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A remote arts centre in West Arnhem land is leading the charge in using the power of social media, and ecommerce to reach the world. Cut off by road for almost half of every year, the artists of Gunbalanya are prolific online. With thousands of followers, the artists say they're proud to not only share their work but their culture as well.

NSW Police will be able to pre-emptively shoot terrorists dead under new laws proposed by the premier. Gladys Berejiklian says the stronger powers are needed given the changing terrorist threat and were prompted by last month's coronial findings into the Lindt Cafe siege. The NSW government has accepted all the inquest's recommendations, as has the Federal Government.

Australian scientists say they've been given access to revolutionary tools which could give them a cutting-edge in the fight against diseases like cancer. The new genome sequencing platform will give researchers a clearer and fuller picture of a patient's genetic blueprint.

West Australia wants more share of the GST, but smaller state's such as Tasmania are holding on their funding for now. The Prime Minister used COAG to promote the Federal Government's education reforms, but many states and territories say they will be worse off. Vaccinations for children was also on the agenda, with the Prime Minister wanting a national system that will see parents able to see how many children in childcare centres are vaccinated.

Washington has already been set abuzz with the release of former FBI director James Comey's opening statement to the US Senate Intelligence Committee in which he gives an account of how the President asked him to 'let go' of an investigation into his former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn. In the lead up to the testimony, Senators have been grilling the nation's other top security chiefs about whether they came under pressure from Donald Trump.

Evan McMullin is a former CIA operations officer and chief policy advisor to House Republicans. Mr McMullin says there are clear indications President Trump knew that pressuring Comey to drop the investigation was inappropriate.

The polls have opened in the UK General Election with Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May tipped for victory. But her once commanding lead over Labour's Jeremy Corbyn has shrunk dramatically since she called the snap election in April. The campaign was also punctuated by the terror attacks in London and Manchester that left a total of 30 people dead. Joining PM to talk us through the vote is pollster and election analyst Will Jennings from the University of Southampton.

A list of the top 100 wage earners in professional sports has been revealed. At the top of the list is world-class football player, Cristiano Ronaldo, commanding millions of dollars as he dazzles the crowd. Among the list, however, there's just one female athlete.

An 83 year old Melbourne man has become of only two people in the world known to have fully recovered from a rare stroke known as 'locked in syndrome'. Wally Ballard lay paralysed in bed for hours unable to alert his wife he was ill and once he got to hospital wasn't expected to survive. But a neurologist removed the clot blocking his brain stem and Mr Ballard is now fully recovered.

The head of Australia's largest milk processor, Murray Goulburn has had to apologise to farmers for claiming this season's milk price would make them money. CEO Ari Mervis claimed the $4.70 price was profitable but industry figures show that's not the case.