AFP investigates Australian links to Flydubai co-pilot | Midday News Bulletin 5 October 2026

Australia's climate change credentials under scrutiny as the Prime Minister heads to a climate conference in Fiji; the opposition says the federal government has gone too far in cutting backpacker visas; and in rugby league, reward for Sydney Roosters premiership stars, as the Aussie World Cup squads are named.

The AFP investigating Australian links to a Flydubai co-pilot who allegedly attacked his colleague; Pacific pre-COP 31 summit opens in Fiji; and in motor racing, Australia gears up for the Bathurst 1000.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to attend a pre-COP 31 summit; German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrives in Kyiv to show support for Ukraine; The Roosters complete a perfect NRL and NRLW season with grand final glory.

Yemen fighting intensifies, with air strikes and a claimed attack on Saudi oil facilities; an 18-year-old P-plater is refused bail over the Newcastle Knights crowd crash; grand final fever builds ahead of tonight’s Knights-Roosters decid

Massive protests over housing affordability in Spain; More details about the driver who crashed into a crowd of Newcastle Knights fans; Gold Coast win their first AFLW clash against Brisbane Lions.

A P-plate driver to face court after a car ploughed into a crowd of Newcastle Knights fans; One Nation launches its Victorian election campaign; Australia completes a Prime Minister’s XIII clean sweep over Papua New Guinea.

Two people critical after a car ploughs into a crowd of Newcastle Knights supporters; aftershocks possible after a magnitude 4.8 quake hits Victoria; the countdown is on to the Roosters-Broncos NRLW grand final.

Multiple people injured after a vehicle strikes waiting Newcastle fans; Thousands feel an earthquake in rural Victoria; The biggest Indigenous rugby league carnival in the world is underway.

Israeli officials in Canberra condemn conspiracy theories about the FlyDubai stabbing; Thousands feel an earthquake in rural Victoria; Heartbreak for Roosters utility Connor Watson, stood down from the NRL Grand Final.

Israel assesses the attempted stabbing of a flydubai pilot as an attempted terror attack, Arrests made after two separate home invasions targeting random women, Isaac Heeney named as the Sydney Swans' best and fairest player.