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Facebook follows through on its threat to restrict access to Australian news. Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull discusses the news media and digital platforms bargaining code. Another tumultuous week for Crown Resorts. Plus Frank Sedgman is one of the last surviving tennis greats from the golden age of the 1950s.

Can you survive without Google? Could you last a day without news in your Facebook feed? The tech giants have threatened to pull their services from Australia if the federal government goes ahead with a news media bargaining code forcing them to pay media outlets for their news content. On the day Facebook blocked Australian news, a Q and A panel gathers to discuss if governments should reign in the might of the tech sector. Panellists: Paul Fletcher, minister for communications, cyber Safety and the arts; Michelle Rowland, shadow communications minister; Julie Inman Grant, e-safety commissioner; Lydia Khalil, international security expert; and Hal Crawford, media consultant and former news director. With a live performance from the Rubens.

The fallout from allegations that a young woman was raped in Parliament House two years ago continues to dominate politics. Victoria wants to construct quarantine facilities outside the city.

Two prominent voices on early childhood, Nicola Forrest and Jay Weatherill, discuss how a revitalised early learning system would deliver the best social and economic outcomes.

He’s been poisoned, almost blinded, arrested and jailed but Alexei Navalny isn’t cowed. He wants to force out Russian President Vladimir Putin and he’s risking his life to do it. The inside story of Navalny’s plan to take down his president.

The fallout from shocking allegations that young Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins was raped in Parliament House. A Sri Lankan family of four will remain on Christmas Island for now after a Federal Court decision. Leigh Sales interviews Bill Gates.

Join the Project hosts Waleed Aly, Lisa Wilkinson, Tommy Little and Jan Fran as they dissect and digest the daily news, events and hottest topics. This episode features Lisa Wilkinson's interview with Brittany Higgins, discussing her alleged rape in Parliament House in 2019.

Media pile on Barnardos accusing the charity of being politically correct after it ends its Mother of the Year award. A Sydney businesswoman complains to the Press Council over her front page treatment in the Daily Telegraph. US voting company Smartmatic launches massive defamation suit against Fox News and two of Donald Trump's lawyers, alleging they spread conspiracy stories over voter fraud.

Self-described defenders of Russia are determined to shut down anti-Vladimir Putin sentiment in Australia, establishing pro-Moscow chapters as part of a propaganda war to remind the world that Russia is a force to the reckoned with.

Button batteries are a hidden danger lurking in every home and mothers Andrea Shoesmith and Allison Rees have changed the world to protect our children.

Victorians are anxiously waiting to see if the state's latest lockdown will be effective in reining in a coronavirus COVID-19 cluster. Victoria's lockdown has further dashed the hopes of Australians trying to get home from overseas. Sarah Ferguson reports on Donald Trump's impeachment trial from Washington.

Retired race-horses helping to make antivenom. The sprawling grazing property being turned into a national park. Australian exporters exploring new markets. The enthusiasts preserving a steam tractor collection.

David Speers interviews ACTU secretary Sally McManus. Mike Bowers talks pictures with A Rational Fear's Dan Ilic. On the panel are David Crowe from the Age and Sydney Morning Herald, ABC Radio National's Patricia Karvelas and the Herald Sun's James Campbell to discuss the week in politics, including Peter Dutton's handling of a community grants program, and Labor's industrial relations proposal.

A vaccine could be our most powerful weapon in the fight against coronavirus COVID-19. So when will it be available? Who will get priority and how will it change the way we live, work and travel? Is our national strategy the right one? Panellists: Nick Coatsworth, federal government infectious diseases advisor; Sharon Lewin, leading infectious diseases expert and director of the Doherty Institute; Michelle Ananda-Rajah, associate director, Monash Institute of Medical Engineering; and Tony Blakely, epidemiologist, University of Melbourne.

The coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak linked to Melbourne's Holiday Inn quarantine hotel grows. A dispute over a dam proposal raises questions about how much a community is willing to pay to protect koalas. Plus satire with Mark Humphries.

7.30 investigates how home affairs minister Peter Dutton awarded millions of dollars in community grants. More than 80,000 mortgages are still being deferred. Plus what Giggle and Hoot star Jimmy Rees did next.

A panel of epidemiologists and immunisation experts Robert Booy, Mary-Louise McLaws and Sanjaya Senanayake talk about the coronavirus COVID-19 vaccine in a special event at the Press Club: Vaccine 2021:Why, What, When and How.

Once a city of protest, Hong Kong has become a city of fear. Reporter Bill Birtles brings us the final chapter of the Hong Kong rebellion, as Beijing exerts an iron grip on the once liberal outpost, snuffing out the last breaths of democracy.