The Washington Post, The Guardian, Bloomberg and The New York Times are now blocked on China’s internet.

Censorship has increased under the backdrop of the 30 year Tiananmen Square anniversary with key words and images relating to the incident on the popular social media platform 'WeChat' being prohibited.

This move signals another shift in China’s authoritarian leadership since the pro-democracy protests in 1989.

Fortitude Valley State Secondary College will be the name of the new high school opening in Brisbane’s inner north next year.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the college will be the first high school to be built in Brisbane’s inner city in more than 50 years.

The school’s Foundation Principal Sharon Barker said they acknowledge Fortitude Valley in the school’s name because they want the community to play an important role.

Western Australians look forward to calmer weather after the third storm system in four days slams the state.

Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Noel Pusey says Perth beaches have been hard-hit, with noticeable erosion to the shores.

Mr Pusey said winds speed have surpassed 100 kilometres per hour, and small hail and thunderstorms are possible today.

An international team of experts have published a study about the effects of heavy internet usage on our brains.

MRI scans published in the study shows brain activity differs greatly between heavy online users and those with less usage.

Study lead author Dr Joseph Firth said the negative effects of the internet can be minimised through mindfulness and focus practices.

Eight people have been injured when a 19th-century wooden ship sank after colliding with a container vessel in northern Germany.

Fire service official Wilfried Sprekels said deaths were likely if rescue boats hadn’t already been in the area due to a nearby but unrelated accident.

The wooden ship had been recently restored at a cost of 1.5 million pounds and was only put back on water last month.

Microsoft has deleted it’s database of 10 million images used to train face-recognition programs, the Financial Times reports.

Microsoft President Brad Smith called on US politicians last year to strengthen legislation that regulates the use of recognition systems.

The database was reportedly used to train a system for police forces and the military.

The University of Queensland Art museum unveiled an artwork on Friday by Elizabeth Willing that adds large flower lights to the roofs of the museum.  

UQ Art Museum Director Dr Campbell Gray said Willing’s images of drying plants and flowers on the buildings will encourage visitors to think differently about the building.

Ms Willing’s artwork is a precursor to her solo exhibition, ‘Through the Mother’, which will be opened at the museum in September.

The State Government has announced plans to build a new men’s prison in Gatton that has improved mental health, drug and alcohol rehab schemes.

Minister for Corrective Services Mark Ryan said the project will create 400 construction jobs over three years, and 500 permanent jobs afterwards.

The Gatton prison will be the first prison to be built after the opening of the Southern Queensland Correctional Centre in 2012.