This page compiles today’s top stories breaking on Australian media.

The Swans have advanced to Saturday’s AFL grand final after shattering their losing streak against Port Adelaide and are on an international manhunt for someone responsible for dousing a 9-month-old with hot coffee at an Australian park.

Weather

Weather in much of Australia will soon begin warming, though there could still be days or weeks with cold conditions mixed in.

This year’s astronomical spring equinox occurred on September 22, one day later than last year – this adjustment aims to better match meteorological and astronomical seasons with how Earth’s populations experience them.

BOM’s spring outlook has become clearer over the past week, with southern Queensland and northern New South Wales trending toward warm conditions, Tasmania looking slightly drier, and Eastern Australia still lacking clear rainfall projections due to La Nina and Indian Ocean Dipole events having significant impacts on seasonal changes, possibly including rainfall amounts this spring.

AFL

Sydney have officially secured their place in the AFL Grand Final after breaking their longstanding jinx against Port Adelaide with a strong preliminary final victory, but that doesn’t mean their task is finished yet.

Essendon fans are disgruntled that their Bombers have raised prices on some memberships, yet are standing behind their decision.

Keith Titmuss died aged 20 after receiving a head knock in an AFL football match and became the youngest Australian sportsperson ever diagnosed with Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, or CTE.

Mr Pinkney does not shy away from writing columns or hard news stories due to fears they will upset HQ, although some headlines have been more “spicy”. He has become used to media rivals accusing him of running footy’s version of Pravda. With AFL’s vast rights deal radically altering what kind of person it needs for its next Chief Executive role – this may no longer require extensive broadcast negotiation skills as essential requirements for appointment.

Socceroos

Australia’s hopes of qualifying for the 2026 World Cup were dealt a severe setback after Graham Arnold’s side were held to a scoreless draw by an ambitious Indonesia squad on Thursday, while Nestory Irankunda is set to have his Socceroos debut prevented by moving to an Italian club and Chelsea is poised to hire Leicester City manager Enzo Maresca as their new head coach.

Football Australia was left reeling after the sudden departure of 61-year-old Coach Stuart Low, prompting them to scramble for a replacement before their World Cup qualifier against China on October 8th. This unfolding saga only adds further complications in an extraordinary week of Australian football that saw one man’s life drastically altered by heart attacks and young fans burned by flares thrown from crowds at Melbourne’s Federation Square stadium.

As part of the chaos, a young fan was injured with severe burns and airlifted to hospital; it is anticipated he will make a full recovery. Sydney are through to their second AFL grand final after ending their three-game home hoodoo with a dominant win against Port Adelaide at the SCG.

NRL

The National Rugby League Competition, or NRL for short, is Australia’s premier rugby league competition and features teams from Sydney club rugby league competition. Over time it has grown immensely popular across Australia with millions of people watching its games both live and online – even attempting expansion into America using an NFL-esque model.

Nicho Hynes will be under immense pressure to regain his starting spot following Cronulla’s sudden death semi-final loss to Melbourne Storm. Next week they face Penrith Panthers again and should see Valynce Te Whare back.

Melbourne Storm have had great success turning a Kiwi rugby sevens star into a star player for the NRL, and are planning on doing it again with Josh Addo-Carr. In meeting with the integrity unit, Addo-Carr maintains his innocence; furthermore, content production for all NRL owned technologies has been centralized on one platform to dramatically improve efficiency while eliminating duplicative effort.