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Telstra's free data day on Sunday set a record for the most amount of data downloaded over a 24-hour period on the company's mobile network.  This was to compensate millions of customers who couldn't access their mobile services when Telstra's network went down for several hours last month.

It may be too soon to say the rock and roll cures cancer, but scientists at the University of South Australia have used it to make a chemotherapy drug more effective.  And the song they used was AC/DC's "Thunderstruck".

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is investigating hundreds of the country's wealthiest people, after their names were found in a massive data leak from an ultra-secretive Panamanian law firm that helps international clients allegedly hide their money from above-ground economy. 

Good Morning Australia!! - The "Panama Papers" lift the shroud on the world's dark economy - A cease-fire is declared in Nagorno-Karabakjh - The US gets its revenge on Islamic State's rocket man - Kawasaki, Japan isn't just happy to see you, that really is what you think it is - And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Hello Australia!! - A dormant border war reignites with dozens killed - Palmyra's ancient ruins now sit aside evidence of another Islamic State atrocity - Pressure builds on South Africa's leader to step down - Gunned down on social media - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

Hello Australia!! - South Africa's president attempts to survive a massive misuse of public funds scandal - The surviving Paris terrorist seems to be claiming he actually saved lives?  Really? - Google's GMail April Fool's Day prank goes bad, quickly - and more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Tesla CEO Elon Musk says his company has already gotten 115,000 orders for its new Model 3 hatchback, the company's first "affordable" all electric car.  That represents more than US$4 Billion in sales.  You'll probably be seeing one of these pretty soon, because hundreds of those orders came from Australia - including the very first order.

US Department of Justice investogators are asking three more big banks for details on their dealings with the troubled 1Malaysia Development Bhd., known as 1MDB.  The fund lost about a billion dollars right about the time a similar amount appeared in the personal account of Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak.

Labor premieres are backing away from Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's proposal to shift funding of public schools from the Federal Government to the States.  The Federal Government claims the deal actually favors states.

Good Morning Australia!! - Tons of concrete and steel come crashing down on a crowded city street, several people are killed - One of the most amazing and groundbreaking archietects of our time has died - Impeachment seems to close in on two world leaders - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

The Australian Education Union is criticizing Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull for his proposal to shift the responsibility of funding public schools to the states.  The idea isn't going over very well before Friday's Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting, either.

Japanese women who claim to be suffering side effects from cervical cancer vaccines are suing their government, which until recently recommended those vaccines.  But doctors and researchers deny any causal link to the vaccines, which they maintain save lives.

New research says that unless drastic action is taken to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases being pumped into the atmosphere, ice melting from Antarctica will drive global sea levels higher, and faster than anticipated.  The more accurate model projects a 1.14 meter rise by 2100 - just from Antarctic melting.

Good Morning Australia!! - Trump wants a radical, right-wing change to American society - A security step too far for Francois Hollande - Thailand's military junta is petrified of red plastic kitchenware - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

A new study on a tiny town in Wyoming in America's west for the first time shows the impact that fracking has on drinking water supplies.  Fracking is the short name for Hydraulic Fracturing", the energy industry's practice of shooting chemical-laden water into underground rock to free trapped gas.

Prehistoric Humans may have shared the land with unicorns, according to researchers who believe an ancient one-horned beast survived much longer than previously thought.  And by "unicorn", they mean "big, giant hairy rhinoceros cousin.  From Siberia".

Good Morning Australia!! - Things go from bad to worse for Brazil President Dilma Rousseff - An "idiot" bests Egypt's billion-dollar airport security upgrades - Trump's campaign manager is arrested on assault charges - Argentina gets a boost on its claim to the Falklands - And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Queensland unveiled plans for a AU$16 Million biofuel plant in the port city of Gladstone.  Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says the Oil demonstration plant is to be built at Southern Oil Refining's Yarwun waste lube oil refinery and is expected to start operating later this year.

After a year of terrorism, border disputes, epidemics, and regional economic downturns, the number-one threat to the world's supply chains last year might seem a little old fashioned:  A new report says damages caused by cargo theft that amounted to US$22.6 Billion (almost AU$30 Billion).  And the problem is likely to get worse by a billion dollars in 2016.

An exhaustive aerial survey of the Great Barrier Reef is revealing that a huge swath is severely bleached - and that the damage is far worse than some officials thought.