Airport Rail Progress, Melbourne House Prices Fall & Australia’s Test Fight | 22 Oct 2026
Good morning, Melbourne. It’s Thursday, and Daniel and Maya bring the CBD and metro weather, ten verified stories affecting Melburnians, and the major sport worth knowing.
Today: a preferred bidder is named for the first major Melbourne Airport Rail works; seven people are charged over the death of Lino Atem in Wyndham Vale; Melbourne house prices record their largest quarterly fall in four years; the future ownership of the Melbourne Market becomes a state-election issue; Victoria and the Commonwealth reach a $13.6 billion public-school funding agreement; Helen Haines’s condition and the…
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