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This week the US moved to sanction what's believed to be Indonesia's most dangerous terrorist organisation as concern continues to grow over the threat of Islamic State in Southeast Asia. The US State Department has named the little known group JAD as a terrorist organisation and has also pinpointed two Indonesian militants behind the terrorist attack in Jakarta almost a year ago. Indonesia is stepping up efforts to stop its citizens travelling to Syria but there's also a fear with the journey becoming more difficult they could choose to launch attacks at home instead.

Brain chips and other neuro-technologies offer the possibility not only of reversing injuries, but also of creating superhumans. Steve Sammartino is philosopher and bioethicist and Professor Susan Dodds is the Dean of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales.

The ministerial career of the Liberal MP Sussan Ley is over. After a week of damaging revelations about the former Health Minister's use of parliamentary travel entitlements, the Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull revealed she's tendered her resignation. Mr Turnbull wouldn't say whether an independent investigation found Ms Ley had broken the rules. But he did announce an overhaul of Australia's system of entitlements - aimed at greater transparency and accountability - modelled on the system in the United Kingdom.

For the first time in eight years, One Nation has an MP in Queensland parliament. Steve Dickson today defected from the state's Liberal National Party and moved to One Nation, citing the major political parties' regulation of medical cannabis as the main reason. One Nation leader Pauline Hanson says it is another sign of dissatisfaction with the political elite. But the LNP says Ms Hanson is also playing politics, and medicinal cannabis has nothing to do with Mr Dickson's defection.

The fallout from the explosive, unverified intelligence dossier which claims Russia has gathered compromising information on president elect Donald Trump continues to reverberate around the world, days out from his inauguration. Some of Donald Trump's cabinet nominees have described Russia as one of the country's biggest security threats. The US Justice Department has announced it will review the FBI's actions in the lead up to November's presidential election. And the man behind the allegations has gone to ground, after being outed in the media.

Donald Trump has hit back against the claims in the unverified intelligence dossier released yesterday, including the claims of his ties with Russia, labelling the file 'fake news' by 'sick people'. The President-elect also used part of his high profile news conference to detail how he would separate his wide-ranging business dealings from his duties as president. Experts say the US is now in unchartered waters on both counts, in terms of the ethics of Donald Trump's continued links to his global business empire, and his escalating feud with the intelligence community.

Australian farmers with a disability are finding it hard to get back to work due to funding cuts for support services.

Well, 'fake news' may be the term du jour, but one lecturer in American politics says the truth still matters. The University of Melbourne's George Rennie says Donald Trump is clearly trying to isolate what he has to accept as possible, and what he can dismiss.

Rod Culleton, the former One Nation Senator from Western Australia, is fighting until the bitter end. He was in the Federal Court in Perth again today to appeal against the bankruptcy ruling that's seen him disqualified from the Senate. One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson says it's time to move on, and she's already chosen a replacement for Mr Culleton, should the High Court decide it's the party's appointment to make.

It's not yet known who set fire to a house in Ellendale on the weekend that houses three convicted child sex offenders, but the Tasmanian Government is intervening in an attempt to have the men moved from the town.