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Donald Trump has been acquitted of impeachment charges after Republicans and Democrats voted along party lines. Plus, the UK's conservative government is going to ban all new petrol cars in 15 years. And have you ever been sent a dick pic? Have you ever sent one? After Kelsey got sent a dick pic, she got mad, and then she asked the world to send her more: her mission was to find a way of programming an AI to automatically filter out and block them. Four-thousand pics and five months later, the free software is about to launch.

Young veterans are more than twice as likely to take their own lives than the rest of the community. The Federal Government has announced the creation of a permanent national commissioner to investigate further. Plus, US politics is heating up: The Democrats are choosing a candidate, the impeachment trial is reaching a climax, and the President has delivered the annual State of the Union address. Also, why was a gay kissing scene cut from Home and Away?

The Greens have a new leader. We interview Adam Bandt on the climate emergency, the transition away from fossil fuels, and why he wants young people to be involved. Plus, the latest from the leadership contest within the Nationals. Barnaby Joyce has failed to topple Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack, but many believe he may try again. And Newcastle University says it will be tracking students' phones to make sure they're going to class. Students say it's a "gross breach of privacy".

The first group of Australians who've been stuck in Wuhan where the coronavirus started are finally on their way to Christmas Island. At the same time, the Government has announced tough new restrictions on travel to Australia from China. Plus, Agriculture Minister Bridget McKenzie has resigned over the sports rorts scandal. A hiker's video of dozens of dead koalas in a recently logged timber plantation has gone viral and led to a government investigation. Who's responsible for the deaths?

The World Health Organisation has voiced "grave concern" ahead of an emergency coronavirus meeting. Here's the latest on the outbreak. Plus, as the country deals with the worst-ever bushfire season, should we be looking at ancient Indigenous cultural burning, which has been practiced for tens of thousands of years? And researchers think weed could be the answer to period pain. Could it be a legitimate treatment for the women who experience period pain?

Sporting clubs that were in electorates the Coalition wanted to win the lead-up to the 2019 election received thousands of dollars in grants, even as other more needy clubs got nothing. There's a lot of pressure now on the minister in charge of that program, Bridget McKenzie, to resign. Plus, we've lost an estimated one billion animals during the bushfire season; we go to a sanctuary that's been made to save our endangered species. Plus, health practitioners are worried about Gwyneth Paltrow's controversial new Netflix show, The Goop Lab.

We ask Federal Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese about his party's climate policy, and what he's doing to stop bushfires in the future. Also, the coronavirus outbreak: how worried should we be? And we hear from 22-year-old ACT Australian of the Year Madeline Diamond, who painted 'climate justice' in capital letters across her chest at the national awards night.

Hack’s Shalailah Medhora on her favourite non-political stories of the year – Secret diaries of a sperm donor, taking a leap for love and cannabis gets the green light in Canberra.

Hack’s Tim Swanston on his biggest questions of the past year - Is everyone's new favourite viral meme app TikTok being censored by Chinese interests?

Hack’s Jo Lauder shares her favourite stories from the year - Going child-free for climate change, the looming insect Armageddon and a tour through the Museum of Broken Relationships.