The World Today

A new report warns the number of Indigenous children removed from their families is set to triple in the next two decades on current trends. The report is being released at Parliament House in Canberra today by Family Matters, a national coalition of 150 Indigenous leaders and child protection bodies. Currently 15,000 Indigenous children are living in out-of-home care, and one in every three child removed by authorities is Indigenous.

Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen has told The World Today that the Federal Government is engaged in cheap populism by comparing the tax rates of foreign and local seasonal workers. He also attacked what he called an 'hysterical' response by Treasurer Scott Morrison to Labor's latest superannuation polic.

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump had three memorable face to face encounters during the presidential debates and those exchanges gave us a good sense of the differences in policy and personality between the two nominees. Here's a little reminder.

Our numbers analyst David Smith joins TWT to discuss where this election is heading as polls begin closing across the east coast of the United States. Dr David Smith is a senior lecturer in American politics at the US Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, who received his PhD from the University of Michigan. He will be keeping an eagle eye on the numbers for us throughout the afternoon.

Communities near 12 contaminated defence bases are calling on the Federal Government to properly explain results of recent groundwater testing. The Defence Department yesterday released a 1000 page scientific report on the presence of toxic foam chemicals in the communities' water sources. But some scientists question Defence's methodology and say it's a conflict of interest for the pollutant to be leading the investigation.

The Indian government has announced a snap withdrawal of its two biggest banknotes in a move aimed at cutting out corruption in the largely cash economy. But the replacement notes are not due until tomorrow, prompting a rush on ATMs and fuel stations.

The Government will look to the Senate crossbench for support for its plan to introduce a visa ban for certain refugees after Caucus agreed unanimously to reject the plan. The Opposition says the Government failed to offer a convincing argument for the plan in briefings it gave to Labor, and is accusing it of trying mount a political diversion from divisions within the Coalition.

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have been blitzing battleground states on the East Coast as the Democrat nominee maintains a fragile hold on front-runner status. Both candidates will watch the count in their joint home city of New York, where the Mayor is promising an unprecedented level of security to guard against everything from terrorist attacks to voter intimidation.

Polling expert and CEO of the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, Professor Simon Jackman, says the voter turnout will be critical to who wins the presidential race and he's worried there could be violence.

UK Foreign Office Minister Alok Sharma says the British government will work with whoever wins the US presidential election. Mr Sharma spoke to The World Today in the wake of June's shock Brexit vote where an anti-globalisation sentiment and a push towards protectionism prompted a decision to leave the European Union. Mr Sharma is not prepared to tip a winner with election day in the US hours away.