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The damage bill from the Northern Queensland floods is expected to run into the billions, so how did a low level cyclone cause so much devastation? There’s growing concern about the use of “deep fake” images produced by A.I. are being used on social media. So can anything be done to stamp it out?

Israel is facing increasing international pressure to end the fighting in Gaza, but when will it end and who will control Gaza when it does? Also, there were fiery scenes in the Federal court this week as journalist Lisa Wilkinson has defended her Logies speech, and her reporting, while on the stand in Bruce Lehrmann's defamation trial. 

The costs are blowing out and there are reports of shonky operators, so how can the NDIS be fixed? The government has released a long awaited report into the scheme which it hopes will make it sustainable. The UN Secretary General says nowhere in Gaza is safe as he once again calls for a ceasefire. So what happens next?

This Week catches you up and makes sense of the big events dominating your news feed.

Israel and Hamas have agreed to a temporary ceasefire and a hostage deal, but what happens next?   The RBA Governor says homegrown inflation is now the problem, so how can we tackle it without causing more pain to young homeowners?  

Israel is scrambling to show that Hamas has been using Gaza’s biggest hospital as a command centre, to convince the world its raid on Al-Shifa was justified. When is targeting a hospital ok?  Also, the latest fight over our immigration scheme and the policy of indefinite detention. We look at how border security has stormed back into mainstream politics .

There’s plenty of anger after an Optus network blackout left 10 million customers without phone and internet services for half a day. But could it have been prevented?  Israel has agreed to pauses in the conflict to allow for humanitarian aid into besieged Gaza and the movement of civilians to the south. But as international calls for a complete ceasefire grow, are a few hours relief per day enough?  

Police have charged Erin Patterson, the woman at the centre of an alleged mushroom poisoning case, with murder. It follows the deaths of three of her family members in August. Also, as some Australians finally make it out of Gaza, we hear about the current military strategy and whether more can be done to prevent civilian casualties.

There have been calls for a pause in fighting in Gaza to get aid into the area, but the bombs keep  falling. US President Joe Biden says the region must look to a two state solution after the conflict, but can there be peace after the Israel-Gaza war?  Also surging fuel prices and rising rents saw inflation rebound last quarter. So what will that mean for November’s interest rate decision? 

The humanitarian crisis deepens in Gaza as fighting between Israel and the Palestinian militia group Hamas intensifies. And there are fears the Israel-Hamas war could destabilise the region as demonstrators take to the streets in neighbouring Arab countries - and further afield - to protest the bombing of a Gaza hospital.

On the eve of the referendum, we're bringing you a special episode of The Voice Referendum Explained. Hosts Carly Williams and Fran Kelly were joined by the ABC's elections analyst Antony Green for a live session answering some of our audience's biggest questions about the referendum. This is your last chance for a recap before entering the ballot box. This Week will return next week with David Lipson.

This Week catches you up and makes sense of the big events dominating your news feed.