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Friday 23 October 2026 · daily · 518 stories

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Australia · Guardian Australia

Economy set to worsen, with higher unemployment and weaker growth on the way, Jim Chalmers reveals

22 Oct 22:30

Treasury is revising all the numbers for the midyear budget update as economists warn of a difficult six months ahead

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Australia · Sydney Morning Herald

Council withdraws destruction order for dogs involved in Chermside attack

A new dangerous dog declaration, under state laws, is now proposed and would incur larger penalties.

23 Oct 17:22

Australia · Canberra Times

Teen's 'unprovoked' sexual assaults 'shattered' futures of jogger and 17yo

'The hope that both victims had for their ... futures has been equally shattered.'

23 Oct 17:18

Australia · Sydney Morning Herald

Mental health is often forgotten until violence shatters the peace

The attack on Helen Haines is a reminder of the parlous state of our mental health services.

23 Oct 17:16

Australia · ABC

Court jails man for six years for killing friend in drunk driving crash

The family of a former high school teacher who died from injuries sustained in a Tura Beach car crash last year have described him as "a friend to everyone".

23 Oct 17:11

Australia · ABC

Teen jailed for sexually assaulting jogger while on bail

A teenage boy who sexually assaulted a jogger on a walking trail in Canberra's north has been jailed until at least May 2028.

23 Oct 17:09

Australia · ABC

Fortnite returns to Apple's Australian app stores after landmark case

The Federal Court has ordered Apple to open up its devices to other app stores, as part of a landmark finding that the tech giant violated Australian competition law.

23 Oct 16:52

Australia · ABC

Premier Coal gives employees redundancy forms ahead of move to close night shifts

One of Western Australia's last coalmines is set to reduce its operating capacity by nearly half, which unions say will result in job losses.

23 Oct 16:45

Australia · Sydney Morning Herald

Questions over multimillion-dollar cost of sending the Australian of the Year into space

The federal government has made a formal offer to the European Space Agency to send Katherine Bennell-Pegg to space.

23 Oct 16:36