Guardian Australia

The independent MP Helen Haines has been critically injured in an alleged attack involving a vehicle outside her electorate office in Wangaratta, in regional Victoria.

Follow live updates in our blog: www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/oct/1…

The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, confirmed on Monday night that a suspect was in custody and that the alleged attack on Haines was being investigated by the Australian federal police (AFP), Asio and the joint counter-terror taskforce.

He said the motive for the alleged attack was not known, and would not comment on whether the suspect was known to police.

In a statement, Haines’ family confirmed that she had been injured and thanked bystanders for their assistance: “This afternoon, our beloved Helen was involved in an incident outside her Wangaratta Electorate Office, and is receiving medical care.

“We thank the swift assistance of bystanders and the dedicated health workers who assisted her, and police for their response.

“Our family, and Helen’s staff, will be making no further comment at this time, and ask that their privacy be respected by the public and media. Please keep Helen in your thoughts.”


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Concerns are mounting about an ocean phenomenon known as a Kelvin wave that could raise sea levels along the California coastline by up to a foot, as scientists say El Niño is supercharging the threat of storm surges and flooding in the coming months.

As an incredibly strong El Niño continues to develop in the Pacific, the phenomenon brings with it a strange shift in the ocean. The Kelvin wave phenomenon is created when trade winds that usually blow from South America towards Asia die down or reverse in El Niño years, setting off a massive, slow-moving slosh of water.

Kelvin waves are not like crashing waves at the beach. They are planetary in scale, spanning thousands of miles. And when a Kelvin wave kicks off, it brings with it an untold amount of warm water that slowly moves from the western Pacific, along the equator, towards South, Central and North America.

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New government data released last week revealed salmon companies directed almost 1,800 underwater explosives at seals at fish farms in the first half of 2026.

Since the start of 2016, the three salmon companies operating in Tasmanian marine areas – Huon Aquaculture, Tassal and Petuna – have deployed 150,488 underwater explosives.

Read the full story: www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/22/und…

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More than 450,000 people are projected to die from the additional heat brought by the super El Niño in the next six months, according to estimates by climate scientists.

The toll is on top of the early deaths resulting from temperatures already driven up by the climate crisis. It will strike across the globe, from Indonesia to India, and Nigeria to the US. Many further deaths are expected from the droughts, wildfires and flooding that El Niños bring.

The El Niño currently heating up the planet burst through the highest temperature ever recorded for the phenomenon on Monday, several months before its expected peak. The heat is so much greater than previous events that scientists have called it “mind-blowing” and “Godzilla-level”.

Read more: www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/23/el-nin…

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Angry Anderson has died aged 79, after he was hospitalised following a cardiac arrest while on tour in Germany with the band Rose Tattoo.

Gary Anderson was not a nice boy growing up. As one of the founding members of Melbourne motorcycle club the Vigilanties, he initially earned the sobriquet Mouse, on account of his diminutive stature. Determined to prove himself a man, he developed a penchant for taking on blokes twice his size. It earned him a new nickname: the Angry Ant.

Angry – shortened for impact – suited him better. An accomplished rabble-rouser and ferocious rock’n’roll singer, Angry Anderson ended up channelling his energy into a variety of causes, the most successful of which was the Tatts, the balls-out band (there are photos to prove it) he fronted until the end.

By Anderson’s own admission, the Angry persona was akin to a cartoon character; Buster Brown – his band before Rose Tattoo, with AC/DC’s Phil Rudd on drums – was actually named after one. In 1974 they cut an album for Mushroom, Something to Say, and built a loyal following among the local sharpies in Melbourne. But that was a mere dress rehearsal.

read more: www.theguardian.com/music/2026/sep/23/angry-anders…

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YouTube star Ms Rachel has said she is matching rapper Macklemore’s $1m donation to organisations supporting Palestinians, calling on other public figures to follow suit. Macklemore, who was fired as the opening act on Ed Sheeran’s tour, pledged to donate the entirety of his earnings from the tour to several organisations focused on the Palestinian people.

Read more: www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/sep/17/ms-rachel-…

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American troops need to prepare for combat not only in Earth’s orbit but around the moon, Donald Trump’s top military adviser said on Wednesday, looking ahead to a new frontier in warfare after the US revealed for the first time that it has deployed weapons in space.

Read the full story: www.theguardian.com/science/2026/sep/16/us-space-m…

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Peering down into a giant stainless steel flask in a shed in rural Australia, three smaller containers can be seen through a haze of liquid nitrogen vapour. Inside are the frozen bodies of people who, before their death, paid handsomely to be cryogenically frozen in the hope of one day being brought back to life. ⁠
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The company is selling people “a chance of life extension”, and their seven "patients" are suspended head-down in liquid nitrogen at -196C (-321F). The gamble costs more than $200,000. Experts say there’s no way it will work.⁠
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"The horror warnings about Australia’s 'collapsing' housing market really are quite stupid – and very much in bad faith," writes Greg Jericho. "In every single state the average dwelling price was higher in June this year than a year ago … in Adelaide, Perth and Brisbane, the median price of houses has more than doubled in six years.

"Whenever we hear anyone, whether they be an economist seeking an AFR column or a wannabe comedy-influencer seeking a spot on Sky After Dark, talking about the fall in house prices and the end of time, we really do need to calm the hell down. … the 'scary' projections about how far house prices would fall would take prices in Sydney merely back to 2023 levels. In Brisbane the projected fall wouldn’t even get you back to the price they were at the end of last year!

"The changes in the budget are working as expected and desired. And if anyone thinks they are about to destroy the wealth of Australians, they should think back to 2021 and remember that no one thought housing was cheap then."

Read the full piece and see all of Greg's graphs: www.theguardian.com/business/grogonomics/2026/sep/…

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EXCLUSIVE: The US now has access to more than 100 of Australia’s military bases – could it drag the country unwillingly into war? ► www.theguardian.com/australia-news/ng-interactive/…

Research by the Nautilus Institute has revealed what some analysts have labelled a 'colonisation' of Australia by the United States – more than half of the military bases in Australia have either US military or military corporate access.

See a map of all the US military bases in Australia, including Pine Gap in the Northern Territory, the highly secretive joint Australian-US satellite communications and signals intelligence surveillance base established by the CIA in 1966.

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