Today's headlines include: 

• Telstra is still investigating the cause of a nationwide outage, but says call and data services have been restored to 90% of its customers.
• The consumer watchdog has announced a specialised taskforce to crack down on gambling scams, known as ‘scambling’.
• A cargo plane with five crew members on board is missing after it lost contact with air traffic control off the coast of Pakistan.
• And today’s good news: New research has revealed Earth may be home to more than three times as many insects as previously thought.

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Producer: Rosa Bowden

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