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Australian shares finish October up 6pct

<p>The ASX has finished Monday up 1.2 per cent to cap off its second-best month of the year, with a busy week of central bank hikes to come.</p>

Baggage free South Africa eye T20 crown

<p>South Africa have soared into title contention on the back of an unbeaten start to the T20 World Cup, but will they suffer more heartbreak?</p>

Family pays tribute to crowd crush victim

<p>Grace Rached, a 23-year-old Sydney film production assistant, has been identified as the Australian killed in a deadly Halloween tragedy in South K...

John Bowie guilty of cold case murder

<p>Ex-ambulance officer John Douglas Bowie has been found guilty of murdering his wife 40 years ago with a NSW jury taking less than five hours to rea...

Defence caught up in ransomware attack

<p>Hackers have targeted a communications platform used by Australian military personnel but Defence says none of their data appears to have been stol...

Fornaroli seals Victory ALM switch

<p>Former Melbourne City and Perth Glory striker Bruno Fornaroli has signed with Melbourne Victory as expected and could feature in their next A-Leagu...

Robodebt victim beat false debt in court

<p class="">A Melbourne robodebt victim slugged with a false $4000 bill for Youth Allowance has told a royal commission how she took her case to the F...

Childcare short thousands of workers

<p>The early childhood education sector will need to hire 16,000 new workers to meet surging demand from the Labor government's childcare subsidy pack...

Western Sydney boost as NSW election nears

<p>The NSW government has announced that $5 billion from the sale of a toll motorway will fund infrastructure in the state election battleground of we...

Kellond-Knight returns to Matildas squad

<p>Matildas veteran Elise Kellond-Knight will return from more than two-and-a-half years of injury woes for friendlies against Sweden and Thailand.</p...

NSW survivors can access court safe rooms

<p>More safe rooms attached to courts are being established to allow vulnerable witnesses across NSW to give evidence without fear or intimidation.</p...

Cup pair in race morning vet inspections

<p>Lightweight Realm Of Flowers is expected to carry most public support to fend off the international challenge in the Melbourne Cup.</p>

Huni traits better than Pacquiao: Fortune

<p>Manny Pacquiao's former trainer Justin Fortune is in Brisbane to assist Australian heavyweight Justis Huni ahead of his November 4 fight and likes...

Lloyd Rayney wins WA defamation payout

<p>A West Australian judge has found prominent former lawyer Lloyd Rayney was defamed by comments at a public seminar that implied he murdered his wif...

Aussie 7s team "sucked" in Tokyo: Caslick

<p>Charlotte Caslick credits Olympic heartache for inspiring a hot run of form that the Australian rugby sevens team will hope to continue on home soi...

Short-term spending to lift Vic deficit

<p>Victoria is forecast to post a $1.82 billion higher deficit in 2022/23 than six months ago, but net debt will shrink, in part due to a $7.9b windfa...

Four-day work week back on Vic poll agenda

<p>The Victorian Greens are pushing for a $60 million four-day working week trial for publicly-owned businesses ahead of next month's state election.<...

Man in NSW bikie killing wants his freedom

<p>One of the men whose brutal assault led to the death of Clint Starkey in 2017 has argued he played a minor role and should be freed from jail by ye...

Patterson past Bradman for NSW shield runs

<p>Kurtis Patterson has become the 19th highest Sheffield Shield run-scorer in NSW history, edging past Don Bradman in the weather-affected match agai...

Minister talks Indigenous artistic control

<p>A new autonomous part of the Australia Council could fund Aboriginal artists to maintain creative control of their work, the federal arts minister...