An Indigenous AFL champion subjected to racist slurs; At least 45 people dead after a bus crashes in South Africa; And Collingwood has defeated Brisbane by 20 points.
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In this bulletin,
** An Indigenous AFL champion subjected to racist slurs
** At least 45 people dead after a bus crashes in South Africa
And Collingwood has defeated Brisbane by 20 points.
Former AFL star Edddie Betts has shared a security video which shows a motorist driving past his home and yelling the N-word repeatedly.
The Indigenous player posted the video on Instagram which shows the car slowing driving past the house where children can be seen playing basketball next to the property.
The driver shouts the N-word four times.
Betts posted that Aboriginal kids deserve to be able to play safely, free from racism and abuse over the fence.
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At least 45 people are dead after a bus in South Africa plunged off a bridge and caught fire.
Police say an eight year old child is the sole survivor and has been taken to hospital with serious injuries.
South Africa's transport ministry says the driver allegedly lost control of the bus which was heading from Botswana to Moria.
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The Federal Government says it's confident China will remove tariffs on more Australian products after it dropped sanctions on Australian wine.
China imposed tariffs on a range of Australian exports in 2020 over Australia's support for a global inquiry into the origins of COVID-19.
Labor's Bill Shorten has told Channel Nine negotiations will continue for beef and rock lobster.
"We've knocked off the tariffs and some of the Chinese restrictions on a range of Australian goods. We'll just take it a day as it comes. I'm optimistic the trend is our friend here."
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The Northern Territory Children's Commissioner says some young people in Alice Springs are not aware there's a nightly youth curfew in place.
The 6pm to 6am curfew was imposed this week to try to control crime in the central business district.
But Commissioner Shaleena Musk says she's concerned about the children who don't know about the curfew.
"I worry that children who, for no fault of their own, who are unaware that the law has changed effectively overnight are walking the streets at night and then get accosted by police."
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Israel’s military says it killed a senior Hamas leader in a hospital and destroyed an extensive tunnel in central Gaza.
The army says it's killed Hamas commander Raed Thabet inside Shifa hospital in Gaza City, along with two other Hamas militants.
Israel has been carrying out a large-scale operation in Gaza’s largest hospital, Shifa, for the past week.
It say the hospital serve as command centres, weapons storage facilities and hideouts for Hamas, but has presented little visual evidence.
Hamas has denied the allegations.
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A former billionaire has been jailed for 25 years for what prosecutors described as one of the biggest financial frauds in US history.
Sam Bankman-Fried has been jailed for stealing billions of dollars from customers of his cryptocurrrency exchange FTX.
Prosecutors say the 32-year-old stole more than $15 billion from unsuspecting clients.
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In the AFL,
Collingwood has defeated the Brisbane by 20 points at the Gabba in Brisbane.
The Magpies booting 14.8.92 to 10.12.72.
In today's games, North Melbourne takes on Carlton at the MCG and Fremantle is up against Adelaide in Perth.
