Australian News

1. Celebrity News:

   • Nicole Kidman has filed for divorce from Keith Urban after 19 years of marriage, citing "marital difficulties and irreconcilable differences". 👉 au.lifestyle.yahoo.com 👉 7news.com.au 👉 sbs.com.au
   • The couple have reportedly been living separate lives for months. 👉 7news.com.au

2. First Home Buyer Schemes:

   • A new federal deposit scheme starting today aims to give first home buyers a leg up. 👉 au.news.yahoo.com
   • First-home buyers can now get onto the property ladder with a deposit of as little as 5 per cent. 👉 au.news.yahoo.com
   • Labor's new housing scheme means for you. 👉 sbs.com.au
   • Concerns are being raised that the scheme could backfire. 👉 7news.com.au
   • PM says new home buyers scheme will see ‘minimal’ increase in prices. 👉 theguardian.com

3. Health Concerns:

   • Ten more sunscreens have been removed from sale over SPF concerns, with TGA revealing results as low as SPF4. 👉 abc.net.au 👉 9news.com.au 👉 au.news.yahoo.com
   • TGA finds claims don't stack up. 👉 sbs.com.au
   • The base formulation may be linked to 21 sunscreens falling short of SPF claims. 👉 theguardian.com

4. Optus Outages and Concerns:

   • Optus faces backlash over triple-zero failures, with calls for consequences. 👉 sbs.com.au
   • Two years of failures have left Optus with a multi-million-dollar hit to the brand's crumbling reputation. 👉 9news.com.au
   • Optus boss ‘has a lot of work to do’, Anika Wells says after meeting telco in wake of triple-zero outages. 👉 theguardian.com

5. International Relations and Politics:

   • China bans all BHP iron ore cargoes amid pricing row. 👉 9news.com.au
   • PM invites global retail giant to Australia to challenge Coles and Woolies. 👉 9news.com.au
   • Albanese courts Middle Eastern supermarket giant. 👉 sbs.com.au
   • Australia and Türkiye try to break stalemate over COP31 climate summit. 👉 abc.net.au
   • 'There is hope': Australia welcomes Trump's 20-point peace plan for Gaza. 👉 theguardian.com
   • Weakened Hamas faces pressure to accept Trump's peace plan for Gaza. 👉 9news.com.au
   • Key questions around the 'tone deaf, very tricky' Trump-Netanyahu Gaza peace plan. 👉 sbs.com.au
   • Hamas should accept deal as Israel ties probed. 👉 au.news.yahoo.com
   • The US is on the brink of a government shutdown. 👉 abc.net.au
   • Federal agencies ordered to start US government shutdown plans. 👉 9news.com.au
   • Trump defends troops in US cities after Hegseth decries military DEI efforts. 👉 theguardian.com

6. Housing and Property:

   • Sydney council narrowly backs controversial plan to build up to 31,000 new homes at fiery meeting. 👉 theguardian.com
   • Sydney council backs controversial plan to build up to 31,000 new homes at fiery meeting. 👉 theguardian.com
   • Bitter division erupts across Aussie suburbs over controversial housing plan: 'Obscene'. 👉 au.news.yahoo.com
   • Big step for city’s massive housing plan. 👉 au.news.yahoo.com
   • 'Decades of neglect': 'dire' state housing picture. 👉 au.news.yahoo.com
   • RBA governor says don't expect housing supply quick fix. 👉 abc.net.au
   • Councils booed, cheered after plan for 31,000 new Sydney homes passes. 👉 abc.net.au

7. Missing Persons:

   • Vast outback search for missing boy enters 5th day. 👉 au.news.yahoo.com
   • Search continues for missing boy Gus in South Australia. 👉 9news.com.au
   • Hearts are aching': Family of missing preschooler release statement as search continues. 👉 sbs.com.au
   • Footprint found but search for missing boy moving to 'recovery' phase. 👉 abc.net.au

8. Crime and Legal Matters:

   • A woman was found dead alongside her young daughter at a multimillion-dollar Airbnb in Brisbane’s west. 👉 au.news.yahoo.com
   • Chilling CCTV reveals final moments before mother-daughter horror at Airbnb. 👉 7news.com.au 👉 9news.com.au
   • Police look to extend use of SA's new 'stop and search' knife laws. 👉 9news.com.au
   • Police sergeant preyed upon stepdaughters after mum's death. 👉 9now.nine.com.au
   • Woman awarded nearly $100,000 over unlawful strip search, paving way for class action. 👉 sbs.com.au
   • Festival strip search ruled assault. 👉 7news.com.au
   • Supreme Court rules festival strip search was assault in landmark case. 👉 7news.com.au
   • A court has ruled that the search of one woman at a music festival amounted to assault. 👉 7news.com.au
   • Raya won $93,000 in a class action after she was strip-searched by police and forced to remove her tampon. 👉 theguardian.com
   • Federal class action lodged over ‘racially discriminatory’ work for the dole scheme. 👉 theguardian.com

9. Health and Medicine:

   • Cancer patients told treatment no longer available at public hospitals. 👉 abc.net.au
   • 'Like a dream': AI tool helps children with epilepsy live seizure-free. 👉 abc.net.au
   • New guidelines developed for helping people with dementia. 👉 sbs.com.au
   • Human embryo made with skin may one day produce two-dad babies. 👉 abc.net.au
   • Finding of more obese yet malnourished kids reignites junk food debate. 👉 abc.net.au

10. Environment and Nature:

    • The sea is sick and has entered uncharted waters due to a disastrous algal bloom in South Australia. 👉 abc.net.au
    • Mystery artists carved life-sized camels into rocks 12,000 years ago. 👉 abc.net.au
    • Minister knew of rock art threat before approving Woodside gas plant extension. 👉 abc.net.au
    • ‘So tiny and so vulnerable’: what chance will one of Australia’s smallest birds have against a rocket launchpad? 👉 theguardian.com

11. Business and Economy:

    • Prime Minister Anthony Albanese invites UAE retail giant to Australia to challenge Coles and Woolworths. 👉 abc.net.au
    • When it comes to business, size does matter — and smaller may perform better. 👉 abc.net.au
    • PM invites Arab 'hypermarket' to compete with Coles and Woolworths. 👉 sbs.com.au
    • The RBA dithers on its next interest rate cut – but it’s not the political flashpoint it once was. 👉 theguardian.com

12. Defence and Military:

    • Hegseth criticises 'fat generals' in US army pep rally. 👉 7news.com.au
    • Trump defends troops in US cities after Hegseth decries military DEI efforts. 👉 theguardian.com
    • Submarine agency's consultancy bill five times larger than planned. 👉 abc.net.au
    • The US delivers surprise verdict on $368 billion AUKUS deal: report. (2 days ago). 👉 9news.com.au

13. Society and Culture:

    • Introducing Burwood, the Sydney suburb voted one of 'the coolest' in the world – video. 👉 theguardian.com
    • American ex-Neo-Nazi takes 'peace building' mission to Victoria. 👉 abc.net.au
    • Aussie filmmakers scramble for clarity on Trump's tariffs twist. 👉 abc.net.au

14. Accidents and Disasters:

    • Truck driver dies in fiery crash into parked trucks on Hume Freeway. 👉 abc.net.au
    • Qantas international flight carrying 400 passengers makes U-turn. 👉 9news.com.au
    • Teen boy injured falling train Woolooware Carringbah Sydney. 👉 abc.net.au

15. Financial Matters:

    • Haven't done your tax return yet? You have one month left. 👉 abc.net.au
    • Millions of Aussies to get a cash boost as Centrelink payments jump. (1 day ago). 👉 9news.com.au
    • 'Not confident': RBA's bleak warning to millions of Aussies. (1 day ago). 👉 9news.com.au
    • RBA keeps interest rates on hold | Evening News Bulletin 30 September 2025. (1 day ago). 👉 sbs.com.au

16. Retail and Consumer Affairs:

    • The PM's new supermarket proposal might cut your bills, but it's 'no silver bullet'. 👉 sbs.com.au
    • $50m fund for clean energy apprenticeships remains untouched. 👉 abc.net.au
    • One woman's mission to rewild our cities. (2 days ago). 👉 abc.net.au

17. Indigenous Affairs:

    • 'Beloved' grandfather remembered by his family, as coronial inquest begins into his death in custody. 👉 sbs.com.au
    • Body scanner use in Canberra significantly reduces prison strip searches. (2 days ago). 👉 abc.net.au
    • These Australians are homeless with a house. (2 days ago). 👉 abc.net.au
    • 'Peeling back the water': How these women are mapping ancient whale migration paths. (2 days ago). 👉 sbs.com.au

18. Sports News:

    • India narrowly avoids slip-up in rainy World Cup opener against Sri Lanka. 👉 abc.net.au
    • Piastri 'very keen' to get behind the wheel after his worst F1 weekend. 👉 abc.net.au
    • Why the future of Australian cricket is finally poised to become its present. 👉 abc.net.au
    • Two Instagram posts unravelled years of goodwill at Geelong's Mad Monday. (1 day ago). 👉 abc.net.au
    • Broncos welcome back Origin star, Storm unchanged for NRL grand final. (1 day ago). 👉 abc.net.au
    • Australian Championship 2025 Season Launch. 👉 sbs.com.au

19. Technology and Social Media:

    • How talking in online chat rooms as a teen changed Quentin's life as an adult. 👉 sbs.com.au
    • Registered nurses empowered to prescribe medications, raising concerns over addictive drugs. 👉 sbs.com.au
    • Rapper Briggs joins workers warning AI copyright push threatens culture and livelihoods. 👉 sbs.com.au

20. Other News:

    • What happened to an Australian republic? Why Albanese has quashed the idea. 👉 sbs.com.au
    • Finding of more obese yet malnourished kids reignites junk food debate. (1 day ago). 👉 abc.net.au
    • Will Australia's democracy survive global collapse? 👉 abc.net.au
    • Winemaking music lover to focus on health after blood cancer diagnosis. 👉 abc.net.au
    • NSW voter launches petition to stop convicted MPs being paid in jail. 👉 abc.net.au

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