G'day, g'day.
It's Friday, November 19 and here's a quick wrap-up of news from today to keep you in... The Loop.
(Strap in, it's all downhill from here.)
One thing you should know about — Tim Paine is stepping down
It comes after the Australian men's Test captain revealed he was involved in a sexting scandal.
- Paine said he was involved in a text exchange with a female former employee of Cricket Tasmania (CT) in late 2017
- He said the text exchange had been previously investigated by Cricket Australia (CA) and he had been "exonerated'
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He was made aware recently the text exchange would become public and chose to step down, but he will remain a member of Australia's men's Test squad
What else is going on?
- An Australian platoon accused of unlawfully killing an Afghan prisoner is now the subject of a criminal investigation, the Defence Department has revealed
- A creek has been drained in Kendall as NSW police expand the search for the remains of missing three-year-old William Tyrrell
- Authorities in the NT have detected a positive COVID wastewater sample in the Binjari Aboriginal community on the outskirts of Katherine
- And the coroner investigating the disappearance of 18-year-old Belgian backpacker Theo Hayez will visit a number of key locations on the first day of the upcoming two-week inquest
News alerts you might have missed 🚨
- Cricket Australia says an investigation cleared Tim Paine over the incident "some years ago", but it does not condone his "language or behaviour"
- A crossbench MP who supports the state government's pandemic bill says he has "reason to believe" an attack on his daughter was politically motivated
- Everyone in the Binjari Aboriginal community on the outskirts of Katherine will be tested for COVID-19 after a positive wastewater detection
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What Australia has been searching for online 🔎
- Philippines — the nation will soon welcome back foreign tourists, the government says, as it prepares a partial reopening to vaccinated travellers
- Obesity — data from the UK's National Health Service suggests there has been a substantial rise in the number of obese children in England during the pandemic
- Chrysler — the brand has been axed in Australia following a decision to end production of right-hand-drive cars
- Buffet — A Chinese food live-streamer says he has been blacklisted from an all-you-can-eat buffet restaurant for eating too much
One more thing
You can get your booby blow-dried.
Get your mind out of the gutter, guys — I'm obviously talking about juvenile red-footed boobys.
Turns out the birds, which live on Christmas Island, are a biiitttt prone to misadventure (and by that I mean a few run-ins with other species).
Thankfully, some very patient park rangers are there to supply a little TLC so they can regain their natural waterproofing.
You're up to date!
We'll be back Monday with the latest.
