4 October 2026
Hundreds of university students travelled to outback New South Wales over the weekend for an international rocket competition.
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5 October 2026
Juvenile humpback was spotted near Bundjalung national park in what experts say is a rare but not unprecedented event The juvenile humpback, which swam into the Clarence River on the state’s mid-north coast and later died, was towed out to sea on Sunday, according to NSW authorities.
5 October 2026
RMIT confirms co-pilot was a student as Australian authorities examine his time in country between 2015 and 2017 An Australian university has confirmed a flydubai co-pilot who allegedly tried to hijack an Israel-bound flight studied at its Melbourne campus, but left before completing his qualification. Disaster was narrowly averted on 30 September when passengers and crew intervened to stop the alleged attempt of the co-pilot, identified by media outlets as Hammam al-Hammami, to take control of a flight to Tel Aviv with 182 people onboard.
5 October 2026
Axa XL says Thomas Gotting has become chief client and distribution officer for Australia and the broader Asia-Pacific region as well as Europe. Dr Gotting, who is based in Cologne, Germany, will ...
5 October 2026
The FBI arrested Wanying Zhang, also known as Heather, at Los Angeles International Airport before she left for China, the agency said US authorities arrested a California woman on Sunday, accusing her of spying on the son of Taiwan’s president at the behest of Chinese officials, the FBI said. The FBI arrested Wanying Zhang, also known as Heather, at Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday before her planned departure to China, the agency said in a statement. Authorities charged Zhang, 34, of Irvine, California, with acting as an unregistered foreign agent.
5 October 2026
Chefs under 30 from Restaurant Botanic, Icebergs, Anchovy and more are putting their signature dishes on the pass to represent the Pacific region on the global stage.
5 October 2026
In the caption of a YouTube video, Jayden (@Jayden. luke. m) wrote, "This week on the property, things take a turn I definitely wasn't expecting when a bushfire tears through part of my property." ...
5 October 2026
Disease-carrying mosquitoes thrive in warmer temperatures, raising concerns over the impacts of climate change and what it ...
