Sunday 25 October 2026

The Archive

The Archive

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Russia hit six energy sites after Trump truce, Zelensky says

Trump declared a Russia-Ukraine energy ceasefire on Sunday. Zelensky says Russia hit six energy sites within hours, then a drone hit a Kyiv tower block.

Australia

NT carjacking: woman pulled from her car in Katherine driveway

Three youths allegedly pulled a Katherine woman from her Jeep on Sunday 11 October, two days after NT Police said they'd arrested three boys.

Australia

Canberra shooting: man refused bail after teen shot in Conder

A 29-year-old man is in custody, accused of chasing a car of teenagers through Conder and firing into it. Police hadn't found the gun on Saturday.

Australia

Perth's Sorrento Beach: more than 1000 farewell shark victim

More than a thousand people gathered at Perth's Sorrento Beach on Sunday to remember Greg O'Neill, killed by a great white shark in September.

Australia

SA's Goolwa Beach: elder wants cars off sand to save birds

A Ngarrindjeri elder wants vehicles kept off South Australia's Goolwa Beach to help protect endangered birds during the breeding season.

Australia

Queensland heat: calls to make extreme heat a planning hazard

Queensland's planning policy hasn't treated extreme heat as a hazard. Planners and conservationists want the draft State Planning Policy to change that.

Australia

Melbourne: Carlton pair Cowan and Hayward taken to hospital

Carlton says Lachie Cowan and Will Hayward went to hospital in Melbourne on Sunday morning in separate incidents. Both have been discharged.

Australia

Bathurst 1000: Kostecki wins as De Pasquale runs out of fuel

Brodie Kostecki and Todd Hazelwood won Sunday's Bathurst 1000 after leader Anton De Pasquale ran out of fuel on the final lap at Mount Panorama.

Australia

Darwin council defends $18,000 Asia trade trip after rate rise

Darwin City Council will spend about $18,000 sending its lord mayor and two staff to China and Vietnam in December, after a 5.5 per cent rate rise.

Australia

Hobart puffer record: 186 turn up to open Tasmanian festival

186 people in puffer jackets gathered at Hobart's Princes Wharf on Saturday 10 October for a record attempt that opened the Tasmanian Fashion Festival.

Australia

WA poverty report: 456,000 West Australians below the line

Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre's 2026 Poverty Snapshot says 456,000 West Australians live in poverty, almost 99,000 of them children.