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Tax changes to discretionary trusts are likely – what is happening and why are some Australians upset?
By Patrick Commins Economics editor
Most Australians don’t use trusts, but the government’s planned changes to the tax status of them has proven controversial
#Tax #Australianpolitics #Business #Australianeconomy #Australianews #TheGuardian #PatrickComminsEconomicseditor
The new Western Sydney International airport is about to open. Will it be cheaper to get to and fly from?
By Catie McLeod
Fares for domestic and international flights out of Sydney’s newest airport are still comparable with Kingsford Smith airport – but at least the parking’s cheaper
#Sydney #Airtransport #Airlineindustry #Australianews #Transport #Business #TheGuardian #CatieMcLeod
When a tobacco shop opened next door, a Melbourne couple’s dream cafe went up in smoke: ‘It felt like a warzone’
By Adeshola Ore Community affairs reporter
A vegan cafe in North Fitzroy is the latest victim of a spate of suspected firebombings of tobacconists
#Melbourne #Victoria #Australianews #Business #InsuranceAustralia #Tobaccoindustry #TheGuardian #AdesholaOreCommunityaffairsreporter
Gary Waddell dies aged 74: the brilliant Australian actor who turned small roles into great ones
By Luke Buckmaster
Waddell appeared in countless films and TV shows, often as rough-as-guts characters, though he was rarely given the screen time he deserved
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/14/gary-waddell-death-australian-actor-dies-aged-74
#Australianfilm #Film #Culture #Australianews #TheGuardian #LukeBuckmaster
Child safety officer incorrectly assessed Elizabeth Struhs as ‘safe’ day after she was admitted to hospital in coma
By Andrew Messenger
Inquest into the death of eight-year-old Queensland girl who was denied insulin by her religious parents is told her case was complex
#Queensland #Australianews #Worldnews #TheGuardian #AndrewMessenger
Child safety officer incorrectly assessed Elizabeth Struhs as ‘safe’ day after she was admitted to hospital in coma https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/14/child-safety-officer-incorrectly-assessed-elizabeth-struhs-as-safe-a-day-after-she-was-admitted-to-hospital-in-a-coma-ntwnfb #Queensland #AustraliaNews #WorldNews
Labor’s bill to cut private health insurance rebate blocked by Greens over pensioner carve-out https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/14/labors-bill-to-cut-private-health-insurance-rebate-blocked-by-greens-over-pensioner-carve-out #AustralianPolitics #AustralianGreens #LaborParty #Health #AustraliaNews
Labor’s bill to cut private health insurance rebate blocked by Greens over pensioner carve-out
By Tess Ikonomou
Almost 80,000 older Australians expected to end private health cover by 2028-29 as a result of Albanese government’s proposal
#Australianpolitics #AustralianGreens #Laborparty #Health #Australianews #TheGuardian #TessIkonomou
Video recording device found in cabin of HMAS Leeuwin navy ship in Cairns
By Josh Butler
Defence announcement comes after Jacqui Lambie tells parliament a camera had been found concealed in a women’s shower on board
#RoyalAustralianNavy #Australianmilitary #Cairns #Australianews #JacquiLambie #Queensland #TheGuardian #JoshButler
Video recording device found in cabin of HMAS Leeuwin navy ship in Cairns https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/14/video-recording-device-found-in-cabin-of-hmas-leeuwin-navy-ship-in-cairns #AustralianMilitary #Cairns #AustraliaNews #JacquiLambie #Queensland
What started as a small political spot fire turns into a major irritant for Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers | Tom McIlroy
By Tom McIlroy
Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers downplay signs of strain in their relationship as Labor faces nervous times on the economy and a rising One Nation
#AnthonyAlbanese #JimChalmers #Laborparty #Australianpolitics #Australianews #TheGuardian #TomMcIlroy
Decoding America: Everything you need to know about the midterms – video https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2026/oct/14/decoding-america-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-midterms-video #UsMidtermElections2026 #DonaldTrump #Democrats #Republicans #UsNews #AustraliaNews #WorldNews
Australian industry reliant on gas for ‘foreseeable future’, resources minister tells press club
By Sarah Basford Canales
Madeleine King says national gas reservation scheme, expected to come into effect from 2028, will reduce power prices
#Energy #Australianpolitics #Australianews #Fossilfuels #Gas #Energy #TheGuardian #SarahBasfordCanales
Australian industry reliant on gas for ‘foreseeable future’, resources minister tells press club https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/14/australia-reliant-on-gas-for-foreseeable-future-madeleine-king-press-club #Energy #AustralianPolitics #AustraliaNews #FossilFuels #Gas #Energy
$20m public liability insurance to rally in a park: How council red tape hinders the right to protest
By Jordyn Beazley
Public gatherings stymied by bureaucracy, Australian Democracy Network and Deakin University researchers find
#Australianews #NewSouthWales #Protest #TheGuardian #JordynBeazley
$20m public liability insurance to rally in a park: How council red tape hinders the right to protest https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/14/councils-making-protesters-purchase-public-liability-insurance #AustraliaNews #NewSouthWales #Protest
Family of Indigenous woman found dead in Melbourne mourn ‘vibrant, beautiful young girl’ https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/14/family-mourn-jayda-bonner-indigenous-woman-found-dead-melbourne-ntwnfb #IndigenousAustralians #Victoria #AustraliaNews #Melbourne
Family of Indigenous woman found dead in Melbourne mourn ‘vibrant, beautiful young girl’
By Douglas Smith Indigenous affairs reporter
Police have charged a 31-year-old man with the alleged murder of Jayda Allen Bonner, whose body was found in a Carlton apartment on Saturday
#IndigenousAustralians #Victoria #Australianews #Melbourne #TheGuardian #DouglasSmithIndigenousaffairsreporter
Beau Lamarre-Condon trial shown crime scene reconstruction as ballistics expert traces bullet trajectories
By Kat Wong
3D computer video of Paddington terrace shown to jurors outlines prosecution version of alleged murders of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies
Beau Lamarre-Condon trial shown crime scene reconstruction as ballistics expert traces bullet trajectories https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/14/beau-lamarre-condon-trial-shown-alleged-murder-scene-reconstruction-bullet-holes-ntwnfb #NewSouthWales #AustraliaNews
The IMF says we need to make ‘urgent choices’. But are they choices the Albanese government is willing to make? | Grogonomics https://www.theguardian.com/business/grogonomics/2026/oct/14/imf-world-economic-outlook-urgent-choices-albanese-australia #AustralianEconomy #LaborParty #AnthonyAlbanese #JimChalmers #InternationalMonetaryFundImf #AustraliaNews #AustralianPolitics
The IMF says we need to make ‘urgent choices’. But are they choices the Albanese government is willing to make? | Grogonomics
By Greg Jericho
The IMF is not a body that needs to worry about elections or the political cost of interest rates or inflation
#Australianeconomy #Laborparty #AnthonyAlbanese #JimChalmers #InternationalMonetaryFundIMF #Australianews #Australianpolitics #TheGuardian #GregJericho
Court overturns Tanya Plibersek’s protection order which company says blocked controversial NSW goldmine
By Lisa Cox Environment reporter
Federal court overrules decision by former environment minister for the McPhillamys goldmine development at Blayney
#Environment #NewSouthWales #Mining #Mining #Australianews #IndigenousAustralians #TheGuardian #LisaCoxEnvironmentreporter
Court overturns Tanya Plibersek’s protection order which company says blocked controversial NSW goldmine https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/14/federal-court-overturns-tanya-plibersek-protection-order-nsw-goldmine-mcphillamys-blaney #Environment #NewSouthWales #Mining #Mining #AustraliaNews #IndigenousAustralians
Rachel Smith will turn 39 in prison. The high court says she could freeze her eggs from behind bars
By Australian Associated Press
Australia’s highest court says Queensland drug trafficker extracting and storing eggs is not ‘assisted reproductive technology’
#Australianews #Prisons #Fertilityproblems #Reproductiverights #Queensland #TheGuardian #AustralianAssociatedPress
Jim Chalmers denies Anthony Albanese rolled him over credit card payments for tax bills
By Tom McIlroy Political editor
Treasurer’s comments come after prime minister revealed he intervened to delay a controversial ban on such payments to the ATO
#JimChalmers #AnthonyAlbanese #Tax #Australianpolitics #Australianews #TheGuardian #TomMcIlroyPoliticaleditor
Jim Chalmers denies Anthony Albanese rolled him over credit card payments for tax bills https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/14/jim-chalmers-denies-anthony-albanese-rolled-him-over-credit-card-payments-for-tax-bills #JimChalmers #AnthonyAlbanese #Tax #AustralianPolitics #AustraliaNews
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By Guardian Staff
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#Australianews #Information #Newslettersignup #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff
Man charged with murder over shooting death of boy, 12, in Sydney apartment last month
By Guardian staff
A 19-year-old man was arrested and charged at Silverwater correctional facility on Tuesday
Man charged with murder over shooting death of boy, 12, in Sydney apartment last month https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/14/man-charged-murder-alleged-shooting-boy-12-ntwnfb #NewSouthWales #AustraliaNews
Australian politics live: Chalmers urges against mocking, cancelling or talking down to One Nation supporters
By Martin Farrer
Follow the day’s news live.
#Australianews #Australianpolitics #Australianeconomy #Business #Health #Australianeducation #Australianimmigrationandasylum #Australianforeignpolicy #TheGuardian #MartinFarrer
Australian politics live: Chalmers urges against mocking, cancelling or talking down to One Nation supporters https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/oct/14/treasurer-jim-chalmers-labor-one-nation-pauline-hanson-one-nation-gas-reservation-scheme-ntwnfb #AustraliaNews #AustralianPolitics #AustralianEconomy #Business #Health #AustralianEducation #AustralianImmigrationAndAsylum #AustralianForeignPolicy
Family and sexual violence rates against Australian children rise sharply as researchers warn of ‘manosphere’
By Nino Bucci
Study authors say increase cannot be attributed to any one factor and list income inequality and growing awareness as other likely reasons
#CrimeAustralia #Domesticviolence #Sexualharassment #Children #Australianews #TheGuardian #NinoBucci
Family and sexual violence rates against Australian children rise sharply as researchers warn of ‘manosphere’ https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/14/family-and-sexual-violence-rates-against-australian-children-rise-sharply-as-researchers-warn-of-manosphere #CrimeAustralia #DomesticViolence #SexualHarassment #Children #AustraliaNews
Flying foxes in NSW and Victoria face mass starvation amid food shortages
By Petra Stock
Rescuers respond to surge in callouts for the vulnerable bat species, which usually feeds on blossoms and tree nectar
#Wildlife #Environment #Australianews #NewSouthWales #Victoria #TheGuardian #PetraStock
AFL tells Sportsbet to stop using players in AI generated content
By Henry Belot
Exclusive: Gambling firm working with AFL ‘on the evolving use of AI in our content’ as it deletes video depicting Lachie Neale saying ‘I want to thank me for believing in me’
#Gambling #AFL #AIartificialintelligence #Australianews #Australianrulesfootball #Australiasport #Sport #TheGuardian #HenryBelot
Flying foxes in NSW and Victoria face mass starvation amid food shortages https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/14/flying-foxes-in-nsw-and-victoria-face-mass-starvation-amid-food-shortages #Wildlife #Environment #AustraliaNews #NewSouthWales #Victoria
The biggest threat from AI is the sense that we have no say in it. To that I say game on | Peter Lewis https://www.theguardian.com/technology/commentisfree/2026/oct/14/ai-resistance-inevitability-is-choice-australia-digital-duty-of-care #AiArtificialIntelligence #Technology #AustralianPolitics #AustraliaNews
Anne Aly reveals she has received 19 death threats in the last week alone https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/13/anne-aly-reveals-she-has-received-19-death-threats-last-week-alone-ntwnfb #AustralianPolitics #AustraliaNews
Anne Aly reveals she has received 19 death threats in the last week alone
By Ben Doherty
After an MP said she should be ‘shamed and stoned’, federal minister hit back at ‘racist and misogynistic’ language
Child safety staff determined to send Elizabeth Struhs home with parents despite doctors’ concerns, inquest hears https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/13/elizabeth-struhs-inquest-death-religious-cult-saints-child-safety-witness-ntwnfb #Queensland #AustraliaNews
The return of the prodigal son? Why speculation is rising over Josh Frydenberg’s future https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/13/the-return-of-the-prodigal-son-why-speculation-is-rising-over-josh-frydenbergs-future #LiberalParty #Coalition #AustraliaNews #JoshFrydenberg #AngusTaylor
Man and woman charged after baby boy found dead in Adelaide motel https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/13/man-and-woman-charged-after-baby-boy-found-dead-in-adelaide-motel-ntwnfb #AustraliaNews #SouthAustralia #Adelaide
Bacon, eggs and Bowie: how year 12 English students tackled ‘human strength and vulnerability’ in HSC paper https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/13/hsc-first-exam-english-paper-2026 #AustraliaNews #Schools #Education #AustralianEducation #Exams #NewSouthWales #Sydney
Bacon, eggs and Bowie: how year 12 English students tackled ‘human strength and vulnerability’ in HSC paper
By Nick Visser
Tens of thousands of high school students across New South Wales sit the first test of their final exams
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/13/hsc-first-exam-english-paper-2026
#Australianews #Schools #Education #Australianeducation #Exams #NewSouthWales #Sydney #TheGuardian #NickVisser
Card surcharge ban used as ‘cover’ for larger price increases by Australian businesses, experts say https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/13/australia-surcharge-ban-credit-card-price-increases-business #Business #AustralianPolitics #AustralianEconomy #AustraliaNews #SmallBusiness #ConsumerAffairs #Banking #CreditCardFees #BankCharges #Inflation
Bedbug infestation forces Qantas to ground plane in Rome
By Catie McLeod
Aircraft taken out of operation after flight from Perth after the discovery of parasitic insects on board
#Qantas #Airtransport #Airlineindustry #Australianews #TheGuardian #CatieMcLeod
Bedbug infestation forces Qantas to ground plane in Rome https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/13/bedbug-infestation-forces-qantas-to-ground-plane-in-rome #Qantas #AirTransport #AirlineIndustry #AustraliaNews
If you’re over 55 and too tired to make it into the office, these two Fair Work decisions are required reading | Van Badham https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/13/over-55-office-fatigue-fair-work-decisions-wfh-australia #IndustrialRelations #WorkingFromHome #AustraliaNews #Ageing #Health #Health #Business #Productivity
Vikki Campion, News Corp columnist and wife of Barnaby Joyce, begins role with NSW One Nation
By Penry Buckley
Campion, who married federal One Nation MP Joyce in 2023, confirms she started working for the party’s state executive this week
#Australianews #OneNation #BarnabyJoyce #Australianpolitics #NewSouthWales #TheGuardian #PenryBuckley