Wednesday Headlines:

• Coalition to back One Nation’s foreign fighters bill 
• PM refuses to apologise over melons comment
• Colombia quake death toll climbs above 200
• RBA leaves door open to hikes after leaving rates on hold 
• Donald Trump signs executive order to reduce the number of childhood vaccines
• New canine study reveals they're skilled in responding to human emotion

Deep Dive: Harry Potter fans this week had a major win. They managed to have critical infrastructure worth almost a billion dollars moved to protect a memorial for Dobby the house elf. 
 
That critical infrastructure was a single undersea cable.  
 
These cables rest in the ocean and are responsible for 95% of all internet and data traffic. Cat videos, financial transactions, email – all of it would disappear if these thin cables were cut.  

In this episode of The Briefing, we’re joined by Dean Veverka, the Chair of the International Cable Protection Committee, to learn who built this critical infrastructure, and who’s protecting the world’s undersea cables from threats and sabotage. 

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