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Australia is now into its next COVID wave. We’ve seen hints of this for a while. Case numbers and indicators of severe disease began rising in Victoria in August. But it has taken several months for a consistent pattern to emerge across Australia.

Now we see evidence of this new wave via wastewater surveillance for traces of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID. We also see rises in COVID-related hospital admissions and antiviral prescriptions. Compared to past waves, this one has built up slowly and over a longer period.

Here’s what we know about this new wave and what to expect over the coming weeks.

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Title context: Gura's passionate love letter to Shion.

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Australian pro-surfer Laura Enever has set a new world record for surfing the largest wave ever paddled into by a woman.

The 31-year-old, from North Narrabeen on Sydney's Northern Beaches, paddled into a 13.3-metre (43.6-foot) wave at the famous Outer Reef break on the north shore of Oahu, Hawai'i in January this year.

• Laura Enever previously competed on the WSL Championship tour
• Enever's record-breaking wave was just one foot (30cm) bigger than the previous record
• Brazilian Andrea Moller's record had stood for seven years

From back when Ina played Cats Organized Neatly.

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While Australian media coverage focused on the historic nature of [Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's four-day visit to China], as well as the importance from a trade perspective, what mattered most to China? And how was the visit covered by the media there?

• Optus is investigating the cause of Wednesday's nationwide outage.

• Experts say telcos have been cost cutting, and have not properly safeguarded systems

• They say the government should legislate redundancies in major telco systems

[Industry expert Mark] Gregory said Optus and Telstra have likely concluded that building highly advanced safeguards to their infrastructure and software is too expensive and have been allowed by the government to prioritise profit over the reliability of the service.