Small business owners have launched an ad campaign calling to permanently kill the ATO's credit card ban. #national

Two teenagers and a pet dog were lucky to escape a late-night blaze after it tore through a home in Gymea Bay. #national

Australians who served in Afghanistan have been commemorated during a 25th anniversary service in Canberra. #national

A 13-year-old boy has been arrested and accused of stealing and assaulting staff after allegedly storming a bottle shop in Sydney’s south-west. #national

A flydubai co-pilot accused of attempting to hijack a plane en route to Israel was allegedly radicalised while studying in Melbourne. #national

A teenager has been arrested after hitting a woman with an allegedly stolen car near the Melbourne Marathon event in the CBD. #national

Carlton players Lachie Cowan and Will Hayward were both admitted to hospital in Melbourne in separate incidents. #national

A 15-year-old boy is in hospital under police guard after a fire at a Korean BBQ restaurant in Springvale in Melbourne's south-east. #national

Tens of thousands of runners have taken to the streets of Melbourne for the city’s annual marathon. #national

Compared to other capital cities, Melbourne’s property market is a success story. But the Coalition wants to axe Labor’s controversial activity centres in favour of other solutions. #national #victoria

Despite his own pain, a retiree with a sense of humour found a way to bring joy through cartooning to himself and others. #national #victoria

Across Melbourne, median earnings sit around $60,000, but in one leafy pocket, middle-aged men are pulling in almost $170,000 a year. Use our interactive tool to see the data for your area, age group and sex. #national #victoria

An AI drug-development platform and a blood test for recurrent breast cancer are among the breakthroughs credited to artificial intelligence’s biomedical application. #national

Tributes have flowed for Jordan Yap after his family confirmed he died during a solo trek through Peru’s remote Huayhuash range. #national #victoria

Frequent flyer Greg Norman blasted Qantas online as outdated and unreliable, saying the airline needed to “bring back the pride in ‘The Spirit of Australia’.” #national #victoria

On October 7, the United States Copyright Office published an official consultation on #fraud on #streaming platforms

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A new report estimates 456,000 Western Australians, including almost 99,000 children, are living in poverty in 2026 #national #wa

Witnesses reported seeing police draw their weapons as the car travelled up Flinders Street, which was blocked off as part of the Melbourne Marathon route. #national #victoria

One of the state’s most popular holiday spots is battling rising sea levels and increasing storm surges, with ageing flood defences struggling to keep the tides at bay. #national #victoria

We should be brave enough to step back and ask ourselves if face-to-face mental health care is always the gold standard. #national