Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Najib Razak fears for his safety and has asked for police protection a day after he complained about police searches on his properties for evidence of corruption.

The new Government led by Mahathir Mohamad is looking into how billions of dollars disappeared from a state fund, Mr Razak has denied any wrongdoing.

Mr Razak who led Malaysia for 10 years has been banned from leaving the country after a surprise election loss on May 9.

US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says the US trade war with China is on hold after the two countries agreed to drop their tariff threats, whilst both countries work on a larger trade agreement.

Both countries have announced they have discussed terms where  China would commit to purchasing more energy and agricultural resources from the US to narrow a trade deficit against the US valued at nearly 450 billion dollars.

The treatment of small business by financial institutions will be investigated by the banking royal commission today, as fees, improper lending practices and asset fire sales come under scrutiny.

Nationals senator John Williams expects Commonwealth Bank subsidiary Bankwest to be focused upon in the hearings, as he said many farms and small businesses have their seized assets sold for far below their market value.

Politicians are moving to ban live sheep exports, as Sussan Ley MP will today introduce a private member’s bill to end the practice entirely within five years.

Labor is expected to be in favour of a ban, as shadow agriculture minister Joel Fitzgibbon says he will recommend the party supports the bill.

However, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is supporting the recommendations set down by the McCarthy review, which does not advocate for ending sheep exports.

Local community group 'Stop Adani Brisbane' has called on the council to lift their ban on the groups stall at a sustainability festival.

The ban of the green heart fan stall is in place because the group is a political organisation.

The group works to raise community awareness of the environmental and economic impacts of the Adani Carmichael coal mine.

The group has a change.org petition active which has attracted over 550 signatures.

Proposed Brisbane tourism plans over the next five years will play a major role in the creation of 9000 extra jobs but are set to face a hospitality staffing crisis due to industry’s bad image.

Issues of poor pay, long hours and high staff turnover are giving the tourism industry a bad reputation.