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The abuse of Adam Goodes that followed David Jones announcing him as a brand ambassador proves the booing on the field was not about how he played the game, writes Patricia Karvelas for The Drum. "A fierce debate is now under way about whether the latest tragic chapter in this now ritualistic bludgeoning of Goodes proves that Australia is a racist nation. It is a circular conversation," she says
The Wallabies should not have been awarded the final penalty against Scotland, World Cup organisers have conceded. They say the referee got the call on the penalty wrong but he was right not to refer to the video match official
Often told you have middle child syndrome or are the baby of the family? You should know those terms mean very little. Research shows personality is not determined by birth order. If you're the eldest of your siblings, this study says you are likely to be more intelligent (but you probably already knew that).
Here's what's coming up tonight:
Senate estimates will continue thoughout the evening. Hearings on communications, arts, finance, agriculture and water wrap up today
6:00pm AEDT: The FIFA executive meets in Zurich. It's their first meeting since Sepp Blatter was suspended as president
9:00pm AEDT: A welcome ceremony will mark China's president Xi Jinping's state visit to London
12:00am AEDT: The Tour de France 2016 route will be announced
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has confirmed the Coalition is revising the 2014 cuts to Family Tax Benefits that the Government has been unable to get through the Upper House.
Justin Trudeau, the young leader of Canada's Liberals, is swept into power in an election that has dramatically ended Stephen Harper's nine-year government.
Former AWU national secretary Paul Howes denies any involvement in a secret deal for a cleaning company to pay the union tens of thousands of dollars a year.
A man shot dead by police near Adelaide in September had been calling triple-0 and threatening to "bomb everyone" and "kill everyone with guns", the South Australian Coroner's Court hears.
Fair Work Commission vice-president Michael Lawler does not appear to have breached any Commonwealth laws by secretly recording phone conversations with his boss, a barrister says.
An 80-year-old reputed mafia member goes on trial in New York accused of the spectacular 1978 New York airport heist immortalised in Martin Scorsese's movie Goodfellas.
The Australian Government has serious questions to answer over its failure to guarantee the safety of a key witness to the murder of asylum seeker Reza Barati, according to a UN official.
The parents of a man found dead in Mildura, in north-west Victoria, a decade ago say they are emotionally destroyed by the death and fear it may be some time before they find answers.
Heavy rain in the wake of the deadly Typhoon Koppu brings more misery to communities in the northern Philippines, with floods as high as rooftops covering important farming regions.
Oscar Pistorius will serve the remainder of his five-year sentence under house arrest in a Pretoria mansion after being released from jail for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, officials say.
Referee Craig Joubert should have awarded a scrum to the Wallabies and not a penalty in the dying stages of the quarter-final against Scotland, officials admit.
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