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• Bathurst 1000: How to watch, race start time and weather forecast

  07-10-2026 21:33 via abc.net.au
  
  Here is what you need to know about this weekend's Bathurst 1000, including when the race begins and how you can follow the action.
  
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• Judith Lucy's cancer journey will reveal resilience she didn't know she had

  09-10-2026 20:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Judith Lucy's breast cancer diagnosis means she has joined a club nobody wants to be a part of. A survivor tells how humour and resilience can make the journey easier.
  
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• Family turns bare island into reef oasis after guano mining destroys it

  09-10-2026 20:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Lady Elliot Island sat bare, bleak and silent for 100 years after guano miners ravaged it, leaving a moonscape devoid of life. Then in the 1960s, one family started planting trees.
  
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• Live: Matildas take on world number three Germany in friendly

  09-10-2026 20:16 via abc.net.au
  
  The Matildas take on world number three Germany without gun Mary Fowler, as Tori Tumeth, Courtney Newbon and Hana Lowry hope for a debut in Karlsruhe. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Germany take the lead over Matildas in important friendly

  09-10-2026 20:16 via abc.net.au
  
  The Matildas take on world number three Germany without gun Mary Fowler, as Tori Tumeth, Courtney Newbon and Hana Lowry hope for a debut in Karlsruhe. Follow live.
  
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• Labor's surcharge headache exposes a government on the back foot

  09-10-2026 20:00 via abc.net.au
  
  After furious backlash from small businesses, the electorate and some of his own colleagues, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has rapidly reversed two major government decisions. But is it enough?
  
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• How Firmus, the biggest IPO in three decades, fell over

  09-10-2026 20:00 via abc.net.au
  
  There were high hopes for the Firmus float, but it sunk amid concerns about debt and ambitious expansion plans.
  
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• Litchfield fireworks help Australia to ODI victory over Bangladesh

  09-10-2026 12:57 via abc.net.au
  
  A quick fire half-century to Phoebe Litchfield has helped Australia to a commanding seven-wicket victory over Bangladesh in their first ODI in Brisbane.
  
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• Live: More agony for Aussie batters despite early luck against South Africa

  09-10-2026 08:31 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia loses early wickets in Durban despite recalled opener Nic Maddinson dodging a bullet when South Africa failed to review an LBW appeal in the fifth over. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Marnus falls on the stroke of lunch with Aussies under pressure in Durban

  09-10-2026 08:31 via abc.net.au
  
  Marnus Labuschagne is dismissed with the final ball of the morning session as Australia reaches lunch at 3-84 after an absorbing morning session of the first Test against South Africa. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Maddinson can't cash in on huge slice of luck in Test recall

  09-10-2026 08:31 via abc.net.au
  
  Nic Maddinson falls for a 33-ball duck after he should have been given out LBW but South Africa failed to review an appeal in the fifth over. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Huge slice of luck for Maddinson in first Test in 10 years

  09-10-2026 08:31 via abc.net.au
  
  Nic Maddinson is playing his first Test in 10 years and will open the batting against South Africa in Durban. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Double shock as veteran recalled to open in first South Africa Test

  09-10-2026 08:31 via abc.net.au
  
  Nic Maddinson is playing his first Test in 10 years and will open the batting against South Africa in Durban. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Bad light pauses play with Renshaw on the brink of drought-breaking milestone

  09-10-2026 08:31 via abc.net.au
  
  Matt Renshaw is stranded four runs short of his first Test half-century in nine years as bad light halts play on the first day of the opening Test against South Africa. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Australian tail exposed as batting woes continues in South Africa

  09-10-2026 08:31 via abc.net.au
  
  Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne fall either side of the lunch break, with Australia under pressure on the first day of the opening Test against South Africa. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Aussies reeling as Smith and Labuschagne fall either side of lunch

  09-10-2026 08:31 via abc.net.au
  
  Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne fall either side of the lunch break, with Australia under pressure on the first day of the opening Test against South Africa. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Aussies make long-awaited return to South Africa for Test series

  09-10-2026 08:31 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia is set to play its first Test on South African shores since the 2018 Sandpapergate scandal threw the sport into chaos. Follow live.
  
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• Bad light stops play with Renshaw on the brink of drought-breaking milestone

  09-10-2026 08:31 via abc.net.au
  
  Matt Renshaw is stranded four runs short of his first Test half-century in nine years as bad light halts play on the first day of the opening Test against South Africa.
  
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• Australia and New Zealand police target motorbike gang deemed 'high threat'

  09-10-2026 07:52 via abc.net.au
  
  An outlaw motorbike gang police say puts "profits ahead of public safety" has been targeted by authorities in a bid to undermine its criminal control.
  
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• How the card surcharge ban could change our relationship with cash

  09-10-2026 07:01 via abc.net.au
  
  Some businesses are offering customer discounts for the use of cash after the Reserve Bank of Australia banned card surcharges. But it's unlikely to return cash to the preferred type of payment.
  
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• The fruit and vegetables to look out for this month

  09-10-2026 07:00 via abc.net.au
  
  From garden peas to red capsicums, check out the fresh produce that could help you save money on groceries this month.
  
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• Dal Santo quits as St Kilda AFLW coach in winless season

  09-10-2026 04:51 via abc.net.au
  
  St Kilda has announced an independent review into its AFLW program, as the Saints confirm Nick Dal Santo has decided to step down as coach after eight winless games in 2026.
  
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• The mixed fortunes of Australia's last South African touring party

  09-10-2026 04:11 via abc.net.au
  
  Some players from Australia's last Test tour of South Africa saw their careers skyrocket, while others couldn't recapture the same heights. Here is a look at what came of each member of the 2018 touring party.
  
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• Kiwi driver endures 42G impact from high-speed crash at Bathurst

  09-10-2026 03:47 via abc.net.au
  
  Kiwi Supercars driver Ryan Wood escapes injury after a high-speed crash during practice at Mount Panorama. 
  
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• Breaking: Hollard insurance fined $2m for handling of claim that destroyed home

  09-10-2026 03:21 via abc.net.au
  
  The Federal Court blasts Hollard's handling of an insurance claim which left a regional Victorian destroyed and uninhabitable. 
  
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• Breaking: ATO credit card ban delayed as government backs down after business backlash

  09-10-2026 02:59 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government will temporarily cover credit card surcharges after businesses warned that losing the payment option would put them under pressure.
  
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• Breaking: ATO credit card ban delay as government backs down after business backlash

  09-10-2026 02:59 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government will temporarily cover credit card surcharges after businesses warned that losing the payment option would put them under pressure.
  
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• Michael Robotham's latest novel sat in his bottom drawer for 35 years

  09-10-2026 01:00 via abc.net.au
  
  When the internationally bestselling crime novelist first dreamt up Tell Me Something True, he saw it as a coming-of-age story rather than a crime yarn.
  
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• Khawaja's 'Sandpapergate' book does not worry Cummins

  09-10-2026 00:25 via abc.net.au
  
  Pat Cummins says he is proud of the Australian team's evolution since the 2018 "Sandpapergate" incident, as Usman Khawaja, who played in that Test, prepares to release his autobiography.
  
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• Data centre operator Firmus pulls blockbuster ASX float after lacklustre demand

  09-10-2026 00:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Firmus searches for private funding as it withdraws its application to list on the ASX just a day after closing its books to investors. 
  
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