Filed from the Sydney desk — including multi-city pieces that also ran elsewhere.
Sports · 2 October 2026
Luke Paul, the rising star of Australian basketball, has committed to Duke University, sparking wild speculation that the NCAA could soon see a new kind of hardwood hero.
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Business · 2 October 2026
TasWater has announced a recalibration of fixed sewerage fees that will slash costs for most firms but leave one unlucky business with a 500% hike, prompting market participants to chuckle and groan in equal measure.
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Business · 2 October 2026
When media mogul Joe Aston’s fledgling platform, Rampart, announces a new funding round, market participants scramble to decide whether the venture’s appetite for corporate sponsorships will be a bite or a buffet. Th…
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Business · 2 October 2026
A storied Australian engineering firm that first engineered the Snowy Hydro dam concludes a 13‑year AFP bribery probe with no charges, settling for $9 million while retaining lucrative government contracts. Market pa…
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Sports · 2 October 2026
Newcastle Knights are ready to let a teenage prodigy take the field in the NRL grand final, a move that could see the league re‑examine its age‑policy and trigger a wave of parental protests.
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Finance · 2 October 2026
With interest rates ticking up, fuel costs spiking, and house values slipping, residents in Western Sydney are tightening belts, swapping weekends for home repairs, and hoping market participants will eventually calm the…
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Politics · 2 October 2026
A look at the October 2 ‘Best of cartoons’ selection and what it says about the state of Australian politics, with a nod to the artists who managed to capture the absurdity.
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Finance · 2 October 2026
In a move that has market participants scratching their heads, Trade Minister Don Farrell has suggested a hefty Australian investment in the American lamb industry as a quid pro quo to sidestep future tariffs on Australi…
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Politics · 2 October 2026
In a dramatic Canberra briefing, the EU’s new envoy warned that Australia’s failure to adopt stringent AI regulation could trigger a global technological uprising, even as China and the US snicker from the sidelines.
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