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Daily Brief - 2026-10-13

The Brief · Oct 13

Disaster recovery, smart glass loopholes, a Telstra pay cut and a jailed breach all landed on the same grim, accountability-heavy day.

  1. Disaster recovery should be planned for at least five years, UNSW expert says
  2. Greens plan a 12-month import ban on smart glasses
  3. Carnes Hill pool moves forward despite its architect's collapse
  4. Shontelle Burston jailed for six weeks after breaching her sentence
  5. Charlee Hosking, 11, returns to Telethon stage with her cheer squad
  6. Old Gingerbread House in Launceston listed, offers over $735,000 expected
  7. Korean surgery firm Restory cancels Sydney event with unregistered doctors
  8. Telstra cuts boss Vicki Brady's pay by $607,000 after July outage

Taken together, the day shows institutions and companies being held to account, from Telstra's board and a court to regulators checking imports and planners preparing for long disaster recovery.

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