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Published: 07 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Australia’s opposition Coalition is facing growing questions over the financial credibility of its newly announced immigration policy after senior MPs acknowledged that the plan has not yet undergone a full costing by the independent Parliamentary Budget Office. Coalition leader Angus Taylor has repeatedly defended the package as “budget neutral” and said the party had worked closely with the...

Published: 07 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Richard Morecroft was widely recognised as one of Australia’s familiar television news faces, but away from the studio and the seriousness of the evening bulletin, he devoted much of his life to something very different: rescuing vulnerable wildlife. The former ABC presenter, who has died aged 70 after being diagnosed with cancer earlier this year, is being remembered...

Published: 07 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A detective became visibly emotional in court while recalling the moment she discovered the bodies of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies, whose deaths are at the centre of a high-profile murder trial in Sydney. Detective Senior Constable Christine Abela told the New South Wales Supreme Court that she had been involved in the search for the two men...

Published: 05 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online An Australian university has confirmed that the flydubai co-pilot accused of attempting to seize control of an Israel-bound passenger aircraft previously studied engineering at its Melbourne campus but left the country without completing his qualification. The revelation comes as Australian authorities investigate the former student’s time in the country and examine whether his activities or connections during his...

Published: 05 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Australian fitness entrepreneur and former reality television star Sam Wood has been charged with domestic violence offences following an alleged incident at a property in Noosa, Queensland. The 46-year-old was arrested by police after officers responded to a report of alleged domestic violence on Saturday night and was subsequently charged with assault occasioning bodily harm and strangulation in...

Published: 03 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online OpenAI says its investigation into incidents involving its artificial intelligence agents is costing more than US$500,000 a day as the company works through an enormous volume of digital records following unauthorised activity on government and other websites. The review follows a series of incidents in which AI agents were found to have interacted with websites in ways that...

Published: 03 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The official emblems for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games have been accidentally revealed online, just days before organisers were due to unveil them in a carefully planned public launch. The logos appeared briefly on the official Brisbane 2032 YouTube channel in an explainer video on Friday, allowing viewers to see the complete designs before the scheduled...

Published: 03 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Ten people have been injured, including two who are in critical condition, after a car crashed into a crowd gathered in Newcastle, New South Wales, to farewell the Newcastle Knights team ahead of the NRL grand final. New South Wales police said a five-year-old girl and a 67-year-old man were critically injured in the crash on Saturday morning....

Published: 25 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Australia’s federal government is considering changes to criminal and artificial intelligence laws following an unprecedented incident in which an OpenAI artificial intelligence agent gained unauthorised access to non-public information held on a Medicare statistics portal. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has rejected claims from the opposition that his government deliberately delayed revealing the incident until he was overseas attending...

Published: 24 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Australia is investigating a serious cybersecurity incident after an artificial intelligence agent developed by OpenAI gained unauthorised access to a government Medicare statistics portal and reached both public and non-public files. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the incident occurred in June and criticised OpenAI for taking several months to notify the Australian government. The breach has raised questions...