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Friday 23 October 2026 · daily · 513 stories

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Australia · Sydney Morning Herald

Man arrested after entering WA MP’s electorate office with ‘nunchucks’

22 Oct 11:15

Hannah Beazley said her staff had been left shaken over the incident.

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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

Coalmine's night operations shutdown 'disappointing' for government

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

Australia · Sydney Morning Herald

Unions slam BHP chairman’s pay rise days after announcing Pilbara job cuts

It comes after the miner announced last week that as many as 300 jobs will be impacted by a round of redundancies at BHP’s Pilbara mine sites.

23 Oct 16:24

Australia · Sydney Morning Herald

‘Unable to walk, talk’: Heartbreaking update in teen’s cancer fight

A NSW teenager’s fight with a rare and aggressive brain cancer has taken him to the USA for experimental treatment as millions follow his journey online.

23 Oct 16:20

Australia · Sydney Morning Herald

When a flight attendant becomes a dragon queen

Elves, dragon eggs and medieval combat – it’s all in a weekend’s work for the LARPers of DrachenFest.

23 Oct 16:12

Australia · ABC

NSW's second-largest national park created to protect koalas

Spanning from Coffs Harbour to Kempsey, New South Wales's second-largest national park has been created after years of campaigning to protect koalas and their habitat.

23 Oct 16:01

Australia · Canberra Times

'So beautiful': Courtney is a class act in the National Portrait Gallery

A new portrait of performer Courtney Act is an absolute showstopper.

23 Oct 15:58