Facebook will ban white nationalism and separatism on its platforms from next week and is set to point those who search for them to an anti-hate organisation.

The ban applies to praise, support and representation of white nationalism and white separatism on Facebook platforms, reinforcing its efforts to tackle hate speech.

This ban comes after Facebook, Twitter and YouTube were urged to remove white supremacist and neo-Nazi content from their platforms following the recent Christchurch shooting.

A Queensland Ombudsman report into the Brisbane Youth Detention Centre has found young detainees were isolated in rooms without beds, toilets or running water for up to 10 days after a 2017 riot at the facility.

The report said the seven detainees being held in so called “admission rooms” after a violent riot is a form of solitary confinement, with four of the detainees being kept in the rooms for the entire 10-day period.

The detainees had to sleep on mattresses on the floor and had to wait for staff members to escort them to the bathroom.

There are now fresh calls for the Coalition to preference One Nation last at the federal election following revelations that Pauline Hanson appeared to question the 1996 Port Arthur massacre, which left 35 people dead in Tasmania.

Her comments have prompted Liberal backbencher John Alexander to expect his party would have to preference One Nation last at the next election.

Brisbane’s LNP City Councillors have voted to reject spending caps on election campaigns proposed by the Palaszczuk government.

At a council meeting on Tuesday night, the LNP motioned to endorse positions made by the Local Government Association of Queensland objecting to council election campaign restrictions proposed by Queensland Government Minister Stirling Hinchliffe.

New research claims that Australians living with autism are being locked out of the workforce with some of them who found paid employment saying they have previously lost a job because they are on the spectrum.

A study commissioned by autism peak body Amaze surveyed the employment experiences of those living with autism and their carers, also including details about attitudes towards autistic people in the workforce.

Scientists have said the trade war between the US and China could destroy millions of hectares of the Amazon rainforest.

Tariffs imposed on US imports in China mean that soybean production could take up another 12.9 million hectares in Brazil as China seeks to source all their soybeans from Brazil.

Researchers writing in ‘nature today’ have said the newly-required land is likely to come from deforested land in the Amazon due to a changing political climate.

British Prime Minister Theresa May has told MPs from her own party that she will step down from her role as PM if her Brexit deal is delivered.

Mrs May has told Conservative MPs that she would quit before the second phase of Brexit negotiations but is yet to deliver a timeline as to when she will step down.

She told the media that she was prepared to resign earlier than intended in order to ensure a smooth and orderly Brexit.

President of Microsoft Brad Smith has warned that companies are now less likely to store customer data in Australia following the introduction of controversial encryption laws.

Speaking to an audience in Canberra, Mr Smith said the laws are too vague and are damaging to the Australian technology industry and broader economy, with businesses getting increasingly concerned about privacy and are starting to look to overseas markets.