Today's headlines include:

• The unemployment rate increased to a four-year high in September, new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows.
• Defence Minister Richard Marles has offered his condolences to the loved ones of a soldier killed in a training incident in Queensland.
• Australian Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus has announced her retirement.
• And today’s good news: An image of the world's rarest hyena species (which took a decade to capture) has won the 2025 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.

Hosts: Emma Gillspie and Lucy Tassell
Producer: Lucy Tassell

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