The day in 10 minutes: 30 stories, in the order the day put them.
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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.
9 mastheads, 5 newsrooms reported this
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
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
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
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
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
Good news
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
A drug scandal has affected the Stawell Gift, with this year’s winner stripped of his title after testing positive to an ADHD medication.
7 mastheads, 3 newsrooms reported this · Adelaide, SA
General
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
After a pitch to investors, Anthropic has laid bare its challenges in becoming anything like a profitable.
7 mastheads, 4 newsrooms reported this
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.
7 mastheads, 4 newsrooms reported this
World
Then on Wednesday, The Times newspaper reported the incident had been foiled after one of the five suspects tipped off the police before the group was apprehended. Speculation was rife that Iran or another hostile state could have been involved.
7 mastheads, 4 newsrooms reported this · United Kingdom
Passengers on a flydubai flight reached Israel safely after customers and crew foiled a co-pilot's attempt to crash the aircraft, Israeli officials said.
7 mastheads, 3 newsrooms reported this · Israel · heavy
Business
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.
7 mastheads, 4 newsrooms reported this
7 mastheads, 4 newsrooms reported this
The Reserve Bank of Australia has lifted its interest rate to 4.6%, its highest level since 2011, while warning of further hikes.
7 mastheads, 3 newsrooms reported this
Sport
An independent panel has found City guilty of almost all 115 charges against it, covering a nine-year period in which the Abu Dhabi-backed team changed the landscape of the richest.
7 mastheads, 4 newsrooms reported this
Brisbane players and supporters have packed Melbourne bars overnight to celebrate the Lions' last-minute win over the Dockers in the 2026 AFL grand final.
7 mastheads, 4 newsrooms reported this · Brisbane, QLD
The threat of rain did little to deter footy fans from swarming Melbourne Park, as the AFL Grand Final parade rolled past the MCG.
7 mastheads, 3 newsrooms reported this · Melbourne, VIC
Politics
Senator Larissa Waters has announced she is standing down as Greens leader due to ill health.
7 mastheads, 4 newsrooms reported this
Anthony Albanese launched a formal bid for Australia to serve a two-year term on the UN security council in 2029 and 2030.
7 mastheads, 4 newsrooms reported this
Courts
Former Sydney police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon will argue he acted in self defence on the day he is accused of murdering Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies.
7 mastheads, 4 newsrooms reported this · Sydney, NSW · heavy
The 31-year-old former police officer has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder as his trial begins in Sydney’s supreme court.
7 mastheads, 4 newsrooms reported this · Sydney, NSW · heavy
Nirmeen Noufl was sentenced on Friday after pleading guilty in August to killing her husband, Mamdouh, in excessive self-defence while she was being choked and assaulted in their Sydney home.
7 mastheads, 4 newsrooms reported this · Sydney, NSW · heavy
Science
When a dead 13-metre-long whale, weighing an estimated 31 tonnes, washed ashore at City Beach in the early hours of Monday morning, a public holiday no less.
6 mastheads, 3 newsrooms reported this · Perth, WA · heavy
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