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Several high-profile Nationals senators have resigned from their frontbencher roles after breaking ranks to vote against new hate speech laws; The family of a 19-year-old Canadian backpacker says their hearts are shattered following her death at K'Gari; US President Donald Trump has marked the one-year anniversary of his return to the White House with a marathon news conference; New South Wales is mourning the death of its first female governor, Dame Marie Bashir. 

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Beachgoers and surfers are on high alert after an unprecedented four shark attacks in just 48 hours.

But what's caused this spike in shark attacks? And what can we come into close contact with one. 

Plus, Brooklyn Beckham has broken years of silence with an Instagram statement, accusing David and Victoria of trying to "ruin" his relationship with Nicola Peltz. 

And in headlines today, New hate speech laws are already facing a possible legal challenge from a prominent neo-Nazi after finally passing parliament; Controversial protest restrictions have been extended for another fortnight with an exemption created to allow Invasion Day rallies to proceed; Prince Harry is due to start giving evidence in a UK court today as he and several other high profile claimants band together in an attempt to prove the Daily Mail used concerning tactics to infiltrate their private lives for stories; Midnight Oil's founding member and drummer Rob Hirst has died at the age of 70 after a near three-year battle with pancreatic cancer; Queer Eye star Karamo Brown has pulled out of planned interviews with his TV show co-stars as they wrap up the show after 10 years

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There’s been an unsettling run of wildlife encounters that have left multiple people injured across Queensland and New South Wales in the span of just 48 hours; The Federal Government is moving to pass significant gun and hate speech reforms today, following a deal between Labor and the Coalition that split the original package into two separate bills; Australia’s largest coal-fired power station, eh rah ring, will now stay open until 2029 to ensure the lights stay on while the country navigates its energy transition; In a stunning Instagram statement, Brooklyn Beckham has cut ties with his parents, David and Victoria, accusing them of controlling his life and public image for years. 

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Parliament has been recalled early to debate hate speech and gun control laws in the wake of the Bondi terrorist attack.

What began as a push for national unity has become a divisive legislative battle, forcing Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to split the original package into two separate bills; but will these laws make an impact? And will they even pass at all?

And in headlines today, Experts are warning that recent weather conditions may be contributing to the spike in shark attacks in Sydney; Text messages between the Norwegian Prime Minister and US President Donald Trump have revealed how committed Trump is to taking over Greenland; Indigenous Australians and their allies are hoping they will be able to mark January 26 invasion day as police decide whether the protests can go ahead as planned; Prince Harry has told a court it is "disturbing to feel that my every move, thought or feeling was being tracked" so the publisher of the Daily Mail could "make money out of it"; Valentino Garavani, the jet-set Italian designer whose high-glamour gowns - often in his trademark shade of "Valentino red - have graced red carpets for decades, has passed away

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Guests: Amy Remeikis, Chief Political Analyst at The Australia Institute & Contributing Editor at The New Daily

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Anthony Albanese is warning proposed hate speech laws before the parliament will be the final attempt to enact change following the Bondi massacre; Heroic actions by three teenagers have likely saved the life of their mate, after he sustained critical injuries in a shark attack; A native plant species has been rediscovered decades after it was proven extinct, highlighting the power of citizen science; Country music singer Karley Scott Collins has denied rumours she and Keith Urban are romantically involved.

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Tony Armstrong has done a lot in his 36 years of life; he's pursued footy at the highest levels, completed a stint of sports reporting and even nabbed himself a Logie.

We know he's read the news, but now he's taking a flamethrower to it in his new ABC special Always Was Tonight - a First Nations-led news satire, promising to decolonise the news, one headline at a time. 

Tony joins The Quicky to explore how humour can sometimes get through where straight politics can't.

And in headlines today, Parliament will resume today, as MPs are called back early to pay their respects to the victims of the Bondi terror attack and work on laws to ensure it doesn’t happen again; Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been asked to join the Board of Peace to help rebuild Gaza by US President Donald Trump; A 13-year-old boy is fighting for his life after being bitten on the leg by a shark at a popular Sydney beach; US President Donald Trump ​has threatened to implement a wave of increasing tariffs on EU members until the United ⁠States is allowed to buy Greenland; Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke has revealed that she suffered a broken rib while shooting intimate scenes for her new spy drama Ponies

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is making a last-ditch bid for bipartisan support for sweeping hate speech laws; New research has found people living with depression are facing a major gap in treatment options; Billions of dollars will be spent over the next decade to upgrade Sydney’s sewerage network, after thousands of debris balls washed up on the city’s iconic beaches; Harry Styles has announced his long-awaited fourth studio album.

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Can you buy... a country? 

US President Donald Trump has made very clear his intention to acquire Greenland, despite it not being for sale.

So what happens next? And is this just another chapter in what's turning out to be a pretty chaotic diplomatic playbook from the Trump Administration? 

And in headlines today, Days after bushfires raged across the state, flash flooding has hit Victoria’s Great Ocean Road; According to figures released by the federal government today, almost five million social media accounts have been deactivated or restricted since Australia's world-first age restrictions took effect on December 10; US President Donald Trump has threatened ‍to use the Insurrection Act, which would allow him to ​deploy military forces in Minnesota amid escalating tension over the ⁠deployment of federal ICE agents, which has become the focus of daily clashes; Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok will no longer be able to edit photos to portray real people in revealing clothing in places where that is illegal; Pamela Anderson has explained how she felt uncomfortable in the audience at the Golden Globes, because she was sitting near Seth Rogan who made a TV show about some of the worst times in her life without ever speaking to her about it

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Opposition Leader Sussan Ley says Labor’s proposed hate crime and gun control reforms are “unsalvageable”; Police in Canberra have discovered 11 explosive devices along footpaths in the city’s north-west; The United States has announced the creation of a technocratic Palestinian body to help govern the Gaza Strip; The Adelaide Festival Corporation has apologised to Palestinian Australian author Randa Abdel-Fattah; The first official trailer for Season Three of Euphoria has just been released. 

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In the spirit of "New Year, New Me," many of us are re-examining our relationship with alcohol.

But for women with undiagnosed or under-treated ADHD, that end-of-day glass of wine is often about more than just relaxing; it's self-medicating a brain that never quite switches off. 

We speak to an Aussie single mum about her own journey to discovery the link between alcohol and ADHD, following a diagnosis four decades in the making. 

And in headlines today, Australia's most prominent neo-Nazi groups have announced they will disband ahead of the introduction of the new federal anti hate speech laws, but they will still be watched; Anti-government protests that have shaken Iran for more than two weeks appear to be calming'; Officials from Greenland and Denmark have met with white house officials in Washington as US President Donald Trump continues to push for the country to be under US control; The controversial US health secretary Robert Kennedy Junior, has given some insight into President Trump’s concerning diet, saying "I don't know how he's alive, but he is"

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