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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Martin Farrer

Morning Mail: new AFP powers to target sex offenders, blueberry farming blues, Australia’s Nobel winner

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Police officers will be given special powers to infiltrate child abuse rings online. Illustration: Karunyapas/Getty Images/iStockphoto

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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