BoM forecast top of 39C for Sydney would surpass 38.2C October record from 2004. Follow today’s news live • October heat records broken across Australia as Sydney braces for temperatures way above the norm

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Brittany Higgins has dropped her appeal against the Western Australia supreme court decision that she defamed Linda Reynolds in a series of social media posts, according to reports.

In August the state supreme court judge Paul Tottle ruled that the former defence minister’s reputation was damaged by a 2022 social media post from David Sharaz, which Higgins respond

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