Paige Fryer
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- Sep 28, 2026
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Aussies clinging onto ageing smartphones as tech costs soar (opens the original)
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Australians are keeping their phones for longer as the price of new devices continues to climb, with some of the latest high-end models now setting people back thousands of dollars. The number of customers continuing to use a phone that is at least four-years-old or more has doubled since 2021, according to new data by Vodafone. The telco said it is seeing more customers push into their fourth year with the same handset, as people weigh up the cost of updating the technology they already have, w
Millions of Aussies face $6.5k blow (opens the original)
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Mortgage holders may have to stretch their wallets even further as markets expect them to be hit with a $6509-a-year increase in repayments. It’s widely predicted the RBA will increase the cash rate by 25 basis points to 4.60 per cent on Tuesday. The rate rise would leave borrowers with an average mortgage of $736,259, paying an extra $427 a month than they were at the start of 2026 or an extra $5124 a year, according to Finder. But the pain could deepen, with one further rate rise this year pre
Surprise twist in Aussie flu cases (opens the original)
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Flu cases have surged by more than a quarter, with infections continuing to climb in spring. A total of 31,650 influenza cases were recorded nationally in the two weeks to September 6, up 27.2 per cent from the previous fortnight. National cases have now reached 130,355 for the year to date, although that figure remains 62.6 per cent below the tally recorded at the same point in 2025. NSW has recorded the highest number of infections so far this year with 65,615 cases, followed by Queensland wit
Nurse’s desperate act to save 2yo boy (opens the original)
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A senior emergency nurse bypassed attending doctors to rush a rapidly-deteriorating toddler into resuscitation, moments before he suffered a cardiac arrest, a coronial inquest has been told. Senior registered nurse Felicity Melville held back tears as she gave evidence at an inquest examining the final hours of Joe Massa’s life on Thursday. Ms Melville said she recalled taking over as team leader at Northern Beaches Hospital at 10am on September 14, 2024, while the two-year-old was in care. She
Popular beach closed after shark attack (opens the original)
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A popular Aussie beach has been shut after a suspected shark attack, just days after a surfer was bitten on the leg in a shockingly similar incident hundreds of kilometres up the West Australian coast. Sorrento Beach, in Perth’s north, was closed to swimmers on Friday after the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development received a report of a possible shark attack about 10.15am. The ABC reported St John WA received reports of an attack before sending three crews to the scene. A po
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