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Two people have died and another person is in a critical condition, after a three-vehicle crash in Suffolk Park, near Byron Bay.
Emergency services were called to Broken Head Road this morning after reports of a motor-vehicle crash.
Police say the male driver of one vehicle and the female driver of another vehicle died at the scene.
A passenger of the second vehicle – a woman in her sixties – was treated at the scene and airlifted to Gold Coast University Hospital in a critical condition.
An investigation is underway and a report is being prepared for the coroner.
Energy minister Chris Bowen has defended the Prime Minister's decision to make an overseas trip, as the central bank prepares to hand down its interest rate decision on Tuesday.
Anthony Albanese is overseas from today until Wednesday attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Antigua and Barbuda.
The Coalition says it is the wrong time to be making the trip, with Opposition Treasury spokesman Tim Wilson questioning whether Mr Albanese should be travelling, while Australians come under growing cost-of-living pressures.
Mr Bowen says it is important that Mr Albanese attend the meeting to discuss global challenges, including climate change, trade and the rise of artificial intelligence.
"I have been disappointed to see some of the commentary from the opposition about this, who are being very immature. They know that the Australian prime minister must and should engage our prime ministers overseas. Their prime ministers did - without criticism from us. You know when John Howard went to CHOGM. When Scott Morrison, Tony Abbott went to CHOGM that was appropriate. All the partners in CHOGM are key partners and friends of Australia. And while of course, the government has remained very much focused on cost of living; the prime minister engaging overseas is very much in the national interest."
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has warned the world is at a “moment of choosing”, as G20 foreign ministers meet in Atlanta to discuss global security and economic pressures.
He says conflicts and geopolitical tensions are posing severe threats and is calling on G20 nations to coordinate their responses and strengthen economic resilience.
"We are facing a series of interconnected economic and geopolitical crisis, as many of which pose severe threats. Severe threats to essential foundations of the global economic order .. new disruptions and strains to global energy and food supplies, to the global supply chain, trade, to freedom of navigation itself.. ... And the G20 must work together to confront these threats."
US-Israeli strikes on Iran earlier this year helped trigger Tehran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, a key route for global oil and gas shipments.
The conflict sent energy prices soaring.
Palestinians in Ramallah are questioning whether Israel’s election will improve their lives, as parties begin negotiations to form government.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc won 53 seats, while the opposition won 48.
Arab-led parties secured the remaining 19 seats in the 120-member Knesset, giving them potential influence in negotiations as the parties seek to form the 61-seat bloc needed to govern.
Mr Netanyahu has ruled out forming a coalition with Arab parties.
One Ramallah resident says neither Mr Netanyahu nor his main rival, Gadi Eisenkot, offer Palestinians much hope.
“What will change? Nothing will change. If Eisenkot forms a government, what will change for us as Palestinians? Will the checkpoints be removed, for example? Will we have social welfare? Will the economy improve? It won’t improve. Nothing will change. Neither Eisenkot nor Netanyahu is willing to form an alliance with our Palestinian brothers inside Israel. On that basis, things are heading toward an emergency government."
The new Knesset is expected to be sworn in on November 10, while Mr Netanyahu remains in charge during the negotiations.
US President Donald Trump and Argentina's President Javier Milei [[ha-vee-AIR mil-AY]] are facing mounting pressure to explain the role their countries played in helping Flavio Bolsonaro flee Brazil.
The 45-year-old politician fled his country two days after being defeated by incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in a presidential election, despite being ordered to surrender all his passports due to an ongoing investigation into him on suspicion of money-laundering.
He left the country via Argentina and Ecuador, and landed in Florida on Wednesday, where declared himself the rightful leader of Brazil.
Speaking from an undisclosed location in the United States, Mr Bolsonaro says he would be open to running for president again before the next election.
"I'll be here. If necessary, I will even run for the presidency again. These almost sixty million votes you gave me mean a great deal to me...It gives me a lot of awareness and even more courage to face whatever I have to face, if necessary, to rescue and save our country, to run in one more presidential election. I'm not talking about 2030, I'm talking about before that."
To sport, in tennis, Germany's Alexander Zverev has secured the men's world number one ranking for the first time in his career.
The 29-year-old will officially replace Jannik Sinner on Monday, becoming the 30th man to top the rankings since 1973.
Zverev's rise follows a breakthrough season in which he won his first two Grand Slam titles, at the French Open and US Open.
His career was nearly derailed by a serious ankle injury at the 2022 French Open.
Zverev says years of setbacks have made reaching the top even more special.
"There were many, many difficult moments, but I always somehow believed in it. I just kept going. This year, I also took the step of redesigning my game a bit, and it's a dream come true, of course, how this season has gone."
