Morning everyone. Federal police will be given special licence to possess and share child sexual abuse material in the dark corners of the internet, our exclusive top story reveals, in order to pursue criminal syndicates trading illegal material.

Elsewhere, the explosion of blueberry farming in New South Wales has locals worried about pesticide use, a Melbourne university scientist has won the Nobel chemistry prize, and Mad Max’s director, George Miller, welcomes the AI “Renaissance”.

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Exclusive | Federal police officers will get new protections to possess and share child sexual abuse material to target sex offenders on

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