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Clinical trials of an Australian COVID-19 vaccine being stopped over HIV false positive tests but not infection; how drinking habits changed in 2020 and the new drinking guidelines; and an influencer getting shamed for her bad spelling.

Join Hack's Avani Dias with SBS World News reporter Laurie Lawira and News Corp journalist Eliza Barr.

Mining giant Rio Tinto should pay compensation to traditional owners for destroying the 46,000 year old Juukan Gorge caves, a parliamentary inquiry has recommended.

Also, some welfare recipients will have to stay on the cashless debit card for an extra two years, though the Senate shot down plans to make the card a permanent fixture of the welfare system.

And, the US Government has sued Facebook, saying the social media platform is engaging in anticompetitive behaviour.

Many women who self-report as using cannabis to treat symptoms of endometriosis say weed helps them stay off painkillers and opioids.

Also, an 18-year old has been arrested on terror charges after posting extremist far-right content online.

PornHub has announced changes to who an upload content to its site, but is it enough to push people towards ethical porn?

And, in the last of our series of how the states are tackling climate change, we speak to WA Environment Minister Stephen Dawson.

A Royal Commission into the Christchurch shooting has found authorities didn't miss any obvious signs that a terrorist attack was about to take place. Meanwhile there are calls in Australia to take right-wing extremism more seriously.

Also, new guidelines around the consumption of alcohol say we should be consuming less booze.

And, breakdancing has been announced as an Olympic sport, but will it get more people interested in the event?

The Government will introduce laws to Parliament this week that would make it a criminal offence to underpay staff, and set in legislation a formal definition of casual work.

Also, NSW Environment Minister Matt Kean wants other conservative politicians to get on board with fighting climate change.

And, a fire in world heritage-listed Fraser Island has been burning out of control for the last seven weeks.

It's the Friday Shake Up and we're talking...

UK approves Covid vaccine, how Australia's response to the pandemic left people with disability behind, why some students are unsatisfied with online learning, and how gigs can be more accessible for people with disability and mobility issues.

Join Hack's Avani Dias with Paralympian Madison de Rozario and Senator Jordan Steele-John.

It's International Day of People with Disability, so legendary former triple j newsreader Nas Campanella joins Avani Dias for a special episode about celebrating and raising awareness about disability in Australia.

More than 4 million Australians live with disability - so what challenges have they faced during the COVID pandemic? Plus, we look at how to make gigs more accessible and inclusive, and we see how young Aussies with disability are finding the dating scene.

COVID disrupted the way we learn, but as more and more tertiary education institutions announce they'll keep online learning in some capacity next year, students are asking if it's worth it.

Also, fewer young Australians identify as religious, but for people of faith, reconciling sex and sexual orientation with their faith can be difficult.

And, plans to film a movie about the 1996 Port Arthur massacre has caused outrage in the small Tasmanian community.

Independent Senator Jacqui Lambie joins Avani Dias as she pushes for a Royal Commission into veteran suicides in Australia. Also, heaps of young people have had to move back home during the pandemic - and advocates are worried about young LGBTQI people who are particularly at-risk of facing domestic abuse from their families. Plus, New Zealand is declaring a climate emergency. New Zealand Greens MP Chloe Sworebrick joins us to explain the plan across the ditch.And research about the fitness levels of esports players has challenged the 'couch potato' stereotype.

We're currently in a La Nina cycle, which is supposed to mean cooler, wetter weather. But this weekend's heatwave has turned that assumption on its head.

Also, a doctered image of an Australia soldier posted by a Chinese Govt official signals a sharp escalation in tensions between China and Australia.

And, why more and more girls and young women are getting cosmetic surgery on their genitals.