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- Megan is a Perth public housing tenant. Her neighbours are making her life hell Nine ·
Megan’s Cloverdale street was quiet, tight-knit and friendly until her next door neighbours moved in about four years ago. Since then, she says the neighbourhood has been plagued with drugs, screaming and violence.
- France opens 'attempted murder' probe after riot police attacked with petrol bomb ABC News (Australia) ·
A French officer described "skin that stings" after being set alight by a molotov cocktail during another weekend of protests in Paris.
- I spent the first day of the south-west metro’s life exploring the delights of the line. Now I want to move closer The Guardian ·
My relationship with Sydney’s delayed metro extension is complicated. But on Friday, as I caught a regular bus home, I daydreamed of moving – one more time I’ve already been awake for six hours when I jump off the metro back at Bankstown station at 8.33am on Friday. It’s the first day of driverless…
- Home values fall for seventh consecutive month as interest rates dent demand The Guardian ·
Centre of downturn shifts away from Sydney and Melbourne, but after such strong growth most homeowners still sit on sizeable gains Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australian home values have dropped for a seventh consecutive month, with prices in the capital cities now…
- The coming legal battle against Albanese’s social media ban – podcast The Guardian ·
The first major legal challenge against Australia’s under-16s social media ban is set to heard in the high court on Tuesday – 11 months on from the policy taking effect. As similar bans are adopted across the world, the challenges – from online giant Reddit and the Digital Freedom Project - will…
- Former NSW Liberal leads overhaul of One Nation candidate selection process The Guardian ·
Exclusive: Mark Jones, once on track for one of the Liberal party’s most powerful roles, is now instrumental in One Nation’s expansion Get our daily political email , free app or daily news podcast In 2023, a young and ambitious Liberal moderate was on the brink of securing one of the most powerful…
- Odette on a later-in-life autism diagnosis: ‘It completely revolutionised the way that I exist’ The Guardian ·
Last year, she got sober and an official diagnosis. It’s not the first time a new understanding about herself has reframed the Sydney artist’s music – and life In 2021, just before the release of her second album, Sydney singer-songwriter Odette – full name Georgia Odette Sallybanks – was diagnosed…
- AI is stealing Indigenous Australian art and churning out ‘Temu slop’, artist says The Guardian ·
Chair of National Gallery’s First Nations advisory group says the technology is undermining artists’ agency and the authenticity of their work Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast AI is taking First Nations art and turning it into “Temu slop”, the Pitjantjatjara artist Sally…
- Northern Territory water plan condemned as ‘blatant and shameless’ attack on nature The Guardian ·
Exclusive : Move to scrap legal requirement to set aside water for environment is ‘extreme even for the NT CLP government’, green group says Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Northern Territory government has been accused of making a “blatant and shameless” attack on…
- Australia nears 'largest property downturn in 40 years' as prices plunge ABC News (Australia) ·
House prices have fallen for a seventh consecutive month, with the speed of the decline tracking at the fastest pace in 40 years, according to a property research group.
- Trust in politicians plunges, new polling shows, as education divide splits Australian voters Nine ·
Three in four voters believe the nation is becoming more divided, with voters citing broken promises and dishonesty rather than the cost of living for a steep drop in political trust.
- Homes losing $9000 a month as RBA mulls another rate hike Nine ·
House values tumbled for a seventh consecutive month in October with the decline spreading across the country. It could get worse.
- One in four young men now say violence for a cause can be justified ABC News (Australia) ·
Trust in politicians is down but Australians remain confident in key institutions, according to a new survey examining the country's democracy.
- Superquiz, Monday, November 2 Nine ·
Trivia buffs, test your knowledge with today’s interactive superquiz.
- Tonga and Samoa can be State of Origin for the new century ABC News ·
The scale and spectacle of Tonga's Rugby League World Cup win over Samoa was not just an instant classic, it proved a demand for this clash that rugby league must find a way to supply.
- The surge in WFH was expected to trigger a baby boom. New data says otherwise Nine ·
The surge in working from home during the pandemic led to studies saying it would boost birth rates. New Australian research has cast doubts on that.
- Russia opens terrorism case over Ukraine oil refinery attack ABC News (Australia) ·
A facility which Ukraine named "one of Russia's largest" oil refineries reportedly sustained "significant damage" in the "massive drone attack".
- Lebanon's team of tradies win in all-time great finish at World Cup ABC News ·
Lebanon and France were not expected to produce one of the blockbusters of this Rugby League World Cup. But the two minnows showed great things can come from the most unexpected places.
- Best of cartoons, November 2, 2026 Nine ·
The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
- Crowd erupts as Toia darts over Nine ·
The CommBank Stadium crowd erupts as Robert Toia darts over the try line to score first points for Tonga against Samoa.
- The Block winners make $1.27 million profit as all five houses sell Nine ·
Even the fifth-placed house made a profit of $367,000 as the renovation TV show defied Melbourne’s weak property market.
- Passenger presses his luck Nine ·
And should return to the fold.
- Mine rescue teams compete underground in biggest competition in a decade ABC News (Australia) ·
Emergency response teams from some of WA's biggest mines have been put through their paces hundreds of metres underground for the annual mine rescue competition.
- Epic scenes as Lebanon claim golden point win Nine ·
Lebanon players, fans and officials celebrate wildly after a crazy finish to their World Cup clash.
- We’re living in a Kafkaesque society Nine ·
Readers comment on the Reserve Bank of Australia’s role in how it sets interest rates in light of rising inflation.
- Big tech’s national security case to gut copyright laws is a bluff, intelligence expert warns Nine ·
The world’s biggest technology companies are exploiting national security concerns to pressure the Albanese government into weakening copyright protections, says a former senior intelligence official who warns the changes could leave Australia more vulnerable to cyberattacks.
- Tonga win epic over Samoa, Kangaroos learn World Cup semi-final opponent Nine ·
Addin Fonua-Blake ran over Spencer Leniu to score a late match-winner for Tonga, as Australia’s World Cup semi-finalists were confirmed.
- From homework to big kids: What keeps primary school students up at night Nine ·
With childhood anxiety rates climbing, the government is investing in mental fitness programs in schools.
- Queensland appoints Australia’s first openly gay governor Nine ·
Esteemed Judge Thomas Bradley has replaced Dr Jeannette Young to become the state’s 28th governor.
- This horse is barred from running in Cup week after failing a drug test – that its trainer requested Nine ·
To say the large cohort of country-based owners are gutted is an understatement. One minute they are booking their tickets to Flemington, the next they are packing away their suits.
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