What we learned, 5 October 2025
With that we’re wrapping up the blog. Before we go, here are the major stories from Sunday:
Melbourne’s Town Hall station – the first new train station in Melbourne’s CBD in more than 40 years – has now completed construction.
A 20% cut to Hecs debts is expected to begin being processed next month with all those eligible to receive confirmation by the end of the year.
New South Wales police have formed a strike force to investigate after an 84-year-old was found dead in suspicious circumstances.
The Greens leader, Larissa Waters, says Australia should be doing more to assist Australians who participated in the Sumud flotilla in Israeli custody;
Liberal frontbencher Melissa McIntosh said she backed Andrew Hastie’s stance on immigration issues.
We’ll pick things up again tomorrow.
Updated
A woman has died in a suspected drowning on Sydney’s Northern Beaches.
Emergency services responded to a call for help on Prahran Avenue, Frenchs Forest, at 10.30am on Sunday morning.
Upon arrival officers attached to Northern Beaches Police Area Command attended and found an elderly woman, believed to be in her 80s, unresponsive in a swimming pool.
Fire and Rescue NSW officers pulled the woman from the pool before she was assessed by NSW Ambulance paramedics, but she died at the scene.
A crime scene has been established, and police have commenced an investigation.
Inquiries are ongoing.
A report will be prepared for the Coroner.
