The Daily Brief

1David Shoebridge named new Greens leader after three-way contest

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

9 mastheads, 5 newsrooms reported this · Sydney, NSW

2Starship 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.

9 mastheads, 5 newsrooms reported this

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

4Petrol 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

5RBA 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.

8 mastheads, 4 newsrooms reported this

6Police 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

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

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.

7 mastheads, 4 newsrooms reported this

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.

7 mastheads, 4 newsrooms reported this

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.

7 mastheads, 4 newsrooms reported this

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

Standing room only at AFL Grand Final parade

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

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

7 mastheads, 4 newsrooms reported this

Golds Fields mulls sweeter cash deal for Northern Star Resources takeover

Gold Fields is seeking to overcome resistance to a deal that would create the world’s second-largest gold producer.

6 mastheads, 3 newsrooms reported this

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.

7 mastheads, 4 newsrooms reported this

Albanese launches bid for UN security council seat and names former Murdoch aide to top diplomatic post

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

Double murder-accused Beau Lamarre-Condon acted in 'self defence', court told

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

NSW cop Beau Lamarre-Condon disguised himself as Uber Eats rider before alleged murders, court hears

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

Sydney woman sentenced for killing and dismembering abusive husband

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

Removing beached whale carcasses no task

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