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Indigenous justice campaigners claim a win after convictions are quashed for a man who was tasered during a police station arrest; and a veteran health campaigner fears the Federal Government's COVID-19 vaccine ads will fail to reassure the public.

Australia Day highlights competing notions of a nation, with celebrations for some and unease and protest for others; and after the honours are rolled out, do they have a lasting impact? PM meets one indigenous leader honoured a decade ago, who now lives in a tent.

A single case of a highly infectious COVID strain pops the travel bubble between New Zealand and Australia; and despite talk of trade trouble with China, Australia's actually reported a huge trade surplus and China's been buying heaps of Australian wheat.

Battling the tech titans, the Prime Minister refuses to bow to Google and Facebook's threats to cut services; Spend more, save less: the Government calls on retirees to stop sitting on their nest eggs; And questions over why former tennis player Margaret Court is being elevated in the rank of Australian honours, despite her controversial views on homosexuality.

Joe Biden is sworn in as the new President of the United States, he signals big change ahead, but can his appeals for unity repair a riven nation? And push back against the Prime Minister after he draws parallels between the hardships experienced by those on the First Fleet and Australia's First Nations people;

Donald Trump's former strategist Steve Bannon, who's charged with defrauding donors of money, gets a pardon during the final hours of the Trump presidency; and the Trump legacy has made big work for the incoming president, including on immigration, we’ll discuss Joe Biden’s plans with New York University expert Muzaffar Chishti.

The Tax Office claws back tens of millions of dollars from people implicated in a massive leak about foreign tax havens; and Donald Trump is expected to issue another long list of pardons on his final full day in office, US attorney and legal analyst Elie Honig tells PM there are even reports some are paying for a chance at getting one.

A major Australian retailer is doing so well it wants to return some of its JobKeeper payments to the government, should others do the same? And China's lowest economic growth in more than 40 years, but it's still doing better than other major economies.

A second day of no COVID cases in the community has been recorded right across Australia, so how will we keep a lid on outbreaks? And there's a big build-up of security in Washington DC ahead of Joe Biden's inauguration, PM discusses the threats with the New York Times' national security correspondent.

A handful of Republicans joined with Democrats in the US House of Representatives to impeach Donald Trump. But will the numbers be there to convict in the US Senate?

And could an employee who refuses to get a COVID vaccine legally lose their job?