New Zealand has sailed into America's Cup glory and taken sailing's biggest prize for the third time. Emirates Team New Zealand completed the upset over holders Oracle Team USA with a 7-1 dismantling and put to bed the demons of a heartbreaking 2013 defeat in San Francisco. The America's Cup race will now return to New Zealand for the first time since 2003. Australia have beaten the West Indies at the women's cricket world cup in Taunton by eight wickets. An excellent display from the bowlers helped dismiss the West Indies for 204 and a chanceless 107 not out from the opener Nicole Bolton eased Australia home with 11.5 overs to spare. Next up the Aussies meet Sri Lanka in Bristol on Thursday. Thinking time Victoria is the new ground zero in the battle over the legalisation of euthanasia in Australia, with a government-sponsored bill looming for the first time in any jurisdiction in this country. Gay Alcorn and Melissa Davey dive deep into the debate that is polarising Victoria's political, health and religious communities and look at why both sides feel that a victory in this state is the key to the future. Georgia O'Keeffe was an icon of the American art world: a pioneer of abstract modernism, with boldly innovative paintings of flowers and bleached animal skulls. Lesser known is that her diet, too, was ahead of its time. Now a new cookbook of O'Keeffe's personal recipes – Dinner with Georgia O'Keeffe: Recipes, Art and Landscape, by the Australian author Robyn Lea – reveals she would have been a modern Instagram #cleaneating star with her devotion to making her own yoghurt, organic whole grains and homemade bread.
If the sound of dial-up internet haunts your nightmares and your first crush was called Corey, perhaps you are you a xennial, a micro-generation born between born between 1977 and 1983. Take our quiz to find out – and remind yourself of your 80s and 90s pop culture consumption. Plus: are you too stupid to pass Australia's citizenship test? First Dog on the Moon has some questions. What's he done now? Donald Trump has tweeted overnight that he deserves an apology from the former president Barack Obama, who he alleges did "NOTHING" after learning of Russian meddling in the 2016 election. "The reason that President Obama did NOTHING about Russia after being notified by the CIA of meddling is that he expected Clinton would win …" Trump tweeted. "… and did not want to 'rock the boat.' He didn't 'choke', he colluded or obstructed, and it did the Dems and Crooked Hillary no good." Media roundup Fairfax Media have teamed up with the ABC's Four Corners for a special investigation into Aveo retirement villages, titled "Bleed them Dry until they die". The Courier Mail in Queensland splashes with a story on how the teenager who is accused of killing toddler Mason Lee has been released on bail. The West Australian has a story and video footage of a citizen's arrest by a cool-headed 25-year-old bricklayer. Coming up Census day. After the fiasco of census night 2016, the Australian Bureau of Statistics will be hoping for a smoother ride when they release the final version showing what 24 million Australians are up to. Follow live coverage with the Guardian. Hearings for the Northern Territory child protection royal commission continue in Darwin, hearing testimony from witnesses include the WA inspector of custodial services, Prof Neil Morgan, and a US criminal justice policy expert.
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