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Backed by their cheerleader-in-chief, Chris Minns, when you thought Murdoch writers couldn’t stoop any lower, they did. Andrew Brown was there. On October 7, the Daily Telegraph told Sydney that “subhuman ghouls” were gathering again to celebrate a slaughter of innocents. I was at that gathering. It was a candlelight vigil at Town Hall, organised by Jews Against the Occupation ’48. About 200 people came, mostly older Australians. They prayed for the Jewish and Palestinian dead.

October 14, 2026 16:17 | News China’s exports surged 36.3 per cent in September from a year earlier, its customs agency says, bringing it on track to exceed 2025’s record trade surplus as pressure ramps up from its trading partners, including the European Union, to rebalance trade. The exports data, which was better than what economists had expected, accelerated from the 25 per cent growth in August. High-tech goods such as semiconductors and autos have helped fuel its rising shipments overseas.

The coalition wants to strip back Australia’s mandatory emissions reporting requirements for businesses to cut costs. Deputy opposition leader Jane Hume will introduce a bill on Wednesday to drastically roll back climate reporting requirements she says are hitting family-run companies in the hip pocket. Under the government’s mandatory climate and sustainability reporting regime, large companies must disclose direct and indirect electricity greenhouse gas emissions generated in Australia.

October 14, 2026 14:34 | News Taiwan has agreed to buy 30 per cent of the ‌liquefied natural gas from a pipeline project in Alaska, US President Donald Trump says, but the ‌deal terms were not immediately clear. “Taiwan has just agreed to buy 30 per cent of the gas coming off the pipeline for the next 20 years,” Trump said at a rally in Alaska.

Mudgee residents fear lead poisoning as Bowdens Silver’s mine project near Lue heads for approval by the IPC. Michael Sainsbury with the story. The proposed new Bowdens Silver mine site is more lead and zinc by weight than silver, and a suppressed study shows what mining lead near communities does to children’s blood, as Broken Hill residents have experienced. The Independent Planning Commission (IPC) is holding a public hearing this week.

October 14, 2026 12:56 | News The head of an influential Pacific nations group has taken a swipe at Australia’s fixation on attendance and cost of this month’s pre-COP event, while urging greater climate investment for the region. Palau President Surangel Whipps, who took the senior leadership role after hosting the region’s annual summit last month, has spent the week in Canberra on a bilateral visit.

October 14, 2026 12:41 | News Australia’s share market is trading lower, tracking a soft Wall Street session after US banks sold off despite many delivering better-than-expected earnings.

The development of a $1 billion gold mine has made a “significant” step forward, after a court overturned a federal Aboriginal heritage protection order. Then environment minister Tanya Plibersek issued the protection order rejecting the proposed site of a tailings dam at Regis Resources’ McPhillamys Gold Project near Blayney, in central western NSW, in 2024.

Rio ‌Tinto says it’s on track to release about $US5 billion ($A7.2 billion) in capital by the end of 2026, ‌after strong mine performance helped lift third quarter iron ore sales from its Pilbara operations above market expectations. The world’s largest iron ore producer sold 85.7 million metric tonnes of the steel-making commodity from Pilbara in the quarter ended on September 30, up two per cent from a year earlier.

October 14, 2026 11:36 | News Origin Energy’s leadership says there is no evidence hacked customer data has been published on the dark web, after a major breach. Hackers stole roughly 900,000 customers’ and former customers’ data, including names, addresses and dates of birth, while up to 60 full bank account numbers and around 100 ID document numbers were accessed during the July hack.