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Friday 23 October 2026 · daily · 552 stories

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Australia · ABC

Teen jailed for sexually assaulting jogger while on bail

23 Oct 17:09

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

This line is Day Square’s own note, added so the page is not only a headline. ABC placed the item on the Australia wire at 23 Oct 17:09. The headline reads: Teen jailed for sexually assaulting jogger while on bail. The paragraph above is the whole text that came with it. No name, figure, or quote was added.

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Australia · Sydney Morning Herald

Federal government makes bid to send Australian to space

The federal government has officially made a bid for Australian of the Year Katherine Bennell-Pegg to join a mission to the International Space Station in 2028.

23 Oct 19:26

Australia · Sydney Morning Herald

NCA bomber ‘refused food and medication’ before death

A coronial inquest into the death of NCA bomber Domenic Perre has revealed he refused food and medication in the lead-up to his death.

23 Oct 19:25

Australia · Sydney Morning Herald

Bureau of Meteorology under fire over rain prediction

The Bureau of Meteorology is under fire after parts of Queensland’s south-east copped three times the rainfall initially forecast.

23 Oct 19:21

Australia · Sydney Morning Herald

Millions have watched Livi’s struggle online. It’s taken a heartbreaking turn

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

23 Oct 19:17

Australia · Sydney Morning Herald

Ex-wife of Adelaide mum sentenced for role in her death

The ex-wife of Aldinga Beach mother Krystal Marshall has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison for her role in the death.

23 Oct 19:17

Australia · Canberra Times

Concerns for missing man, car last seen on Federal Highway

Polce believe he is travelling in a red Hyundai i30.

23 Oct 19:14

Australia · Sydney Morning Herald

‘It doesn’t look like Perth’: Donna Nelson back in WA

Nelson was secretly driven from Japan’s largest women’s prison in Tochigi early yesterday morning before boarding a flight back to Perth.

23 Oct 19:05

Australia · Sydney Morning Herald

People feared there would be blood on the streets, but this idea could transform Melbourne

Mirik Milan says nighttime in cities is seen as a blight of “mischief and mayhem”. His vision transformed Amsterdam’s outskirts – and it could do the same for Melbourne.

23 Oct 19:00