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South-east Queensland was hit by heavy rain, thunderstorms and flash flooding on Thursday. More than 300mm fell in two days. Sheep Station Creek had the most, a

A nine-day inquest into the death of eight-year-old Elizabeth Struhs has ended in Queensland. Elizabeth died in January 2022 after her parents stopped giving he

After the alleged attack on independent MP Helen Haines, Australian politicians have shared their own stories of abuse. The minister for women, Katy Gallagher,

The Back to Back Barries podcast looks at how Australia responded to the alleged attack on MP Helen Haines. The prime minister asked everyone to turn the temper

From this month, Victorian sellers must publish a home's reserve price at least a week before an auction or fixed-date sale. The reserve is the lowest price a s

BirdLife Australia's yearly Aussie Bird Count runs until Sunday 25 October. More than 3.7 million birds have been counted so far, putting the survey on track to

The cost of Snowy 2.0 has reached up to $25bn, more than 12 times the $2bn first promised in 2017. The pumped hydro project will link two Snowy reservoirs with

Helen Haines was allegedly hit by a car twice outside her Wangaratta office on Monday afternoon. The independent MP for Indi lost both legs and remains in hospi

This episode of the Back to Back Barries podcast focuses on leadership after the alleged attack on MP Helen Haines. The prime minister urged the country to lowe

Nationals leader Matt Canavan has refused to rule out moving from the Senate to the lower house. The talk began after veteran MP Michelle Landry said she will n

The US Justice Department has sued to stop Alaska's Senate result from being certified. The filing came on Thursday, a little over a week before the midterm ele

A gunman killed one person and wounded five others near Paris on Friday. The attacks happened in the towns of Trappes and La Verriere, west of the capital. A 12

In Michigan, the first question of a Senate debate was about the economy. Democrat Abdul El-Sayed used it to attack the war with Iran. He said the cost of petro

Finland has given an operating licence to the world's first permanent storage site for used nuclear fuel. The site is called Onkalo, which means “cave” in Finni

The White House says First Lady Melania Trump has secured a ceasefire in Oleshky, a city in southern Ukraine held by Russia since 2022. The announcement came on

President Emmanuel Macron has called a deadly shooting near Paris a racist terrorist attack. One person was killed and five were hurt on Friday in Trappes and n

Gunmen opened fire at a funeral in central Jordan on Friday, killing seven people and injuring at least 34. The attack happened at a church in Hmoud, in Karak p

Israeli forces have started knocking down Palestinian buildings in Hebron after two Israeli soldiers were killed. The soldiers died when two Palestinian gunmen

International arrivals at Cambodia's Techo International Airport fell 11% in a year. About 4.55 million visitors came between September 2025 and September 2026.

Two former FBI officials have been charged with lying to Congress about a 2020 investigation into a laptop owned by Hunter Biden, the son of former US president

Ukraine and Russia confirm the truce in Russian-occupied Oleshky, where residents have had to eat garden weeds to survive.

The network is used by the Ukrainian military, sources say, and Trump says "if there is a problem, I'll get it straightened out".

Satellite images show oil spreading for miles along the coastline, threatening local marine wildlife

Daytona Platforms says it has raised $60 million in a new funding round. The deal values the New York startup at $1 billion. FirstMark Growth led the round, and

Commonwealth Fusion Systems will get $85 million from the US government to build better electronics for fusion power. The award comes from the CHIPS Act and was

Anthropic's public listing could value the AI company at up to $2 trillion. Even before that, its private value is about $965 billion, and some early backers ar

Quest Diagnostics has confirmed that hackers got into its systems and reached patient records. The lab testing giant said it found the break-in on Wednesday. Th

Oura has sued smaller rival Ultrahuman again, this time over its Ring Pro smart ring. The case was filed on Thursday in a federal court in Texas. Oura says the

Ride-hailing firm inDrive plans to test robotaxis in Kazakhstan in 2027. It has signed a deal with Chinese self-driving company Pony.ai and chip maker Nvidia. T

Researchers at MIT put 13 AI agents on a pretend desert island with no task to do. The agents, called Eko, ran on Claude Opus 4.7 for 30 hours. Left alone, they

The Soundcore Space 2 noise-cancelling headphones are down to $106.49 at Amazon, Best Buy and Walmart. That is $23 off and the lowest price yet, in all three co

Fi is taking 30% off its pet trackers until 25 October with the code SCARY. The Fi Ultra GPS drops to $209.30, about what it cost at launch. The tracker clips t

SpaceX recently slowed Starshield, the military version of Starlink used by Ukraine's army. Terminals moving above certain speeds lost access, and drone interce

The Vergecast gave the new folding iPhone Duo a score of 7 out of 10. On this episode, David Pierce and Nilay Patel ask whether that was the right call. They ad

Google changed its privacy policy on 16 October. The old wording promised that Gmail, Drive and Photos data would not be used for personalised ads. A new line a

The iPhone Duo went on sale today, and some buyers already have broken screens. Photos posted on Reddit show a fault on the inner screen near the hinge, plus a

US road safety regulators want driverless cars to show a cyan light when the computer is driving. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says the bl

A new guide shows where to find Espers in Final Fantasy Resonance and how to recruit them. Espers are powerful summon creatures, but only Fina can call them. Ea

New reports say the cancelled Mass Effect 5 was pitched as “John Wick and James Bond in space.” The game, called Mass Effect: Universe, was in development at Bi

A new guide picks the best Visions to use early in Final Fantasy Resonance. Visions are characters from past Final Fantasy games that you can equip, and each on

Polygon has updated its list of the 25 best Nintendo Switch 2 games. The new entries, added on October 23, are Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave and Nintendo Switch

Polygon has ranked all 23 BioWare games, from worst to best, after EA said it was closing the studio on October 21. The list covers main games plus remasters, m

Four years ago, Doctor Who aired “The Power of the Doctor,” the last episode for Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor. The story put her against the Daleks,

A Call of Duty film is coming in 2028, written by Taylor Sheridan and directed by Peter Berg. Berg says the movie will have real feeling, not just shooting. He

The rom-com Love Language is now in select cinemas and on demand. Chloë Grace Moretz plays Lou, an aspiring writer who earns money writing wedding vows for othe

Leslie Bibb will star in Upgraded 2 for Amazon MGM Studios, opposite returning lead Camila Mendes. Becca Gleason directs, and the writers of the first film, Luk

Casey Bloys has named his leadership team for Skydance's streaming business, and every senior name comes from HBO and HBO Max. The group includes Francesca Orsi

President Donald Trump clashed with NBC News reporter Monica Alba on Friday. She asked why he supports an ad from Ohio governor candidate Vivek Ramaswamy that f

The film and TV union IATSE has named Jillian Arnold as its first Labor Technology Intelligence Officer. It is a new role focused on how emerging tech, mainly a

JUNK, the first film directed by music video maker Jack Begert, is now streaming on Mubi. It stars David Schwimmer, Dominic Fike, Talia Ryder, Jena Malone and G

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Reserve Bank keeps cash rate unchanged as inflation remains within target band.

CBA, Westpac, NAB and ANZ pass on rate changes to variable mortgage customers.

Australian shares reach record levels driven by resources sector strength.

AUD slides past $0.65 USD as commodity prices soften and rate differential widens.

Australian retirement savings pushed higher by robust equity and property market performance.

Sydney and Melbourne auction markets soften as affordability constraints bite.

Australia's treasurer, Jim Chalmers, says the economy will grow more slowly and unemployment will rise. His department is cutting its forecasts ahead of the mid

Oil jumped to its highest level in more than six months on Friday. Brent crude rose about 3.5% to pass $117 a barrel, a level last seen in April. It later eased

The Daily Telegraph has cut up to 100 jobs, some of them by email. Staff were told on Thursday and Friday. The new owner says the paper will become a “global, A

Oil hit a five-month high on Friday while global stock markets fell on worries about AI spending. Brent crude passed $115 a barrel during the day before easing.

The UK government will step into how water bills are set, something ministers have never done before. Environment secretary Angela Eagle has told water companie

Britain still imports almost 60% of the gas it uses, and the government has done a deal with Belgium to keep supplies flowing this winter. The plan keeps space