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• McLaren drilling nails high-grade titanium from surface

  06-10-2026 03:47 via smh.com.au
  
  McLaren Minerals has hit more high-grade titanium sands from surface at its WA project, with results up to 17.99% heavy minerals, as it moves to upgrade its 529Mt resource.
  
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• Some public transport trips are more expensive in Adelaide than anywhere else

  06-10-2026 21:04 via abc.net.au
  
  Some South Australians pay more for their bus, train and tram trips in Adelaide than the equivalent journey elsewhere in Australia. 
  
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• Chinese company to face Australian privacy probe over 'pervert' glasses

  06-10-2026 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The privacy commissioner has launched a formal investigation into the Chinese software company behind an influx of cheap smart glasses to Australia.
  
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• More than $1.2bn announced for NSW regional road upgrades

  06-10-2026 20:58 via abc.net.au
  
  The Albanese government is tipping in $674 million, while the Minns government is investing $610 million towards the upgrades. 
  
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• Salmon company to inject fish with antibiotics ahead of expected marine heat wave

  06-10-2026 20:53 via abc.net.au
  
  With Tasmania's salmon industry bracing for marine heatwave conditions this summer, one company is about to begin injecting fish with an antibacterial drug — with its preferred antibiotic option still off the table after the permit to use was revoked.
  
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• Tesla and power giants revolt against Australia’s ‘EV charger tax’

  06-10-2026 20:20 via smh.com.au
  
  A battle has erupted over plans to let grid operators to mount EV chargers to their power poles – and bill non-EV drivers for the cost.
  
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• ASX set to edge up, Wall Street rallies towards an all-time high

  06-10-2026 20:16 via smh.com.au
  
  Even with worries about war, high inflation and cranked-up pressure from the bond market continuing to weigh on it, Wall Street’s benchmark index soared 23 per cent since hitting a bottom in late March.
  
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• ASX set to edge up, Wall Street rallies; Paramount closes $158b Warner Bros takeover

  06-10-2026 20:16 via smh.com.au
  
  Even with worries about war, high inflation and cranked-up pressure from the bond market continuing to weigh on it, Wall Street’s benchmark index soared 23 per cent since hitting a bottom in late March.
  
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• Trying to tame inflation with higher interest rates is dumb and unfair

  06-10-2026 20:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Our use of interest rates to control inflation is yet another respect in which our economic system is biased against the young.
  
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• Experts question viability of billion-dollar deep-sea mining gold rush

  06-10-2026 20:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Undersea experts question the viability of deep-sea mining for critical minerals, fearing the only winners will be early investors and the companies selling the machinery.   
  
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• AI digital human Yuri has 100,000 fans and now a Chinese ID card

  06-10-2026 20:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Beijing is issuing AI digital humans with identity cards in a bid to hold companies accountable and ensuring state surveillance applies to the virtual world.
  
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• Paramount completes Warner Bros takeover to form media giant Skydance

  06-10-2026 19:25 via abc.net.au
  
  The combined company brings together Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros Pictures, the CBS News and CNN networks, and the HBO and CBS television brands under the control of David Ellison.
  
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• Customers' personal details may have been accessed in hack, Asos says

  06-10-2026 14:49 via abc.net.au
  
  "Engage with us, or we will leak it," Asos shoppers warned in an alarming message sent from online retailer's app.
  
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• Asos app users sent 'hacked' message from online retailer

  06-10-2026 14:49 via abc.net.au
  
  "Engage with us, or we will leak it," Asos shoppers warned in an alarming message sent from online retailer's app.
  
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• Customers sent rogue message as major fashion retailer caught in apparent hack

  06-10-2026 12:13 via smh.com.au
  
  Customers of the popular online clothing retailer ASOS have received an alert that appears to threaten the company’s IT department with a data release.
  
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• Veteran news anchor Richard Morecroft dies, aged 70

  06-10-2026 12:04 via abc.net.au
  
  Morecroft was a regular presence on television screens for more than 30 years.
  
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• Breaking: Veteran news anchor Richard Morecroft dies, aged 70

  06-10-2026 12:04 via abc.net.au
  
  Morecroft was a regular presence on television screens for more than 30 years.
  
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• Alan Jones kiss left 17yo feeling 'violated', court told

  06-10-2026 09:50 via abc.net.au
  
  The 85-year-old ex-radio broadcaster has pleaded not guilty to 21 counts of indecent assault and sexual touching, relating to alleged incidents between 2003 and 2020.
  
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• Australia’s great AI hope just hit a speed bump

  06-10-2026 09:15 via smh.com.au
  
  Its plan to double Australia’s data centre computing power may have fallen over but ASX-bound Firmus’ backers – from a Canberra air-conditioning family to billionaires – aren’t worried.
  
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• ASX gains, led by miners and property stocks; oil prices steady

  06-10-2026 08:14 via smh.com.au
  
  The Australian sharemarket advanced in early trade after a tech-led rally pushed Wall Street higher as investors largely shrugged off concerns about bond yields at multi-decade highs. Oil prices fell.
  
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• Barkly scores near-perfect drill hit rate at huge NT rare earths play

  06-10-2026 07:39 via smh.com.au
  
  Barkly Rare Earths has struck rare earths in 43 of 44 holes at its NT project. Mineralisation now spans a huge 23km, with high-grade hits including 0.5m at 5156 ppm TREO.
  
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• Aguia hits Colombia gold record and breaks even

  06-10-2026 06:41 via smh.com.au
  
  Aguia Resources has set a gold production record in Colombia, with September revenue of A$218,000 covering its local corporate and operating costs for the first time.
  
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• TMK smashes gas flow records as Mongolian drilling gears up

  06-10-2026 06:19 via smh.com.au
  
  TMK Energy set a new gas production record at its Mongolian coal seam gas project, with September flows up 8% and multiple wells hitting new highs across its 1.2Tcf resource.
  
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• Gateway maps twin 4km gold soil anomalies in WA Gascoyne

  06-10-2026 06:07 via smh.com.au
  
  Gateway Mining has defined two gold-in-soil anomalies from first-pass soil sampling at its Glenburgh South gold project in WA’s Gascoyne region, next to Benz Mining’s recent tier-one gold discovery.
  
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• Manhattan strikes high-grade polymetallic pay dirt in Canada

  06-10-2026 05:49 via smh.com.au
  
  Manhattan Gold Corp has hit high-grade copper, gold, silver and zinc in maiden drilling at its Spectre prospect in Canada, including 6.1m at 3.18% copper and 1.37g/t gold.
  
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• Rogue pilots may be the most dangerous threat to passengers. They’re ‘just about impossible’ to stop

  06-10-2026 04:22 via smh.com.au
  
  The insider threat risk has been part of the international aviation security framework for many years. But the options for confrontation remain limited.
  
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• Flagship puts bigger fence around Canadian copper giant

  06-10-2026 04:19 via smh.com.au
  
  Flagship Minerals has more than doubled its Canadian Whipsaw copper footprint, chasing extensions to its large-scale porphyry play ahead of a potential spin-out.
  
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• Lynas mega-deal sparks global race for low-cost rare earths

  06-10-2026 03:21 via smh.com.au
  
  Lynas Rare Earths’ $968M swoop on Meteoric’s Brazilian clay project has altered the global rare earths sector, shifting thefocus to low-capex, ambient-leach assets.
  
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• AI giants face MPs: OpenAI apologises, Anthropic in the dark

  06-10-2026 03:18 via smh.com.au
  
  OpenAI has apologised for its AI accessing Medicare files in June, while its rival Anthropic has told an inquiry that it doesn’t keep tabs on what its customers do with its technology.
  
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• FROGS, not PIIGS, could spark the next global financial crisis

  06-10-2026 03:12 via smh.com.au
  
  Bond investors have been searching for the weak points in the global economy, forcing government debt yields up around the world. In France, they have found the perfect target.
  
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