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Updated: 30 October 2026, 3:22 am AEDT (Sydney) More than 100 Victorian business, sport and media figures have signed an open letter asking every party contesting the state election to produce a credible plan to reduce government debt. Campaign group AMPLIFY announced the joint appeal on Thursday, 29 October , ahead of the 28 November election. The signatories include AFL figures Toby Greene and Gerard Healy, former Olympic swimmer Grant Hackett, entrepreneur Sid Myer and Afterpay co-founder Anthony Eisen. The letter asks political leaders to explain how they would bring debt down, rather than make broad promises. AMPLIFY founder Paul Bassat said the campaign reflected concerns about the cost of servicing debt and its effect on future generations. These are the campaigners’ arguments for changes to fiscal policy; the letter does not announce a government decision. In an interview published by news.com.au on Thursday , signatory and former Australia Post chief Ahmed Fahour called for an...

Updated: 29 October 2026, 10:41 pm AEDT (Sydney) KATSEYE have added Melbourne and Sydney concerts to their Wildworld Tour for February 2027, with general ticket sales opening on Friday, 6 November. The group will perform at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne on Wednesday, 24 February , followed by Afterpay Arena in Sydney on Sunday, 28 February , promoter Live Nation confirmed. Both events are listed as all-ages shows. General sales begin at 2 pm local time on 6 November. Fans seeking access to the paid EYEKONS membership presale or the free Katseye.World presale must register by 9:59 pm AEDT on Sunday, 1 November. The membership presale starts at 11 am local time on Wednesday, 4 November. The free Katseye.World presale follows at 3 pm local time on Thursday, 5 November, according to the promoter’s event information. Billboard reported the tour expansion on Thursday , confirming the Australian dates as part of 11 additional shows across Asia, Australia and New Zealand. The new leg starts in ...

Updated: 29 October 2026, 10:32 pm AEDT (Sydney) A Victorian coroner has recommended that the Therapeutic Goods Administration review the benefits and safety risks of unapproved peptides after finding that an injection triggered actor Richard Norton’s death in March 2025. Coroner David Ryan’s findings, handed down on Wednesday, 28 October, called on the medicines regulator to consider further restrictions on products such as CJC1295 and ipamorelin. The recommendation appears in the court’s published finding . Norton, 75, died at Melbourne’s Alfred Hospital on 30 March 2025. Ryan found that injecting the peptides caused an anaphylactic reaction leading to cardiac arrest. The finding also recorded that Norton had been taking more than the dose prescribed by his doctor. ABC News reported that the TGA said it was continuing to assess the products’ risks and considering whether further regulatory measures were appropriate. The regulator said the unapproved peptides had not been assessed fo...

Updated: 29 October 2026, 10:32 pm AEDT (Sydney) Bomberry has recalled four varieties of its 150g chocolate-covered berry products sold across Australia because of metal contamination. Food Standards Australia New Zealand published the recall on Wednesday, 28 October. The recall covers blueberries with dark chocolate; blueberries with white and milk chocolate; raspberries with white and dark chocolate; and raspberries with white and milk chocolate. All best-before dates up to and including 20 January 2028 are affected. Atomic Changes Pty Ltd, trading as Bomberry, said the products had been sold nationally and online through Woolworths and independent retailers, including IGA, Harris Farm and Drakes Supermarket, according to the official recall notice . The regulator warned that food containing metal can cause illness or injury. Consumers should not eat the affected products and should return them to the place of purchase for a full refund. Anyone concerned about their health should see...

Updated: 29 October 2026, 9:24 am AEDT (Sydney) Apple has announced an M6-powered 14-inch MacBook Pro starting at A$3,199 including GST in Australia, with preorders scheduled to begin on Thursday, 29 October, and retail availability from Friday, 6 November. The company’s Australian announcement, dated 28 October , lists a starting education price of A$3,039 including GST. The laptop will be offered in silver and space black, with deliveries and sales through Apple stores and authorised resellers due from 6 November. The M6 configuration includes a 12-core CPU, a 12-core graphics processor and 16GB of unified memory as standard, configurable up to 32GB. Apple also lists Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6 and three Thunderbolt 4 ports, alongside HDMI, an SDXC card slot and MagSafe charging. Apple claims up to 24 hours of battery life and improved graphics and AI performance over the M5 model. These are manufacturer test claims, rather than results of independent testing for this report. Australian pub...

Updated: 29 October 2026, 9:24 am AEDT (Sydney) Ashley Paul Griffith was extradited from Queensland to New South Wales on Wednesday, 28 October, to face 202 further charges relating to alleged offences against children, Queensland Corrective Services said. The agency’s statement said custody was transferred from its Escort and Security Branch to Corrective Services NSW at Tweed Heads that morning. Extradition had been approved earlier in October. Griffith was already serving a life sentence in Queensland, with a 27-year non-parole period, following his 2024 conviction for offences against 69 girls at early learning centres in Brisbane and Italy. The NSW proceedings concern additional charges and are separate from those convictions. ABC News independently reported the transfer , citing Queensland Corrective Services Minister Laura Gerber. She said he had left Queensland custody just after 6:30 am and crossed the border shortly after 8 am on Wednesday. Corrective Services said Griffith ...

Updated: 29 October 2026, 9:24 am AEDT (Sydney) Josh Inglis and Alex Carey shared an unbeaten 145-run partnership as Australia reached 4–330 at stumps on Wednesday, 28 October, taking a one-run first-innings lead over South Africa in the deciding Test at Newlands, Cape Town. Inglis finished on 85 not out and Carey also passed fifty, according to Cricket Australia’s day-two report . Their fifth-wicket stand rebuilt the innings after Marco Jansen dismissed Matt Renshaw and Cameron Green following a 126-run partnership. The completed session changed Australia’s position from the earlier middle-order setback. The visitors added 139 runs without losing a wicket in the final session, the Associated Press reported , moving past South Africa’s 329 with six wickets still available. Renshaw had made 74 and Green 65, while Travis Head contributed 41. Inglis struck nine fours and two sixes in his first Test appearance since December, AP reported. The three-match series is level at 1–1. Australia w...

Updated: 29 October 2026, 12:58 a.m. AEDT (Sydney) Matt Renshaw and Cameron Green shared a 126-run partnership for Australia before Marco Jansen dismissed both shortly before tea on the second day of the third Test at Newlands on Wednesday, 28 October. Renshaw made 74 and Green 65 in Cape Town. Their third-wicket stand repaired the innings after Simon Harmer removed Travis Head for 41 and Marnus Labuschagne without scoring, Reuters reported . Jansen then had Renshaw caught behind by Ryan Rickelton and Green caught by Harmer at slip. Australia reached tea at 191 for four, 138 behind South Africa’s first-innings 329. That was the interval score, rather than a final innings total. BBC Sport’s live reporting independently confirmed the partnership and dismissals, with play continuing into the evening session. Josh Inglis and Alex Carey took over the rebuilding task. The series is level at 1–1. Australia won the opening Test in Durban before South Africa levelled in Gqeberha. Wednesday’s b...

Updated: 28 October 2026, 12:25 p.m. AEDT Australia’s annual inflation rate increased to 4.3 per cent in September, up from 4.0 per cent in August, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported on Wednesday. Consumer prices rose 0.8 per cent during the month, twice the August increase. Housing made the largest contribution to the annual rise, with prices up 5.2 per cent. The ABS release identified higher new dwelling and electricity costs as contributors. New dwelling prices were 4.7 per cent higher than a year earlier. Transport prices rose 8.7 per cent over the year. Automotive fuel increased 9.4 per cent in September alone, which the bureau attributed to higher world oil prices. The annual trimmed mean measure of underlying inflation reached 3.6 per cent. August’s figure was revised down from 3.6 to 3.5 per cent following changes to seasonal factors. For the September quarter, the overall CPI rose 1.3 per cent, while the quarterly trimmed mean on its pre-October 2025 basis increased...

Updated: 28 October 2026, 8:18 a.m. AEDT Mitchell Starc took six wickets as Australia recovered from a difficult start to bowl South Africa out for 329 on the opening day of the third Test at Newlands in Cape Town on Tuesday, 27 October. Starc claimed the final six wickets of the innings, including the last four in six balls, Cricket Australia’s match report confirmed . The burst ended South Africa’s innings before stumps, leaving Australia yet to begin their reply. Pat Cummins had elected to field, but Marques Ackerman and Aiden Markram put on 158 for the first wicket. Ackerman made 95 and Markram 78 before Australia worked their way back into the contest. South Africa were eventually dismissed in 82.3 overs, according to BBC Sport’s day-one coverage . Cooper Connolly also reached a personal milestone, taking his first Test wicket when Matthew Breetzke was given lbw after an Australian review. Nathan Lyon dismissed Ackerman and captain Temba Bavuma as spin helped break the hosts’...

Updated: 28 October 2026, 3:18 a.m. AEDT Hailstones up to seven centimetres across struck parts of south-east Queensland on Tuesday, 27 October, while a lightning strike damaged Brisbane Airport’s western runway and disrupted flights. The Bureau of Meteorology confirmed hail measuring three to seven centimetres at Yamanto, Flinders View, Ripley and Mudgeeraba between 2.30 p.m. and 3.30 p.m. Queensland time, ABC News reported . The bureau classifies hail larger than five centimetres as giant hail. The afternoon storms swept across the Gold Coast and Ipswich. Nine reported that hail covered yards and streets in Augustine Heights and Redbank Plains, while more than 1,000 homes lost power. At Brisbane Airport, lightning struck the western runway shortly before 3 p.m. The runway remained closed at 6 p.m. Tuesday while engineers assessed the damage, according to Nine. An airport spokesperson said repairs were expected overnight, with the runway expected to be operational by Wednesday mo...

Updated: 27 October 2026, 9:20 p.m. AEDT Australian musician G Flip and Selling Sunset star Chrishell Stause have announced their separation after more than four years together. The pair shared the news in separate social media statements on Monday, 26 October, in the United States. In a statement on their verified Instagram account , G Flip confirmed that the relationship had ended. The Melbourne-born singer and drummer said they would continue to love Stause, valued their shared memories and asked for privacy. Stause also confirmed the separation in a video, saying they had agreed to approach it with love and respect, Rolling Stone Australia reported on Tuesday . She spoke positively about their time together while describing the split as painful. The couple made their relationship public in May 2022, when Stause discussed it during a Selling Sunset reunion. She had appeared in the music video for G Flip’s song Get Me Outta Here . They held a wedding celebration in Las Vegas in May...

Updated: 27 October 2026, 11:22 a.m. AEDT Harry Kane won the 2026 men’s Ballon d’Or at a ceremony in London on Monday night, 26 October, becoming the first English recipient since Michael Owen in 2001. The award was announced on Tuesday morning in Australia. The Bayern Munich and England striker finished ahead of Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappé and Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal, Sky Sports reported . Kane scored 73 goals for club and country during the season recognised by the award. The award organiser’s account put his Bayern total at 61 goals in 51 appearances across all competitions, alongside 12 goals for England. His 36 Bundesliga goals earned a second European Golden Shoe, while Bayern won a domestic treble. Kane’s club campaign included 14 Champions League goals and 10 in the German Cup. The organiser highlighted hat-tricks in his final Bundesliga appearance of the season and the cup final as part of the scoring run behind his success. Sky Sports said Kane also received the men’s strik...

Updated: 27 October 2026, 6:24 a.m. AEDT Reserve Bank assistant governor Brad Jones warned on Monday, 26 October, that rising retirement withdrawals and growing liquidity demands would make it harder for Australia’s superannuation sector to cushion future financial shocks. Speaking at the AFR Super and Wealth Summit in Melbourne, Jones said the sector had historically helped stabilise markets, including by buying Australian shares during the 2008 and 2020 crises. Recent stress testing by the RBA and APRA suggested funds were generally well placed to withstand substantial stress, according to the RBA’s published transcript . However, he said weekly net inflows of $1 billion to $2 billion had provided an important buffer. As more members draw down retirement savings, more funds will face net cash outflows, while foreign-exchange hedging will require more liquidity. Jones also highlighted concentrated service providers and the risk of an operational disruption occurring alongside financia...

Updated: 27 October 2026, 1:19 a.m. AEDT Centrelink is pursuing about 147,000 outstanding income-apportioned debts after a prolonged pause, according to Nine’s reporting published on Monday, 26 October . Victoria Legal Aid supports restoring a six-year limit on social security debt recovery. The repayment process did not begin on Monday. Services Australia says it started writing to affected people from June 2026 and has been gradually restarting repayments, explanations of decisions and formal reviews. Income apportionment divided a person’s employment earnings across Centrelink reporting fortnights when the available information did not show exactly when income was earned. Services Australia says legislation has retrospectively validated payment rates and debts calculated using the method before December 2020. Nine reported that Victoria Legal Aid’s Miles Browne warned of confusion and difficulty finding evidence about payments made more than a decade ago. The Department of Soci...

Updated: 26 October 2026, 10:23 a.m. AEDT Reserve Bank of Australia chief economist Sarah Hunter said the bank had not yet finished tackling inflation, in a television interview broadcast on Sunday night, 25 October. The RBA’s published transcript says the Sydney interview for 60 Minutes was recorded on 21 October. Asked whether enough had been done after four interest-rate increases this year, Hunter said the task was not yet complete and that higher rates needed time to work through the economy. Hunter pointed to two pressures: an overseas oil shock feeding into Australian costs, and domestic demand remaining above what the economy could sustainably supply. She said the bank needed to prevent inflation from becoming entrenched. She acknowledged the strain on mortgage holders while also highlighting the effect of rising living costs on renters and lower-income households. Hunter said the bank was watching closely for signs of a sharp downturn and was not seeking a recession. ABC News...

Updated: 26 October 2026, 9:18 a.m. AEDT Australia’s Oscar Piastri finished seventh in the United States Grand Prix at Austin on Sunday, 25 October, as Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli took his ninth victory of the season. The race concluded on Monday morning in eastern Australia. Formula 1’s official race report confirmed Piastri’s position behind McLaren team-mate Lando Norris, who was fifth, and Red Bull’s Isack Hadjar in sixth. George Russell finished eighth behind the Australian. Nine’s live coverage independently reported that Piastri held off Russell to secure seventh at the Circuit of the Americas. Antonelli won using a one-stop tyre strategy while many rivals stopped twice. He finished 13.078 seconds ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, with Max Verstappen third and Lewis Hamilton fourth. A late virtual safety car followed Valtteri Bottas pulling off the circuit, before racing resumed for the closing laps. The result brought Antonelli closer to the drivers’ title, but he did no...

Updated: 26 October 2026 at 3:21 am AEDT Tom Trbojevic scored three second-half tries as Australia came from behind to beat Fiji 36–22 at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane on Sunday night, 25 October, securing a place in the Rugby League World Cup semi-finals. The NRL’s match report confirmed the result in front of 41,108 spectators. The lead changed four times, with Australia taking a narrow 12–10 advantage into half-time before Fiji moved back ahead shortly after the restart. Semi Valemei also finished with a hat-trick for the Bati. His second try put Fiji in front early in the second half, but Australia responded through Trbojevic before a Sam Walker penalty goal restored the hosts’ lead. James Tedesco helped create Australia’s comeback, with the Guardian reporting that he finished with three try assists. Trbojevic’s third try gave the Kangaroos breathing room, and Jacob Preston added his first international try to seal the win. Australia next face the Cook Islands in Townsville on Satu...

Updated: 25 October 2026, 7:18 pm AEDT A line of severe thunderstorms brought damaging winds to western New South Wales on Sunday, 25 October, as a broad storm system moved across eastern Australia. The Bureau of Meteorology’s noon AEDT briefing confirmed that storms had already produced damaging winds that morning and extended into north-east Victoria. The Guardian reported on Sunday afternoon that gusts of up to 100km/h had been recorded in the NSW central west around midday. It also reported a severe thunderstorm warning covering Sydney, greater Wollongong and parts of the Blue Mountains and surrounding districts that afternoon. The bureau said a cold front and trough were driving the outbreak. Its Sunday briefing identified damaging winds, large hail and heavy rain as risks across affected parts of NSW, the ACT, eastern Victoria and southern Queensland. Those hazards were forecasts, rather than confirmation that every area would experience them. Rain had already caused flash floo...

Updated: 25 October 2026, 3:20 pm AEDT The Moto2 and Moto3 races at Phillip Island have been cancelled because poor visibility is preventing the medical helicopter from operating, Australian Grand Prix organisers confirmed on Sunday, 25 October. The premier-class MotoGP race now has a provisional 4.30 pm AEDT start, with the pit lane due to open at 4 pm. The organiser’s 2.10 pm update announced both cancellations and the revised timetable. It followed an earlier 1.45 pm decision to cancel Moto3. The new start remains provisional while officials wait for visibility to improve. Motorsport.com independently reported the revised schedule and cancellations. It said the MotoGP race had originally been scheduled for 2 pm, making the proposed new start two and a half hours later. The decisions significantly reduce Sunday’s programme. The MotoGP warm-up, Australian Superbikes Race 3 and Legends Lap had already been cancelled earlier in the day. The latest announcement concerns the two support...