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Thursday 22 October 2026 · daily · 338 stories

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Australia · Sydney Morning Herald

Reporter and stranger rescue man from sinking car

22 Oct 19:58

An ABC reporter and a stranger have rescued a man whose car was sinking in floodwater near Brisbane.

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Australia · Guardian Australia

Snowy Hydro 2.0 has blown out to 12 times its original cost – but the CEO says it ‘could have been worse’

New projections by the Snowy Hydro company show tunnelling work is now 65% finished, but the completion date has been pushed back to 2029

22 Oct 22:00

Australia · ABC

Snowy 2.0 to cost 12 times more than initial budget with further delays

Australia's biggest renewable energy project, which has faced financial and timeline challenges since its inception, could now cost $25 billion and is expected to be delivered in late 2029.

22 Oct 22:00

Australia · Sydney Morning Herald

This Brisbane building might be the best of its kind in the country. Would anything like it be built today?

The architects were in fact using simple ideas gleaned from our well-loved Queenslander homes, scaled up to a city size.

22 Oct 21:45

Australia · ABC

NT government accused of politicising Kumanjayi Little Baby's death

The Northern Territory government has used its parliamentary majority to pass a motion condemning Chansey Paech for comments he made to the media about Kumanjayi Little Baby on Tuesday.

22 Oct 21:32

Australia · Sydney Morning Herald

Calculation: Easy as falling off a log

We have nothing to add.

22 Oct 21:00

Australia · ABC

Police investigating death of woman and child in Melbourne's east

Detectives are investigating the circumstances around the death of a woman and a child in Melbourne's east.

22 Oct 20:56

Australia · Sydney Morning Herald

Which province voted not to leave Canada? Take the Brisbane Times Quiz

Catch up on local, national and international news with this two-minute multiple-choice challenge.

22 Oct 20:50

Australia · ABC

Man charged over WA MP threats says weapon was musical instrument

A man charged over an allegedly threatening incident at Labor MP Hannah Beazley's electorate office tells a Perth court he was holding a musical instrument, not a weapon, as police allege.

22 Oct 20:48