Today's headlines include:

• A “catastrophic failure” is being blamed for a deadly mine explosion in Far West NSW. 
• The Federal Government will require telcos to publish network outages in real time, following a spate of Triple Zero disruptions. 
• Seven people have been killed in the northern Caribbean as Hurricane Melissa, the world’s strongest storm this year, moves towards Jamaica. 
• And today’s good news: Three critically endangered wombat joeys have been born through a breeding program in a Queensland sanctuary.

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