11am BST

Once again Queensland has recorded no local Covid-19 cases, but seem to be getting the lion’s share of infected overseas arrivals, with six people diagnosed over night.

Wednesday 7 April – coronavirus cases in Queensland:

• 0 new locally acquired
• 6 overseas acquired
• 73 active cases
• 1,497 total cases
• 2,326,788 tests conducted

Sadly, six Queenslanders with COVID-19 have died. 1,366 patients have recovered.#covid19 pic.twitter.com/zDkD0LNXVV

12.03am BST

Protesters have tried to blockade a rail construction site at the controversial Carmichael coalmine project in central Queensland this morning, AAP reports.

A group of health workers called Health on the Frontlines is protesting against the mine due to the impacts of coalmining and the climate crisis on human health.

I have to do his protest as a role model for my daughters and my students – we cannot have any more climate destruction, we cannot have more coal coming out of the earth.

I know that for Aboriginal people, health and wellbeing and connection to country are inseparable.

So to hear about native title being extinguished here made me realise the need to come to the frontline and address climate change directly.

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