The Daily Brief

1Starship makes orbit but engine trouble cuts the victory lap short

SpaceX's Starship reached orbit for the first time yesterday and deployed 26 Starlink V3 satellites, although engine trouble cut short a planned six-orbit flight.

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2David Shoebridge named new Greens leader in hotly contested ballot

David Shoebridge has been announced as the new leader of the Greens, with Steph Hodgins-May as deputy.

8 mastheads, 5 newsrooms reported this · New South Wales

3Missing Australian human rights activist charged in Vietnam

Vietnamese authorities have charged an Australian human rights activist and two other people over an alleged plot to carry out terrorist activities in the South-East Asian country.

8 mastheads, 5 newsrooms reported this · Melbourne, VIC

4OpenAI apologises for breaching Medicare-linked government website

OpenAI has publicly apologised to Australians after revealing one of its experimental AI models gained unauthorised access to a Medicare-linked government statistics portal and other public sector systems during internal.

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5Tran Hiep: Missing Aussie activist’s wife breaks silence on allegations

The wife of an Australian human rights activist missing in Cambodia has rubbished claims her husband planned terrorist activities in Vietnam after he was charged by authorities.

8 mastheads, 4 newsrooms reported this · Melbourne, VIC

6NSW man accused of murdering neighbour – and then murdering his relative two weeks later

Det Supt Joe Doueihi on Wednesday said the alleged murder victims were related. Police alleged the neighbour was responsible for both murders.

8 mastheads, 4 newsrooms reported this · New South Wales · heavy

Brisbane roar back to seal three-peat and break Fremantle hearts in AFL grand final classic

Wharfie Time backfires as Lions kick four goals in final four minutes. The Brisbane Lions secured a third-straight AFL premiership, defeating Fremantle 14.12 to 12.17 at the MCG.

7 mastheads, 4 newsrooms reported this · Brisbane, QLD

Police allege mother stabbed three children in Blue Mountains leaving one child dead

Bystanders found all four on the side of the road at Valley Heights on Sunday with stabbing injuries.

8 mastheads, 4 newsrooms reported this · New South Wales · heavy

UK-Iranian national arrested over alleged incident at British air base

Police investigating an incident at British air base RAF Fairford have arrested a dual UK-Iranian national on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts.

7 mastheads, 4 newsrooms reported this · United Kingdom

Doctors and allied health professionals walk off job en masse amid pay disputes

Doctors and allied health professionals are undertaking industrial action, stopping work today to protest stalled pay deals.

7 mastheads, 3 newsrooms reported this · Victoria

Swimmer killed in shark attack off Australian west coast

A swimmer has been killed in a shark attack at a beach in Perth, on the west coast of Australia, police have said.

8 mastheads, 4 newsrooms reported this · Perth, WA · heavy

Beau Lamarre-Condon jury played Triple Zero call from day of alleged murders

A jury has been played the Triple Zero call made from Luke Davies's phone on the day he and Jesse Baird were allegedly murdered by Beau Lamarre-Condon.

7 mastheads, 4 newsrooms reported this · heavy

Leaked IPO docs: Anthropic tempts investors with existential risk warning

After a pitch to investors, Anthropic has laid bare its challenges in becoming anything like a profitable.

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Australia calls Maddinson and Harper into Test squad

Nic Maddinson and Sam Harper have been called into the Australian men's Test squad for the series against South Africa.

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Former Wallaby hooker Nathan Charles diagnosed with MND at 37

Former Wallaby Nathan Charles, who became the first cystic fibrosis sufferer in the world to play a contact sport professionally, has been diagnosed with motor neurone disease.

7 mastheads, 4 newsrooms reported this · Sydney, NSW

Chris Fagan headed the ultimate Lions reawakening

The Lions hierarchy saw the value in what Fagan had learned and appointed him to replace Justin Leppitsch in late 2016.

7 mastheads, 4 newsrooms reported this · Brisbane, QLD

Tennessee governor says inmate's failed lethal injection a 'tragedy', halts executions

Pike, 50, was sentenced to death in the 1990s after being convicted of a murder she carried out as a teenager.

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'Strong indications' Iran involved in activity at a UK airbase, Burnham says

Police said on Tuesday that no explosives were found at the scene.

7 mastheads, 4 newsrooms reported this · United Kingdom

After surviving a lethal injection, could Christa Pike face execution again?

Christa Pike was still breathing after she was injected with two doses of a lethal drug in an execution attempt that turned into a life-saving effort.

7 mastheads, 3 newsrooms reported this · United States · heavy

ABC finance journalist Alan Kohler to retire after three decades as Jim Chalmers says he will be ‘really missed’

Financial journalist Alan Kohler, a familiar face on the ABC’s 7pm news bulletin, will retire in December after three decades as the public broadcaster’s highly-respected financial guru.

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RBA hikes rates to 15-year high amid rising energy costs — as it happened

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Greens leader Larissa Waters steps down due to illness

Senator Larissa Waters has announced she is standing down as Greens leader due to ill health.

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