News Today: 14 November 2026 | Australia and World Headlines
Saturday 14 November 2026: the Victorian election campaign, the lifting of the US flight grounding, and Microsoft’s apology for the global outage.
Victorian Election Campaign: Treaty, Farm Levy and Regional Promises in Focus
With the Victorian election on 28 November, the campaign this week has focused on the Coalition’s plan to scrap Treaty, a cap on the farmland emergency services levy and regional funding promises.
US Aviation Regulator Grounds All Departing Flights After Telecommunications Outage
The Federal Aviation Administration ordered a nationwide ground stop on departing US flights on Friday, citing a telecommunications outage affecting air route traffic control centres.
Pat Cummins Responds to Claims in Usman Khawaja’s Memoir About 2018 Ball Tampering
Australia’s Test captain held a media conference on Friday to respond to claims in Usman Khawaja’s memoir about the 2018 Cape Town ball-tampering incident.
News Today: 13 November 2026 | Australia and World Headlines
Top 10 news for Friday 13 November 2026: three Australian headlines first, including the Microsoft outage, the Pat Cummins ball-tampering row and Mahli Beardman’s ODI debut, then the biggest world stories.
Global Microsoft Outage Disrupts Outlook, Teams and Copilot Across Australia
A worldwide Microsoft 365 outage hit email and collaboration tools on Friday, affecting Australian businesses and government agencies. Microsoft says it was not a cyber attack.
ASIC Sues Commonwealth Bank Over Alleged CommBiz Fee Overcharging
The corporate regulator has started civil penalty proceedings alleging about 42,000 business customers were overcharged about $8.5 million in fees on the bank’s CommBiz platform.
NAB to Repay About $169 Million to Underpaid Staff
National Australia Bank will repay about $169 million to tens of thousands of current and former employees and make a $2 million contrition payment to the Fair Work Ombudsman.
News Today: 12 November 2026 | Australia and World Headlines
Thursday 12 November 2026: NAB repays staff $169 million, ASIC sues the Commonwealth Bank, bank chiefs face a parliamentary review, and world headlines on Ukraine, Gaza, Iran and Mississippi.
Home Lending Records Its Largest Quarterly Fall on Record
ABS data shows new home loans fell 15.0 per cent in the September quarter, with investor loans down 30.6 per cent, the largest quarterly fall on record.
