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Good afternooon. Here's what's happening now: The new Chief Justice of the High Court is a former legal secretary who left school at 15. Susan Kiefel is the first woman to be appointed the most senior judge in Australia It's going to be hot, hot, hot in parts of southern Queensland and northern NSW this weekend, with temperatures tipped to crack 40C! Satellite imagery shows the so-called Leaning Tower of San Francisco is continuing to sink at a steady rate - and perhaps faster than previously thought You probably heard about the surprise comeback of scurvy among a group of patients in Sydney. Here's some other ye olde diseases you might have thought had disappeared, but haven't. Here's what's coming up: 4:30pm AEDT: South Korea's embattled President Park Geun-hye to address the nation Top Stories Brandis to face new Senate grilling over Bell Group case Attorney-General George Brandis will face another Senate inquiry to determine his role in the West Australian Government's bid to claw back nearly $1 billion from a corporate collapse. As it happened: Xenophon secures Murray-Darling deal amid ABCC negotiations Labor and the Greens say senator Nick Xenophon has "sold out" South Australians after he agrees to a deal with the Coalition on the Murray Darling Basin plan which may see him vote for the Government's key industrial relations bill. Church admits it failed to protect boys from paedophile priest The Anglican Church was aware of the inappropriate behaviour of a serial paedophile priest as far back as the early 2000s but failed to act, the Diocese of Bunbury admits. Plane carrying Brazilian football team crashes in Colombia An aircraft with 81 people on board, including a Brazilian first division football team heading to Colombia for a regional tournament final, crashes on its way to Medellin's international airport. 'No definition to Aboriginal': Racism stories shared in wake of Hanson remark Indigenous people share their personal stories of racism on social media, after One Nation Senator Pauline Hanson says there is "no definition" of Aboriginal in an interview on the Bolt Report. Perth man guilty of murdering friend, cutting body up with chainsaw A 51-year-old Perth man is found guilty of beating a fellow drug dealer to death with a metal pole, before his body was cut up with a chainsaw and dumped in bushland north of Perth. Seal rescued in cow paddock fur from home A lost New Zealand fur seal is released back into the ocean after being found in a cow paddock in south-eastern New South Wales. Multi-million-dollar fox hunt 'likely based on hoax' A $50 million government program to eradicate foxes in Tasmania is quite likely based on faked evidence, according to a leaked report, with sceptics suggesting evidence could have been planted. Susan Kiefel appointed Australia's first female High Court Chief Justice From leaving school at age 15 to the High Court Chief Justice, Susan Kiefel will become the first female appointed to the highest judicial office in the land. Human remains found in underground tank at Brisbane property Human remains found this morning at the rear of a special education centre at Brighton on Brisbane's northside may have been there for more than 10 years, police say. Police seize car, evidence during raids over Sydney gangland shootings Officers from the homicide and gangs squad raid more than a dozen properties across Sydney as part of a major investigation into a string of targeted gangland shootings. Locals attempt to sabotage feral goat round-up from WA mining town A contract musterer brought in to remove nearly 300 feral goats roaming Kambalda says locals kept letting the animals out of their pens. Temps cracking 40C forecast for Queensland, NSW Severe-to-extreme heatwave conditions are forecast for central and southern Queensland and northern NSW this weekend, with temperatures forecast to crack 40 degrees Celsius in some parts. Australia's best 2016 political cartoons on show at Old Parliament House The works of Australia's top political cartoonists are exhibited at Old Parliament House in Canberra — with Fairfax's Cathy Wilcox taking the top gong. The leaning tower of San Francisco? Millennium Tower seen sinking from space The European Space Agency releases detailed satellite imagery showing that San Francisco's 58-storey Millennium Tower is continuing to sink at a steady rate and perhaps faster than previously known. Analysis and Opinion: The Drum What kind of Chief Justice will Susan Kiefel be? By High Court reporter Elizabeth Byrne Questions remain over future of WA's remote communities By Andrew O'Connor Verrender: Scrapping TPP won't make a lick of difference By business editor Ian Verrender Why women need to keep shouting their abortions By Jane Caro World • Gay Ugandans forced to flee persecution • Embattled South Korean President offers to relinquish power • Who is Thailand's Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn? 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Millennium Tower seen sinking from space • Record die-off of coral confirmed by scientists Environment • Multi-million-dollar fox hunt 'likely based on hoax' • Record die-off of coral confirmed by scientists • McArthur River Mine workers allegedly 'wrecked' by toxic smoke Follow ABC News About this email You received this email because you are subscribed to ABC News email alerts. This message was sent to you at bsamad2007.adnan@blogger.com. Please add newslists@your.abc.net.au to your email address book to see images by default and stop the email being treated as spam. This email address is not monitored - Please don't reply to this email. This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. 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