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Published: 15 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online An Australian Defence Force member has been identified as a person of interest in an investigation after a video recording device was discovered in a women’s shower facility aboard Royal Australian Navy vessel HMAS Leeuwin. The discovery has triggered serious concerns about privacy, sexual misconduct and the safety of female personnel serving in the military, prompting senior naval...

Published: 15 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Victoria is set to become the first Australian state to provide universal access to abortion care without out-of-pocket costs after the state’s Liberal-National Coalition agreed to match a major election commitment announced by the Labor government. The decision marks a significant development in Australia’s reproductive healthcare debate, placing affordability and access to essential medical services at the centre...

Published: 15 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A friend of former Australian police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon has told a court that he allegedly asked her to dispose of a mobile phone by throwing it into a body of water, days after he was accused of murdering Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies. The testimony has emerged during a closely watched murder trial in New...

Published: 14 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Australia’s Labor government has suffered a parliamentary setback after the Greens joined opposition parties and crossbench senators to block proposed cuts to private health insurance rebates for older Australians, insisting that pensioners must be protected from the changes during a continuing cost-of-living crisis. The legislation, which the Albanese government intended to introduce from April 2027, was designed to...

Published: 14 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Australian defence authorities have launched an investigation after a video recording device was discovered aboard a Royal Australian Navy vessel in Cairns, raising serious concerns about privacy, the welfare of female sailors and the possibility of unauthorised surveillance within military facilities. The device was found aboard HMAS Leeuwin on 11 October while the vessel was alongside in Cairns,...

Published: 13 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A coronial inquest in Queensland, Australia, has heard that child safety officers remained committed to returning Elizabeth Struhs to her family home in 2019 despite serious concerns raised by doctors about the risks to her health. A police officer who attended a meeting about the case told the inquest that challenging child safety officials’ decisions had often proved...

Published: 13 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A 40-year-old man and a 42-year-old woman have been charged after a baby boy, believed to have been between six and seven months old, was found dead at a motel in Adelaide, South Australia. Police say the infant had been deceased for some time before officers discovered him during a welfare check, prompting a major criminal investigation into...

Published: 12 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online An Australian Broadcasting Corporation climate journalist could face disciplinary action after publishing an opinion article in a financial newspaper in his capacity as an elected union leader, sparking a dispute over press freedom, workplace policies and the rights of journalists to represent their colleagues. Michael Slezak, an award-winning ABC climate reporter and federal president of the Media, Entertainment...

Published: 12 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Members of legendary Australian band The Seekers have criticised organisers of the Conservative Political Action Conference after the group's iconic song I Am Australian was played at the event without permission, arguing that the use of the song was fundamentally at odds with the political messages delivered by speakers at the conservative gathering. Bruce Woodley, who co-wrote the...

Published: 12 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Former students of a private religious school in western Sydney have described a deeply troubling culture in which teenagers were allegedly expected to share beds with teachers during school trips, while strict discipline, public humiliation and blurred boundaries were also part of school life. The allegations were presented to a New South Wales parliamentary inquiry investigating the management...