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Tanya Plibersek says Tony Abbott ’embarrassing’ Australia on world stage.

Deputy Opposition Leader Tanya Plibersek has criticised Tony Abbott for his conduct on overseas political trips.

“Australians have to worry that he’ll embarrass us on the world stage,” she said.

She continued stating, “Nigel no-friends” was avoiding criticisms from other world leaders regarding his lack of action on climate change, rather than facing up to the problem.

These criticisms come following reports Mr Abbott has cancelled plans with International Monetary Fund heads Christine Lagarde and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim during his trip to the US.

Plibersek has said this was unbelievable given Australia is hosting the G20 summit in November, calling it “the most important international meeting that has ever been seen on Australian soil”.

Australia Post set to cut up to 900 jobs.

32,000 Australia Post staff are expected to be told on Tuesday the extent of job cuts the business is making. Estimates suggest 900 jobs, from mainly Sydney and Melbourne, could be on the line.

The measures are set to be taken in response to new estimates revealing losses in the letters delivering business could be as high as $12 billion by 2022, if the business model continues the way it is now.

The job cuts are estimated to save the company $90 million a year in salaries,

Australia Post chief executive Ahmed Fahour has previously said, “Without change and reform, Australia Post will not be able to survive.”

Michelle Obama delivers emotional addresses at Maya Angelou memorial.

Michelle Obama has given a touching tribute to writer Maya Angelou at a service held yesterday.

The First Lady called Angelou “one of the greatest spirits our world has ever known” and said, “she touched me, she touched all of you, she touched people all across the globe, including a young white woman from Kansas who named her daughter after Maya and raised her son to be the first black president of the United States.”

The nine minute speech was met with a standing ovation.

Man missing after crocodile attack in NT.

A search is underway for a 62-year-old man who was attacked by a crocodile in the South Alligator River at Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory.

Rescue teams are continuing to search for the man, but say it is difficult given the remote nature of the area, and their only form of contact in the region being satellite phones.

The attack occurred outside a crocodile-management zone patrolled by rangers.

Floods in Afghanistan kills more than 50 people.

Flooding in northern Afghanistan has caused thousands to flee their homes. It is yet another natural disaster for the remote Baghlan province, following months of flash floods, landslides and avalanches.

Lt Fazel Rahman, the police chief of the Guzirga i-Nur district in the Baghlan province, has said 54 bodies have so far been recovered. He has also stressed the death toll could climb to above 100 if emergency services from the central government do not assist quickly.

“So far no one has come to help us. People are trying to find their missing family members,” Rahman said.

Footage of toddler smoking in street causes outrage.

Footage of a little boy, whose exact age is unknown, smoking a cigarette on a Chinese street has again drawn attention back to China’s out of control tobacco habit.

The way in which several adults are seen passing the boy and chastising him without removing the cigarette, in addition to the laughter in the background, has caused outrage online.

30 Rock star Tracy Morgan in critical condition.

Morgan and seven other individuals were involved in the accident which occurred at 1am (New Jersey time) on Saturday morning.

Comedian James McNair died instantly, while Morgan, his assistant Jeff Millea, comedians Ardie Fuqua and Harris Stanton, and three other unnamed individuals, were critically injured, and flown to the intensive care unit at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Centre in New Brunswick.

Earlier today a spokesman for Morgan’s family said, “His family is now with him and he is receiving excellent care. We don’t anticipate much of a change in his condition today.”

Miss Universe Australia contestant says judging is “rigged”.

A bitter Miss Universe Australia contestant, Kristy Coulcher, has claimed the entire judging process for the renowned pageant is rigged.

Coulcher, 25, took to social media to vent. In a post that has since been deleted she wrote, “@missuniverseaustralia may be rigged, but I still had the best gown by far.” 

She has since defended her accusations saying, “I just feel that it’s a pre-selected winner and it’s just a little bit disappointing for all of the girls that have worked hard throughout the week and on the night.”

The pageant director, Deborah Miller, has denied that the competition is rigged.