First lady Jill Biden's attempt to compliment Latinos flopped on Monday when she said they were as unique as "breakfast tacos," prompting criticism from across the political spectrum.
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Aboriginal cultural awareness training is being rolled out to all Victorian police officers as one of 10 recommendations handed down in an anti-corruption commission report.In May, the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission, Victoria's police oversight body, examined the force's handling of 41 complaints from Aboriginal people and its oversight of 13 serious incidents involving an Indigenous person.
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Carlton's finals hopes have been dealt a huge blow after captain Patrick Cripps was handed a two-match ban for his high bump on Brisbane's Callum Ah Chee.Cripps caught Ah Chee high in the second quarter after jumping in the air in a marking contest.
Collingwood ruckman Brodie Grundy will miss the rest of the AFL season after being diagnosed with a stress fracture in his left ankle.Grundy made his return from a knee injury in the VFL last month, but scans have revealed he now needs surgery on his ankle.
Collingwood match-winner Jamie Elliott has turned his back on free agency by signing a three-year contract extension with the Magpies.Elliott was due to come off contract at the end of this season, but his new deal will run until the end of 2025.
A Northern Territory council could be fined more than $7 million after a worker almost drowned when an amphibious weed harvester fitted with a crocodile cage capsized.The man was operating the vessel to remove weeds from a lake in the City of Palmerston, 20km south of Darwin, when it rolled, trapping the operator underwater in February 2020.
Jacinda Ardern has crashed to her lowest personal rating of her prime ministership in a new poll that suggests her Labour party will head to the opposition benches after next year's New Zealand election.On Monday night, TVNZ published the results of a new poll by respected outlet Kantar confirming Labour as underdogs ahead of the 2023 election.
Wests Tigers won't appeal a loss to North Queensland despite the NRL conceding it needs to clarify the captain's challenge rule as a result of the controversy.The Tigers still maintain the Cowboys didn't have the right to challenge a play late in the game that allowed a match-winning penalty to be awarded.
AFL cult hero Bailey Smith has re-signed with the Western Bulldogs for another two years, saying he will be forever in debt to those at the club who have stuck by him.Smith received a two-match ban from the AFL earlier this season after images emerged of him with an illicit substance on social media.
Suspicions were raised about a flirty Queensland teacher when his car was often seen outside a female student's house before school, a court has heard.A friend of the female high school student - who was 15 at the time - told a Brisbane Magistrates Court committal hearing on Monday that the teacher was also "touchy and feely" with the girl in public.
Newcastle enforcer Daniel Saifiti claims performance anxiety has crippled the Knights' season and that players should look themselves in the mirror for the pressure put on coach Adam O'Brien.Newcastle's win over Wests Tigers on Sunday marked just their third since April.
The South Australian Labor Party will return a controversial $125,000 donation from the construction industry union.The party's state executive met on Monday to consider a request from Premier Peter Malinauskas to repay the money amid concern over recent accusations of vandalism.
New Zealand's opposition National party is standing by its newest MP Sam Uffindell after revelations he was expelled from a prestigious high school more than two decades ago for viciously beating a younger student.Mr Uffindell, 38, was elected to parliament in a June by-election for the safe seat of Tauranga.
Dark matter and quantum physics might seem out of place among the Coffin Bay oysters, schnitzels, and icy schooners on the menu of a country pub in South Australia.But that will all change when a group of scientists stop in at The Bentleys Hotel in Clare, north of Adelaide, later this month to talk about the mysteries of the universe.
As Queensland comes to grips with an ongoing youth crime crisis, a trial to discourage juvenile offenders from joyriding will be held to deter kids from engaging in criminal activities.Some 15 at-risk teenagers will be part of the first cohort of the program 'Deterring Drivers', that seeks to intervene early in the lives of youths in Townsville.
Fremantle are relieved they don't have to face Josh Kennedy this weekend but are still wary of a West Coast unit trying to spoil their top-four hopes.Kennedy kicked a remarkable eight goals in his AFL farewell on Sunday, though his impressive haul was not enough to prevent West Coast slumping to a 16-point loss to Adelaide.
Almond growers are facing multi-million dollar losses because of a shortage of bee hives due to varroa mite restrictions, according to the industry's peak body.Almond Board of Australia chief executive Tim Jackson says growers face significant losses because of a ban on NSW hives being moved into Victoria coinciding with the start of the pollination season.
A state memorial will be held for former featherweight world champion Johnny Famechon.Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced the news on Twitter on Monday afternoon after speaking with Famechon's daughter, Danielle.
Pat Rix, the founder of disability arts organisation Tutti Inc, is among eight artists recognised at the 2022 Australia Council Awards."For all those years you do the work because you love it.
A leading infectious diseases expert has warned against dismissing the threat posed by monkeypox, as a vaccination program begins.Burnet Institute chief executive Brendan Crabb said the community should take more precautions against the virus.
