Friday 23 October 2026

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  1. Breaking7 min read

    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.
  2. Australia4 min read

    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.
  3. Australia4 min read

    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.
  4. Australia4 min read

    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.
  5. Australia5 min read

    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.
  6. Australia5 min read

    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.
  7. Australia3 min read

    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.
  8. Australia5 min read

    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.
  9. Australia4 min read

    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.
  10. Australia4 min read

    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.
  11. Australia5 min read

    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.
  12. Australia4 min read

    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.
  13. Australia5 min read

    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.
  14. Australia4 min read

    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.
  15. Australia4 min read

    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.
  16. Australia5 min read

    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.
  17. Australia5 min read

    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.
  18. Roads7 min read

    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.
  19. Australia6 min read

    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.
  20. Christian5 min read

    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.

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