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• Mortgage calculator: Here’s how much extra your repayments will be

  29-09-2026 06:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The RBA has increased interest rates to 4.60 per cent. Use our calculator to see how much extra your mortgage repayments will be.
  
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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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• Buzzard iron ore mine dispute leaves workers in limbo

  01-10-2026 03:59 via abc.net.au
  
  About 200 workers at an iron ore mine in SA's far north are facing uncertain futures amid a financial dispute between the project's owner and a major on-site contractor, the ABC understands.
  
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• Job cut fears at one of Australia's largest toilet roll manufacturers

  01-10-2026 03:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Dozens of jobs could be lost at one of Australia's largest paper mills as new owner Arbex flags a "transformation project" aimed at keeping the business sustainable.
  
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• Three experts appointed to lead SA's Royal Commission into AI

  01-10-2026 03:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Three experts leading South Australia's Royal Commission into Artificial Intelligence will begin their work today amid the "rapid pace" of changes the technology is already bringing to the workforce.
  
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• Breaking: Three experts appointed to lead SA's Royal Commission into AI

  01-10-2026 03:24 via abc.net.au
  
  South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas has appointed former federal court judge Dr Iain Ross AO to lead a royal commission into artificial intelligence alongside experts Kate Pounder and Christopher Manning.
  
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• ASX falls across the board as Wall Street slumps late

  01-10-2026 02:47 via smh.com.au
  
  The Australian sharemarket has fallen sharply at the open after Wall Street fell as it contended with the downside of a US economy that keeps powering through its many challenges.
  
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• ASX cops a $60b hit with few places to hide for investors

  01-10-2026 02:47 via smh.com.au
  
  The Australian sharemarket has endured a savage session as it contended with the downside of a US economy that keeps powering through its many challenges.
  
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• Ampol buys huge Australian EV charging network in $225m deal

  01-10-2026 02:42 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 its fast-charging network.
  
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• Ampol buys huge Australian charging network in $225m deal as EVs surge

  01-10-2026 02:42 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 its fast-charging network.
  
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