As it happened: Brisbane on Monday, June 17

The Kabi Kabi Traditional Owners’ non-exclusive rights to an area of 10,280 square kilometres along the Sunshine Coast have been recognised in Brisbane on Monday.

Reece Walsh has been selected for Queensland in game two of the State of Origin series but J’maine Hopgood and Selwyn Cobbo have been ruled out with injury.

As this footage shows, even in Canberra’s Parliament House journalist Cheng Lei cannot avoid being hassled by the Chinese government.

Singer John Farnham has made a rare appearance since his cancer surgery in a wedding ceremony in Melbourne for his son Rob and new wife Melissa.

Jerry Seinfeld savaged a pro-Palestinian heckler in front of a crowd of thousands of people at his stand-up comedy show in Sydney on Sunday night after the man accused the American comedian of being a Zionist who supported a “terrorist state”.

The driver of the ute was taken to Dalby Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

More than 130 people have died on Queensland roads so far this year, with Police Commissioner Steve Gollschewski pleading for people to drive safely.

“Can I please remind everyone that we have a significant challenge with our road toll this year. People on the road need to obey the rules of the road and drive to the conditions,” he said.

Inspector Greg Wheeler told the ABC the devastating crash was difficult to comprehend.

“You know, a family basically here one minute, not the next. It’s very difficult to fathom how it’s actually occurred,” he said.

“It was pretty horrific for everyone, whenever there are children involved it’s extra traumatic for those [responding].”

Pierce raised her granddaughter, Ophelia-Sarah, who was just four years old when her mother was killed.

The grandmother went on to become an outspoken advocate of victims’ rights as a member of the Victims of Crime Association and was later appointed to the Queensland Community Corrections Board.

She also volunteered as a facilitator at the Homicide Support Service and was a member of the Rape Survivors Support Group. She also gave her time lecturing at the Queensland Police Academy about the support of crime victims.

It took firefighters about 30 minutes to gain control of the fierce blaze on Sunday night, but they could not save Pierce and her son.

The fire is not being treated as suspicious at this stage, but police are appealing to anyone with information who could assist their investigation to come forward.

The 1989-built Eagle Street Pier housed restaurants including George’s Paragon, Fatcow Steak & Lobster, City Winery and Mr & Mrs G Riverbar.

It was demolished in 2023 to make way for the $2.5 billion Waterfront Brisbane project, which has been billed by developer Dexus as a “world-class precinct” that will transform the city’s riverfront.

Waterfront Brisbane project director Matt Beasley said the donation “was a unique opportunity to repurpose high-quality kitchen equipment and other goods that would have otherwise become construction waste”.

Cheng swapped seats, and then another official tried to block her view.

Australian officials then moved in to be a barricade between Cheng and the Chinese officials.

After the altercation, Cheng said on Sky they “went to great lengths” to block her from the cameras and “flank” her.

“I’m only guessing this is to prevent me from saying something or doing something that they think would be a bad look, but that in itself was a bad look,” she said.

Albanese later refused to give his opinion on whether it was appropriate for Cheng to be blocked from view.

“Well, I didn’t see it, but I saw Cheng Lei and we smiled at each other during … the event,” he said.

“I’m not aware of the issues and it is important that people be allowed to participate fully and that is what should happen in this building or anywhere else in Australia.”

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“I just think it’s ridiculous, it’s not depicting Robert in a terrible way, whatsoever.”

Hanson claimed she had been given until 5pm today to remove Irwin’s image.

“I’m not backing down from it, and I will see it through to court,” she said.

“I’ve got one of the best lawyers in the country who has acted for me in a number of cases and has said this is not defamatory, so I will fight it.

“It’s satirical, have we become so precious that we are actually looking at ourselves all the time without having a joke? Where’s the Australia that I grew up in where you could have a laugh and a joke at yourself?”