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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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.Adelaide shooting: shots fired at Kilkenny home, pair sought
Two people fired at a Kilkenny home about 2am on Sunday 11 October. An 18-year-old who lived there is charged over weapons, not over the shooting.Brisbane rain: storms forecast to break the dry spell today
Brisbane's had just 16mm of rain in three months. On Sunday the Bureau of Meteorology forecast showers and a likely storm for the city on Tuesday.Canberra crash: Weston massage business burgled after car hit it
A Weston massage business in Canberra says it was burgled the night a car crashed into its shopfront on Friday. ACT Policing is looking into it.Tasmania crash: car hits two people outside Shearwater shop
Two people were seriously hurt when a car hit them and a shop at Shearwater, near Port Sorell in Tasmania's north-west, on Sunday 11 October.Victoria machete bins: FOI shows 12,357 blades and butter knives
FOI documents show Victoria's machete amnesty bins took in 12,357 items, butter knives included, in a program once budgeted at $13 million.NSW surcharge ban: Sydney cafes lift prices to cover card fees
The card surcharge ban started on 1 October. Some Sydney cafe owners have already lifted menu prices to cover bank fees, while others are holding off.Kenny Habul buys HDT and says he'll probably build new cars
Bathurst 12 Hour winner Kenny Habul now owns Peter Brock's old HDT brand. He plans restorations, upgrade kits, a Bathurst factory and probably new cars.Powderfinger reunion tour opens with four Brisbane nights
Powderfinger will play 18 shows in 2027, starting with four nights at the Brisbane Showgrounds from 3 September. Presales open Wednesday.US Catholic bishops open nine days of prayer for mental health
The US bishops' Novena for Mental Health runs from 10 to 18 October. The Vatican's Sister Alessandra Smerilli says no wound can erase human dignity.



















