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• Forrestania boosts gold resource at WA hub

  30-09-2026 04:34 via smh.com.au
  
  Forrestania Resources has bolstered its WA gold inventory, tabling a new 285,700-ounce resource for its Ladies project and lifting high-confidence ounces by 43 per cent.
  
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• Retailers predict price rises under RBA's surcharge reforms

  01-10-2026 21:23 via abc.net.au
  
  Surcharge bans are supposed to save consumers money but retailers say they're being forced to put prices up and are finding ways around the reforms.
  
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• ASX eyes gains after wild night on markets; Oil prices climb

  01-10-2026 21:23 via smh.com.au
  
  More swings in the bond market are rattling stock markets around the world.
  
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• ASX eyes gains after rocky night on markets; Oil prices climb

  01-10-2026 21:23 via smh.com.au
  
  More swings in the bond market are rattling stock markets around the world.
  
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• Howard-era minister voted to outlaw offshore casinos, then co-founded one

  01-10-2026 21:07 via abc.net.au
  
  Former federal minister De-Anne Kelly has been revealed as a co-founder of offshore casino LuckyBet.
  
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• Unemployment probably does need to climb … for now

  01-10-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The Reserve Bank is not out to get people fired. But it needs to be careful about the direction it’s taking.
  
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• The good, the bad and the grumpy: Will Joe Aston’s Rampart go soft on its corporate backers?

  01-10-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  In this week’s On Background, Joe Aston’s media start-up has got everyone talking, ABC seems bored with long news bulletins and ATO’s latest data once again reveals a sorry tale.
  
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• Publisher Morry Schwartz plays publican at Collingwood’s Bar Nero

  01-10-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Morry Schwartz bought the Smith Street pub in 2019 for $5.65 million with plans to raze it and build a 10-storey office.
  
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• Last drinks: Owners sell North Sydney landmark for $28m

  01-10-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Pub owners Athol and Lee Davis have called last drinks at their Miller Street landmark, the popular North Sydney hotel.
  
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• Trump’s ‘betrayal’ of America’s heartland will cost him

  01-10-2026 10:35 via smh.com.au
  
  We are about to find out whether the American people are finally going to rein in the belligerent fabulist that they so recklessly unleashed a second time.
  
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• The hidden traps lurking in your office WhatsApp group

  01-10-2026 10:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Every message you send contains potential dangers, and you should be across them all.
  
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• Critica adds global commodities clout to board

  01-10-2026 08:50 via smh.com.au
  
  Critica has added global commodities specialist Hannah Badenach to its board, bringing key offtake and financing experience to its Mt Lindsay and Jupiter critical minerals projects.
  
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• Bonanza gold hits keep rolling for Aurum in West Africa

  01-10-2026 08:29 via smh.com.au
  
  Aurum Resources has hit its best-ever gold intercept at the Boundiali project in West Africa, with a stunning 28.8m section grading 22.92g/t gold as it pushes towards a DFS.
  
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• Pilot's prophetic words one year before stabbing

  01-10-2026 08:14 via abc.net.au
  
  Captain Smit Machchhar was stabbed while flying to Tel Aviv. But who was he and why was he attacked?
  
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• Broken Hill bags remnant gold ahead of SA mine restart

  01-10-2026 08:09 via smh.com.au
  
  Broken Hill Gold has poured an extra 174 gold ounces from its White Dam heap leach project in South Australia, with proceeds to fund the restart of mining at its Vertigo pit.
  
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• Fuel giant Ampol zooms past Tesla as Australia’s top EV charger owner

  01-10-2026 07:49 via smh.com.au
  
  Australia’s top petrol and diesel supplier has raised its bet on the shift to EVs with a deal to triple the size of its fast-charging network.
  
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• NeuroScientific specialist hire sets stage for major Crohn’s trial

  01-10-2026 07:30 via smh.com.au
  
  NeuroScientific Biopharmaceuticals has hired Southern Star Research for a phase two trial of its StemSmart Crohn’s disease therapy in Australia and the US.
  
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• An office chat about ‘Wharfie Time’ upset a colleague. What went wrong?

  01-10-2026 07:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Sometimes a water cooler conversation about a weekend event, or a premature celebration of a seemingly certain victory, can go sideways.
  
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• Augustus locks onto multiple gold zones near Leonora in WA

  01-10-2026 06:44 via smh.com.au
  
  Augustus Minerals has defined two open-ended, higher-grade gold shoots at its Music Well project in WA’s gold-rich Leonora district, with assays from recent drilling pending.
  
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• Victorian doctors and allied health professionals strike amid ongoing pay disputes

  01-10-2026 06:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Doctors at Victoria's public hospitals walked off the job today for four hours leaving staffing at weekend levels, as a 14-month bargaining process over pay and conditions continues to grind on.
  
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• Doctors and allied health professionals walk off job en masse amid pay disputes

  01-10-2026 06:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Doctors at Victoria's public hospitals will walk off the job for four hours leaving staffing at weekend levels, as a 14-month bargaining process over pay and conditions continues to grind on.
  
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• Doctors and allied health professionals to walk off job en masse amid pay disputes

  01-10-2026 06:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Doctors at Victoria's public hospitals will walk off the job for four hours leaving staffing at weekend levels, as a 14-month bargaining process over pay and conditions continues to grind on.
  
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• Cash discounts and refunds: Your card surcharge ban cheat sheet

  01-10-2026 06:03 via smh.com.au
  
  What’s changing, what businesses can and can’t display, how to get a discount or a refund, and more. Here’s everything you need to know about the new regime.
  
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• Flagship tables huge Thai tungsten target

  01-10-2026 05:22 via smh.com.au
  
  Flagship Minerals has outlined a monster 40Mt high-grade tungsten exploration target at Khao Soon in southern Thailand, adding serious scale to its global portfolio.
  
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• Lindian powers up Malawi rare earths as production looms

  01-10-2026 04:08 via smh.com.au
  
  Lindian Resources has switched on grid power at its Malawian rare earths project, hitting a key milestone ahead of schedule and under budget.
  
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• Businesses fear visa changes to backpacker visas will make staffing harder

  01-10-2026 04:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Businesses in remote Western Australia's north are nervous about their future workforce after changes to backpacker entitlements.
  
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• Trump’s war on the world faces a lethal blow

  01-10-2026 04:02 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump’s latest attempt to create a global tariff regime is being tested by the same panel of judges that deemed his previous attempts illegal. He may have to start again.
  
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• Donald Trump’s war on the world faces a lethal blow

  01-10-2026 04:02 via smh.com.au
  
  The US president’s latest attempt to create a global tariff regime is being tested by the same panel of judges that deemed his previous attempts illegal. He may have to start again.
  
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• RBA relaxed about housing downturn, deeply worried by AI and bonds

  01-10-2026 04:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Despite Australia's rapid housing downturn, which threatens to be the worst in decades, the Reserve Bank believes the main threats to the nation's financial stability come from overseas.
  
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• CBA commits to cash and will keep hundreds of regional branches open until 2030

  01-10-2026 04:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The two pledges come as foot traffic to branches and cash usage by Australians continues to fall.
  
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