12 October 2026
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12 October 2026
Real estate influencer and top auctioneer Tom Panos has slammed the government, warning that Australia was being run 'like nobody gives a stuff about the numbers'.
12 October 2026
Steve Sharpe and Louise Collier are the new caretakers of Low Isles, in the Great Barrier Reef. Joining them on the island this week is their son, who spent the first four years of his life in the tropical setting.
12 October 2026
PM’s keeping it cool despite One Nation and economic woes The Australian
12 October 2026
The fitness pods are custom-built shipping-container gyms designed to bring free exercise programmes directly into communities.
12 October 2026
National hinted at tax cuts for voters, but not until after 2029 as it announced its fiscal plan.
12 October 2026
This month marks a year since Timor-Leste was formally welcomed into ASEAN, and the transformation of the capital Dili, in that short time is staggering.
12 October 2026
A US-based team of marine archaeologists has set sail for Kiribati to examine the latest clue to the 1937 disappearance of famed aviator Amelia Earhart.
