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10 things you need to know this morning in Australia Good morning everyone, and welcome to a new year.

More National Guard troops are being deployed in Washington, DC, as Trump supporters storm the Capitol The governor of Virginia said Wednesday he was sending additional National Guard troops, as well as hundreds of state troopers.

'This is a coup attempt': Lawmakers with military experience condemn the right-wing protests and compare it to Iraq deployments Lawmakers described those who violently breached the US Capitol on Wednesday as a coup attempt.

Trump attacks Pence for not having the 'courage' to overturn the election as the president's supporters storm the Capitol The US President slammed his VP for not adhering to his impossible demand to overturn the election.

Trump tells his violent supporters who stormed the Capitol 'you're very special,' but asks them 'to go home' Trump also repeated false claims that there was widespread election fraud.

Pro-Trump rioters reportedly attempted to storm the Georgia Capitol Amid the DC riots, Trump supporters reportedly also gathered at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta.

Australia's COVID-19 vaccine rollout is being brought forward two weeks to early March, as the government stands by its cautious approach 80,000 doses of the soon-to-be approved Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine are expected to arrive in Australia each week from the end of the month.

'It's a slippery slope': Google claims Australia's plans to force it to pay news publishers would break its search engine Google has started off the new year with a fresh attack against Australia's proposed news media bargaining code.

Silicon Valley elites are poisoning themselves with frog mucus, an ancient practice reported to increase physical and mental strength Tech executives have been experimenting with kambo, a type of frog mucus indigenous Amazonian people have used for centuries to detox themselves.

How this youth outreach program had to promptly shift to online support groups to continue helping young Australians 'We literally had to create a virtual program out of necessity within 48 hours'.

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