The Brief · Sep 20

1. John Farnham now requires 24-hour nursing care at home
2. Kris Rallah-Baker becomes Australia's first Indigenous ophthalmologist
3. Australia records 275 child exploitation reports daily, up 21 per cent in a year
4. Denver blends locals and visitors so seamlessly that travellers stop looking
5. Norfolk Island tiger sharks grow twice the size of East Coast cousins
6. Vocational subjects now give Queensland students higher ATAR scores
7. Six Indonesia volcanoes erupt at once, disrupting 340,000 passengers
8. Charlotte Patmore, 10, beats adult bowls veterans at Burnie club

Across every layer of Australian society, today's news shows progress being made, traditions being honoured, and urgent threats demanding attention.