Magnitude 4.8 earthquake hits Victoria with tremors felt across Melbourne

September 29, 2026 · 6:28 pm 11 sources

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• Australia news live: Home Affairs orders ‘rapid’ stocktake of government cyber-systems after OpenAI hack
  The Guardian · September 29, 2026 20:52
  Follow the day’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Early works are beginning on the second stage of the long-awaited train line to Melbourne Airport – a 7.6km stretch of the train line from Albion, in Sunshine West, to Keilor East, where a new station will be…
• Concern over Sydney airport as near misses and runway incursions at 20% above national average
  The Guardian · September 30, 2026 03:39
  Australian Transport Safety Bureau investigating staffing gaps as key factor in four incidents in July and August Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Modelling by Sydney airport’s air traffic control operators…
• Australia news live: ATO finds one-quarter of big firms pay zero tax; NDIS alternative Thriving Kids program begins
  The Guardian · September 30, 2026 20:58
  Follow the day’s news live. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast From today, children under nine years old with mild developmental delays and autism can access early intervention services through a program called Thriving Kids , which is administered by state and territory…
• Microsoft’s datacentres and Optus owner among firms paying zero tax on billion-dollar Australian revenues
  The Guardian · October 1, 2026 02:30
  ATO database names big companies – including Microsoft subsidiary and Netflix – that pay little corporate tax but notes there could be legitimate reasons Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Microsoft’s datacentre…
• Parts of Victoria could see three months’ worth of rain as storms forecast for Australia’s south-east
  The Guardian · October 1, 2026 03:17
  BoM expects 30 to 50mm of rain to fall in Melbourne over coming days, with showers and storms also likely for Canberra and Sydney on Saturday Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Widespread rain and thunderstorms are…
• Australia news live: eSafety warns online gaming can cause ‘serious harms’ to children; Atlassian to power solar farm
  The Guardian · October 1, 2026 20:53
  Follow the day’s news live. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Atlassian enters 10-year solar energy deal with community co-op to power Sydney HQ A solar farm owned by a group of community investors has secured a 10-year deal with one of Australia’s biggest technology…
• OpenAI disclose another hack on government department in Australia
  The Guardian · October 2, 2026 10:00
  Attack accessing historical data on bushfires occurred in June but not disclosed by the tech company until Thursday Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Artificial intelligence company OpenAI has disclosed another unauthorised hack on a government department in Australia.…
• Magnitude 4.8 earthquake hits Victoria with tremors felt across Melbourne
  The Guardian · October 2, 2026 19:57
  The epicentre was at Leongatha, 130km south-east of Melbourne, with residents reporting houses shaking just after 2am Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck Victoria in the early hours of Saturday morning, shaking Melbourne and waking people…

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