India's Space Weapon Upsets NASA & $10,000 Stikeez Stuff-up – Today’s Biggest News

INDIA CREATES HUNDREDS OF PIECES OF SPACE JUNK

NASA's boss is not happy right now.

India's Space Program has used a missile to blow up a satellite and it's left behind a bit of a mess that could be dangerous.

India announced it's developed the technology to shoot down satellites by firing rockets from Earth.

Three other countries already have the tech which basically means they can destroy an enemy's communications or surveillance satellites if they want to.

India tested the tech on one of its own satellites, breaking it into a few hundred bits and NASA's not happy.

It's worried some of that debris could damage the ISS.

Jim Bridenstine from NASA says, "the risk to the International Space Station was increased by 44 percent. The risk and I'm talking about small debris impact to the International Space Station. The risk went up 44 percent over a period of 10 days."

India says the debris will die down soon but fast moving space junk is something many are worried about, especially the potential damage it can cause to our own shuttles.

For now though, space agencies are keeping an eye on the situation to help protect the satellites and the ISS from any future threats.

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THIS YEAR'S BUDGET

The Federal Government's released its budget which is basically how they plan to spend the country's money over the next year.

There's gonna be more money spent on roads to improve how safe they are and help people who live in the country get around.

There's also a lot of money being pumped into mental health services for young Aussies, almost half a billion dollars.

And there's been no increase to Newstart funding which is an allowance for people who are looking for work.

But if you happen to be an ant, the budget's got bad news for you, almost 20 million bucks is going into getting rid of you.

It's worth keeping in mind that whether this money will actually get spent on this stuff all depends on whether it even makes it through Parliament and also who wins the next Federal election

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ERIN PHILLIPS CLAIMS BEST AND FAIREST FOR THE SECOND TIME

Adelaide Crows star player Erin Philips has continued her domination of the AFL.

She's just won the 2019 best and fairest award.

Despite hurting her knee on the weekend, it's been a pretty good week for Phillips.

She captained the winning side and was named best on ground in the grand final, then won the AFLW Coaches award for most valuable player and was named captain of the all Australian side!

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KID BUYS GOLD BANANA STIKEEZ FOR $10,000 WITH MUM'S CREDIT CARD

A mum in Sydney is fuming after her 7-year-old son bought a rare gold banana Stickeez toy on ebay after she left her account logged in.

So... what even are these little plastic things?

Stikeez are collectible toys given to shoppers for every 30 bucks they spend at Coles and they've actually been quite controversial.

There's been big efforts around the globe to cut back on plastic use and people are worried these little bits of plastic wrapped in even more plastic will likely be tossed away and end up in landflll by the time the next craze comes along.

But Coles says they hope people hold on to them for a long time.

As for the ebay controversy, the mum tried to explain the stikee situation to the seller but didn't get a reply.

Luckily, ebay heard about her dilemma and agreed to refund the cash.

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GLACIER COLLAPSE CAUSES PANIC

These tourists in Iceland were out doing a bit of glacier spotting when it became clear that there was a lot more to this view than met the eye.

A massive chunk of the glacier collapsed, which triggered huge waves and sent the group running for safety.

Thankfully, they made it to higher ground in time and no-one was injured.

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SYDNEY WAKES UP TO THICK FOG

Back in the land Down Under, Sydneysiders woke up to find out their city had disappeared under a thick blanket of fog.

According to the Bureau of Meteorology, this misty morning was the result of a cloudless sky combined with some light wind and high humidity.

Obviously, people on the road had to take it slow and at the airport there were a bunch of delays because the fog was preventing planes from taking off.

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2 YEAR OLD PAINTER

This is Lola-June.

She may look like an average toddler, but there's more to her than meets the eye.

At the ripe old age of two, she's already a successful painter. Some of her paintings are already selling for more than two thousand bucks a pop.
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