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• Fishbowl is changing its name, and the founders don’t mind if you hate it

  21-09-2026 23:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Customers are welcome to keep calling it Fishbowl if they want – just don’t call it a slop bowl.
  
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• Lubdub doubles seed funding target, backed by doctors

  22-09-2026 04:10 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Perth medtech company Lubdub Technologies, which is developing a holistic 'heart health in a box' technology, has closed an oversubscribed $6 million seed financing round, doubling its initial target.
  
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• QLD demerger frees Broken Hill for SA gold focus

  22-09-2026 04:06 via smh.com.au
  
  Broken Hill Gold has demerged Alice River and St George into Emerald-backed Manda Resources’ Queensland gold portfolio, freeing it to focus on White Dam in South Australia.
  
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• ‘Stop the bleeding’? A Trump move to stop the diesel spike could hurt all of us

  22-09-2026 04:04 via smh.com.au
  
  Republicans, fearful of losing control of Congress, are pressuring the US president to ban or restrict diesel exports to stop the fuel’s price surge as the midterm elections loom. It would backfire, and not just on America.
  
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• Australia joins global call for AI controls

  22-09-2026 04:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australia has joined an international call for greater AI regulation as it mulls mandatory safeguards for high-risk applications.
  
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• ‘Need a hazmat suit’: Virgin flight attendants are sick of cleaning dirty planes

  22-09-2026 03:57 via smh.com.au
  
  Cabin crew want dedicated cleaning crews to return as the mess left by passengers and gruelling turnaround duties leave staff working up to 10 hours without a break.
  
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• Global Lithium shares surge on $333m takeover deal

  22-09-2026 03:42 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A UAE-based critical minerals group has struck a deal to acquire Global Lithium Resources for $333 million, offering a premium for the developer of the Manna lithium project.
  
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• Smart glasses to be banned from WA public schools

  22-09-2026 03:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Western Australia's education minister announces smart glasses will be banned from all state schools.
  
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• Caratti fights Reliance summons

  22-09-2026 03:27 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Lawyer Ben Caratti is fighting a summons to appear at a Supreme Court probe amid claims he could be compelled to provide a lifetime of records of communications with his property developer parents.
  
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• ASX rises in early trade after Wall Street surges; Tech stocks rally

  22-09-2026 03:21 via smh.com.au
  
  The Australian sharemarket advanced in early trade after a tech-fuelled rally on Wall Street and a drop in oil prices and bond yields amid hopes for diplomatic progress in the Iran war.
  
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• Coalition weighing options to use super to boost home ownership

  22-09-2026 02:45 via abc.net.au
  
  A push to allow Australians to use their super to make it easier to buy their first home is being floated by Shadow Housing Minister Andrew Bragg, as the Coalition works through its policy on how to help people enter the housing market.
  
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• Apples and oranges: watchdog's comparison site warning

  22-09-2026 02:33 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australians hunting bargains on comparison websites risk being duped by sites that only offer a selection of preferred providers.
  
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• ASX jumps after Wall Street surges, oil and bond prices ease

  22-09-2026 02:13 via smh.com.au
  
  The Australian sharemarket opened sharply higher after a tech-fuelled rally on Wall Street and a drop in oil prices and bond yields amid hopes for diplomatic progress in the Iran war.
  
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• The mill 200 farmers can't afford to lose

  22-09-2026 01:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's only remaining grower-owned sugar mill needs a multi-million-dollar loan to survive.
  
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• Wall Street closes higher as AI optimism reignites

  22-09-2026 01:37 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Nasdaq has surged to a record-high close, lifted by gains in Advanced Micro Devices and other AI heavyweights, while Treasury yields retreated from recent highs and crude prices tumbled ‌to an 11-day low.
  
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• Where is WA's 'ecologically thinned' timber going?

  21-09-2026 23:58 via abc.net.au
  
  More than half the wood removed under WA's trial of ecological thinning is being chipped, burned or exported overseas, according to information revealed in state parliament.
  
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• Half of 'ecologically thinned' trees from WA forests chipped or burned

  21-09-2026 23:58 via abc.net.au
  
  More than half the wood removed under WA's trial of ecological thinning is being chipped, burned or exported overseas, according to information revealed in state parliament.
  
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• Consumers duped by price comparison websites, ASIC warns

  21-09-2026 23:58 via abc.net.au
  
  Australians hunting bargains on comparison websites risk being duped by sites that only offer a selection of preferred providers.
  
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• US flights in chaos as communications fail and cable accidentally cut

  21-09-2026 23:23 via abc.net.au
  
  A failed telecommunications circuit and a severed fibre-optic cable have snarled thousands of flights across the US and halted incoming flights at airports in New York, Boston and Philadelphia.
  
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• US flights chaos as communications fail and cable is accidentally cut

  21-09-2026 23:23 via abc.net.au
  
  A failed telecommunications circuit and a severed fibre-optic cable have snarled thousands of flights across the US and halted incoming flights at major airports in New York, Boston and Philadelphia.
  
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• Paramount settles with US states, clearing way for Warner Bros merger

  21-09-2026 22:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Opponents say Paramount's multi-billion-dollar merger with Warner Bros will slash Hollywood jobs, reduce the number of films produced, and threaten CNN's independence.
  
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• ASX set to rise as Wall Street surges; Road clears for $154b Paramount-Warner Bros merger

  21-09-2026 22:32 via smh.com.au
  
  US stocks are climbing with markets worldwide after oil prices and yields in the bond market gave back some of their jumps from last week.
  
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• Darwin council could permanently move pre-cyclone clean-up to May

  21-09-2026 22:27 via abc.net.au
  
  The City of Darwin could soon vote to permanently move its annual pre-cyclone clean-up to May after the 2026 clean-up was postponed until after the wet season.
  
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• Darwin council considering permanent pre-cyclone clean-up move to May

  21-09-2026 22:27 via abc.net.au
  
  The City of Darwin could soon vote to permanently move its annual pre-cyclone clean-up to May after the 2026 clean-up was postponed until after the wet season.
  
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• ASX set to rise as Wall Street surges; Oil prices fall; Road clears for Paramount-Warner Bros deal

  21-09-2026 21:10 via smh.com.au
  
  US stocks are climbing with markets worldwide after oil prices and yields in the bond market gave back some of their jumps from last week.
  
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• ASX set to rise as Wall Street surges; Oil prices fall; Road clears for $154b Paramount-Warner Bros merger

  21-09-2026 21:10 via smh.com.au
  
  US stocks are climbing with markets worldwide after oil prices and yields in the bond market gave back some of their jumps from last week.
  
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• Why younger Australians are facing a tough economic future

  21-09-2026 21:07 via abc.net.au
  
  In 40 years, with an estimated population of 40 million, Australia will be more indebted and face what increasingly appears to be a permanent budget deficit.
  
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• EV brand BYD erases 'China' and 'surveillance' from its privacy policy

  21-09-2026 20:52 via abc.net.au
  
  The original policy gave the company almost unlimited powers to collect data on its Australian vehicle owners and broad discretion on how this could be disclosed. 
  
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• BYD cuts references to 'China' and 'surveillance' from its privacy policy

  21-09-2026 20:52 via abc.net.au
  
  The original policy gave the company almost unlimited powers to collect data on its Australian vehicle owners and broad discretion on how this could be disclosed. 
  
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• The new generation of ultra-cheap smart glasses is shockingly hackable

  21-09-2026 20:50 via abc.net.au
  
  Independent testing found cheap smart glasses could be accessed by an attacker without a password, allowing them to gain control of the glasses and stored images.
  
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