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News from the ABC Australia

Record sheep prices can't save saleyard despite $1 lease offer
Posted on Monday October 05, 2026

Despite record sheep prices the Jerilderie saleyard will be decommissioned after Murrumbidgee Council failed to find anyone to take over its 20-year lease offered for just $1 per year.

Mary Fowler withdraws from Matildas squad for Germany, Haiti games
Posted on Monday October 05, 2026

Mary Fowler will be replaced by Leah Davidson for the upcoming friendlies, with the Matildas star withdrawing due to personal circumstances.

Live: Wantaway Saints star boycotts best and fairest as Cats eye AFL trade
Posted on Monday October 05, 2026

St Kilda ruck Rowan Marshall does not attend the Saints' best and fairest event as he tries to force through a trade to Geelong. Follow all the news and debate from the AFL trade period in our live blog.

Trump's former press secretary Karoline Leavitt joins Fox News
Posted on Monday October 05, 2026

Karoline Leavitt, the youngest person to hold the role of press secretary, is joining Fox News as an on-air contributor in November.

WA has high hopes for Land Forces as anti-war activists prepare to protest
Posted on Monday October 05, 2026

Australia's biggest defence expo is making its debut in Perth with the WA government saying it is important "strategically, commercially" as anti-war activists prepare to protest. 

UK author and politician Jeffrey Archer dies aged 86
Posted on Monday October 05, 2026

Jeffrey Archer was a best-selling author who sold more than 300 million copies worldwide, with his final novel due to be published this month.

Bird flu adds to fears for threatened species at proposed wind farm site
Posted on Monday October 05, 2026

Victorian ecologists are warning of the "compounding risks" of bird flu and a proposal for the nation's tallest wind turbines on threatened species.

Violence-racked remote NT community appeals for social club trial
Posted on Monday October 05, 2026

Residents of the Northern Territory's second-largest remote community are divided over whether a social club should be opened and serve alcohol, amid ongoing violence in the town.

Live: ASX set to rise, Nasdaq hits new record high
Posted on Monday October 05, 2026

The Australian share market is set to open higher. The Nasdaq hit a record high after Wall Street's tech stocks surged. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 

The people and programs trying to tackle homelessness in Lakes Entrance
Posted on Monday October 05, 2026

The Victorian region synonymous with boating, tourism and recreational camping is now home to a growing number of rough sleepers.  

Data breaches across Queensland's public sector on the rise
Posted on Monday October 05, 2026

The Office of the Information Commissioner says some of the breaches were malicious and intentional.

Live: Coalition expected to cut migration to 100,000 in first year if elected
Posted on Monday October 05, 2026

The Coalition is expected to announce it will cut net overseas migration to 100,000 in its first year of government. Follow live. 

Demon faces Djokovic in China final after Medvedev disqualified
Posted on Monday October 05, 2026

Drama at the China Open as Daniil Medvedev is disqualified for hitting a spectator with a tennis ball, while Australia's Alex de Minaur reaches the final after his opponent retires due to injury.

Australian predator relocated to refuge as population dwindles
Posted on Monday October 05, 2026

Once a key Australian predator, northern quoll numbers are now dwindling due to habitat loss and predation. A new program is hoping to give the endangered mammal a future. 

Rural communities feel locked out of national childcare fund
Posted on Monday October 05, 2026

It was a fund designed to reduce the number of childcare deserts in Australia, but industry advocates say the Building Early Education Fund has left rural communities behind. 

Basin communities feeling drained as more water buybacks considered
Posted on Monday October 05, 2026

The federal government has not ruled out using more water buybacks to make up a shortfall in a key Murray-Darling Basin Plan water-saving target.

Car destroyed in another suburban firebombing in Melbourne's north-west
Posted on Monday October 05, 2026

A car has been destroyed in an arson attack in Keilor less than 24 hours after a firebombing in nearby Taylors Hill.

Trauma support urged for witnesses of Knights fans car crash
Posted on Monday October 05, 2026

Experts warn that people who saw a car hit 10 Knights fans in Newcastle could face an emotional toll, and want support to be offered.

Concerns as new $1.2b recycling facility will service data centres
Posted on Monday October 05, 2026

Western Sydney's Kemps Creek facility announced the treatment centre would now factor water needed to service NSW data centres.

'Huge gap' between employers and abuse survivors over workplace support
Posted on Monday October 05, 2026

Research by the Humans for Purpose Academy finds the vast majority of survivors felt inadequately supported by their workplaces as they escaped domestic and family violence.



News from the BBC World Service

Trump says 'threat' led US to pull bombers from RAF Fairford
Posted on Monday October 05, 2026

The Pentagon confirmed on Sunday it had removed the B1 bombers from the base in England back to their home stations in America.

Author and former politician Jeffrey Archer dies aged 86
Posted on Monday October 05, 2026

His last book, Adam and Eve, is set to release this month.

King's funding for Andrew not to be used for legal action against police
Posted on Monday October 05, 2026

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is taking action over search warrants issued ahead of his arrest in February.

What we know about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's legal action against police
Posted on Monday October 05, 2026

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is taking legal action against Thames Valley Police over his arrest in February.

Teenager's hand blown off during confrontation between France school protesters and police
Posted on Monday October 05, 2026

The prefect of Pas-de-Calais says the 15-year-old's life is "not in danger" after the "very serious" incident.

Prisoner took his own life after terror order had 'substantial impact' on mental state, inquest finds
Posted on Monday October 05, 2026

Akhtar Uddin was jailed for breaching Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures in 2020.

British Museum boss 'sorry' for Bayeux Tapestry visitor issues
Posted on Monday October 05, 2026

Changes to how visitors see the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition were made after concerns over long queues and overcrowding.

Pentagon stops using Anthropic AI tools after blacklisting company, BBC told
Posted on Monday October 05, 2026

It labelled Anthropic a "supply chain risk" in February after the firm refused to remove safety guardrails from its tools.

Blue Planet and Gandhi composer George Fenton dies aged 76
Posted on Monday October 05, 2026

The musician received five Oscar nominations, and soundtracked dozens of memorable nature films.

US 'watching closely' after plague researcher dies in Russia
Posted on Monday October 05, 2026

Donald Trump says the US was looking "very strongly" at the case of a lab technician who died at a research centre in Siberia.

BBC appoints Rachel Jupp as new director of news
Posted on Monday October 05, 2026

Jupp is a former deputy editor of BBC Two's Newsnight and has also served as Panorama's editor.

Shadow chancellor vows to cut at least one tax in every Tory budget
Posted on Monday October 05, 2026

Shadow ministers unveiled a series of policies on day two of the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham.

Jeffrey Archer: successful novelist, disgraced politician and convicted liar
Posted on Monday October 05, 2026

Politician and best-selling author whose career was mired in scandal and disgrace.

Spain PM pins hopes on housing crisis to help win snap election
Posted on Monday October 05, 2026

Calling of a snap election was not a knee-jerk reaction from Pedro Sánchez but a carefully thought-out manoeuvre, Guy Hedgecoe reports from Madrid.

Would the Conservatives' plan make new houses £50,000 cheaper?
Posted on Monday October 05, 2026

BBC Verify looks into the shadow chancellor's plan to cut some building regulations to reduce construction costs.

Henry Zeffman: Tensions exposed among Greens by 'Zionism is racism' conference vote
Posted on Monday October 05, 2026

What may be troubling for the Greens institutionally is what this episode reveals about some of the dynamics in the party.

Rachel Jupp is a bold choice for BBC News chief, says Katie Razzall
Posted on Monday October 05, 2026

The new director of news takes over from Deborah Turness, who resigned as CEO last year.

It's been a terrible year for farming, Jeremy Clarkson tells Tory conference
Posted on Monday October 05, 2026

The former Top Gear presenter and star of Clarkson's Farm also said farmers were being "attacked" from every angle.

Pickford 'almost caused crash' with careless driving
Posted on Monday October 05, 2026

The goalkeeper was pulled over by police after ignoring a give way sign, forcing two cars to brake.

Average five-year mortgage rate hits 6% for first time in three years
Posted on Monday October 05, 2026

The cost of a new fixed-rate mortgage has been rising in recent weeks as lenders face higher costs.



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