A television advertisement about immigration endorsed by US President Donald Trump has been pulled by NBC, Fox News and Facebook.

The ad was run during the Sunday night NFL game, linking undocumented migrant and convicted killer  Luis Bracamontes to a caravan of immigrants fleeing Central America.

This comes as part of Trump’s political campaign for the midterm elections, which determines whether the Republicans party will retain control of the US Congress.

The UK government has just committed around $4.7 million in LGBT funding.

With a particular focus on bullying and healthcare, the funding is set to train teachers how to spot the early signs of bullying.

Minister for Equality Penny Mordaunt says the funding will means everyone can life safe, happy, and healthy lives where they can be themselves without fear of discrimination.’

Nearly 1.5 million plastic bottles, cans and stubbies have been recycled in Queensland on the first weekend of the Containers for Exchange recycling scheme.

Major recycling operators TOMRA and Envirobank both reported an enormous public response following the beginning the program on November 1st.

TOMRA’s national marketing manager Martin Walters believed people are embracing the scheme 100 per cent, as they want to do the right thing by the environment.

Older people and innovative solutions to homelessness will be a key focus at the Gold Coast Homeless Symposium occurring tomorrow.

Almost $8 million in Homelessness Program funding has been committed by the Palaszczuk Government to seven support services on the Gold Coast for 2018-19 to provide support to those in need.

In 2014, there was a total of 4500 homeless people in the city and the current ABS Census shows an increase of homelessness in Australia in 5 years.

24 hour trading hours could soon be introduced in Sydney after the city’s first planning review in over a decade.

Lord Mayor Clover Moore says the proposed changes are in response to “overwhelming” public favour for a night-time economy that is safe, exciting and doesn’t shut down with the sun.

Sydney City Council’s plan sees local businesses like hairdressers and bookstores trading around the clock, but excludes the clubs and pubs who are subject to 1:30am lockout laws.

Allowing First Nations’ People early access to superannuation funds due to their lower life-expectancy has had mixed responses at the Banking Royal Commission.

The Prime Minister’s Department says super funds should be more “culturally aware” of Indigenous People’s needs, but that lowering the age of eligibility would go against the principles of the universal system.

International human rights groups slam Tanzania for its crackdown on homosexuals, slated to start this week

Paul Makonda, Regional Commissioner for Dar es Salaam has formed a government taskforce and is expected to begin arresting people who are perceived to be homosexual, trans, or intersex this coming week.

In October last year, Tanzanian authorities arrested 13 health and human rights activists for promoting homosexuality.

US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new opioid tablet Dsuvia 1,000 times more potent than morphine and 10 times stronger than fentanyl.

It will be restricted to limited use only in health care settings, such as hospitals, surgery centers, and emergency rooms, but critics worry the opioid will fuel an already grim opioid epidemic.

FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb says there will be a tight restriction on Dsuvia.