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The College Football Playoff and ESPN are nearing completion of a television contract that would expand the CFP to 24 teams beginning in 2027. The discussed format would give the top eight seeds first-round byes, have teams seeded 9–24 play eight opening-round games, and center on 19 at-large bids alongside Power Four champions and the highest-ranked Group of 6 team.
Adam Radwanski wrote that the upcoming federal budget is an opportunity for Mark Carney to 'think small' and shift emphasis toward support for Canadian small businesses and early‑stage technology. Radwanski said the budget should favour targeted measures such as capital‑gains tax exemptions for early investors and other supports rather than concentrating mainly on large infrastructure projects tied to fossil‑fuel development.
CBS Sports says the College Football Playoff bubble tightened after Week 6 and Oklahoma's victory over Texas positions the Sooners as a potential bracket buster. The outlet adds multiple teams face top-10 opponents this week and highlights several signature win opportunities that will shape at-large hopes.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has taken Kmart to federal court alleging Kmart sold OXX nail glue that burnt users, including children. The ACCC says Kmart updated packaging in December 2024 but continued selling pre-existing stock without burn-risk warnings until February 2025.
PLC Resources has begun a two-stage satellite geo-spectral survey over its Abbotts gold project in Western Australia. The program will use hyperspectral EnMAP imagery for regional screening and higher-resolution multispectral imagery down to 31 centimetres to refine structural gold targets across the project's 205 km² of tenements and an additional 300 km² of surrounding ground.
Bending Spoons announced plans to cut a "large part" of Airtable’s workforce after acquiring Airtable in an all-cash deal valued at about $1.28 billion. The company said affected Airtable employees will receive "substantial separation packages," while state labour records show no WARN notice has been filed.
Netflix cut roughly 1,000 jobs, about 6% of its workforce, in its largest round of layoffs to date. The reductions were concentrated in product, technology, legal and human resources and the company’s co-CEOs told staff it will keep investing in high-impact areas.
Delta Air Lines will install its Delta Sync free in‑flight Wi‑Fi across aircraft serving Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane after final FCC approval. The airline says rollout began almost immediately and will cover all Pacific flying within weeks, with trans‑Pacific activation complete in October 2026 according to Delta.
Larvotto Resources dispatched the first truck carrying 68 tonnes of antimony concentrate from its Hillgrove Mine to offtake partner Wogen Resources, triggering an initial part-payment under the offtake agreement. Company statements say plant availability and concentrate grades are improving and that Hillgrove is designed to produce about 4,900 tonnes of antimony and 40,500 ounces of gold per year.
The City of Perth council dismissed chief executive Michelle Reynolds and endorsed a 12-month appointment of former chief executive Garry Hunt. Council documents and the City of Perth's announcement say Hunt will start on 19 October and the appointment was made at a special council meeting on 13 October.
Researchers published a study identifying a partial skull from the Isle of Wight as a new species, Invictibellatrix amberina, and placing it as an early megaraptoran. The fossil, about 120 million years old, implies a tiger-sized predator roughly 5 m long with long arms and large hand claws suited to active hunting and disembowelling prey.
