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

4NSW 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

5Petrol but no explosives found in suspect vehicles near UK air base

UK counterterrorism police say they found petrol but no explosives in suspect vehicles close to RAF Fairford.

8 mastheads, 4 newsrooms reported this · United Kingdom

6RBA interest rates: Reserve Bank raises cash rate to highest level in 15 years and warns of more hikes ‘if needed’

The Reserve Bank of Australia has lifted its interest rate to 4.6%, its highest level since 2011, while warning of further hikes.

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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

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

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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OpenAI 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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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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Manchester City found guilty in Premier League's biggest scandal

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.

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Lions fans celebrate Brisbane AFL premiership with players in Fitzroy

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

Vietnamese government accused of abducting Melbourne human rights activist

Tran Hiep, a 50-year-old Australian Vietnamese anti-human trafficking campaigner, not heard from since 18 September.

7 mastheads, 4 newsrooms reported this · Melbourne, VIC

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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