13 October 2026
Follow the day’s news live
This article contains independently written commentary and community perspective from Downunder Voices.
Join our community
Join thousands of readers following news and community stories from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific.
13 October 2026
Police treating death as homicide. Whear was last seen in mid-February buying orange juice and putting $50 credit on her phone in Murwillumbah Follow our Australia politics live blog for latest updates Last week, police said a partially submerged body believed to be a woman was discovered in a remote stockyard in Terragon near Murwillumbah.
13 October 2026
A Brisbane magistrate accepted the application for the former childcare worker to be extradited to New South Wales.
13 October 2026
It is only the second time in Queensland the double jeopardy legislation has been exercised, with the first an unrelated matter in 2018 that was ultimately dismissed by the COA.
13 October 2026
A National led government will implement some of its key policies in its first 100 days with the intention of bringing young New Zealanders home, or encouraging them to stay.
13 October 2026
The new Flying Fijians head coach Jake White's focus is to get the players ready to be in the best shape possible for the 2027 Rugby World Cup in Australia.
13 October 2026
The mystery of the large pool of blood found in a Wellington pedestrian tunnel has been solved, with the woman involved left bemused at how the community feared the worst.
13 October 2026
COGENT chief information security officer Anthony Grasso said he was not surprised by the attack.
