Wednesday 21 May 2025

The Reserve Bank cuts interest rates and leaves the door open for further reductions. 

And more, including:
The Liberal and National Parties split, ending the coalition agreement between the two conservative parties. 
And Telstra moves to lift prices on phone plans. 
Rio pushes hard into lithium.
Netflix saves Sesame Street. 

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Wednesday 21 May 2025
The Reserve Bank cuts interest rates and leaves the door open for further reductions.&nbsp;
And more, including:
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">The Liberal and National Parties split, ending the coalition agreement between the two conservative parties.&nbsp;</li>
<li aria-level="1">And Telstra moves to lift prices on phone plans.&nbsp;</li>
<li aria-level="1">Rio pushes hard into lithium.</li>
<li aria-level="1">Netflix saves Sesame Street.&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
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RBA open to another rate cut; Coalition splits; Telstra hikes phone plan prices

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Wednesday 26 August 2026

BHP hits a new high as the top 10 stocks on the ASX200 push towards 50 per cent of the value of the index. 
Minutes of the Reserve Bank board show committee members are still thinking about lifting interest rates
Silly season in politics includes a bike fall for Opposition Leader Angus Taylor
Westfield owner Scentre Group looks to go big in residential housing
The Australian recording industry fights back against AI 

 

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Wednesday 26 August 2026
BHP hits a new high as the top 10 stocks on the ASX200 push towards 50 per cent of the value of the index.&nbsp;
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">Minutes of the Reserve Bank board show committee members are still thinking about lifting interest rates</li>
<li aria-level="1">Silly season in politics includes a bike fall for Opposition Leader Angus Taylor</li>
<li aria-level="1">Westfield owner Scentre Group looks to go big in residential housing</li>
<li aria-level="1">The Australian recording industry fights back against AI&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
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BHP dominates ASX; RBA warns rates could rise; ARIA bans AI music

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Australia needs more housing, but property group Stockland says higher interest rates are already starting to slow demand - just as the country remains hundreds of thousands of homes short.

Sean Aylmer speaks with Stockland Managing Director and CEO Tarun Gupta about what's holding back new housing supply, why land lease communities are booming, what its shopping centres are revealing about consumers, and why Stockland is making a bigger push into data centres.

Australia needs more housing, but property group Stockland says higher interest rates are already starting to slow demand - just as the country remains hundreds of thousands of homes short. Sean Aylmer speaks with Stockland Managing Director and CEO Tarun Gupta about what's holding back new housing supply, why land lease communities are booming, what its shopping centres are revealing about consumers, and why Stockland is making a bigger push into data centres.

Q+A: What’s really stopping Australia building more homes?

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This is the Fear & Greed Afternoon Report - everything you need to know about what happened in the markets, economy and world of business today, in just a few minutes.


ASX rises for second day


Viva Energy profit surges


ARB hit by weaker 4WD sales


Antisemitism inquiry hearings to finish early


US-Canada trade war gets personal

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ASX rises for second day
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Viva Energy profit surges
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ARB hit by weaker 4WD sales
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Antisemitism inquiry hearings to finish early
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US-Canada trade war gets personal
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Afternoon Report | ASX rises for second day

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RBA open to another rate cut; Coalition splits; Telstra hikes phone plan prices

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