Analyst news

• RBA holds cash rate steady at 4.35pc

  11-08-2026 06:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australia's central bank has chosen to keep the cash rate on hold at 4.35 per cent in a move "universally expected" by the market.
  
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• ‘Destroyed’: Russia’s richest woman is watching her empire go up in flames

  13-08-2026 10:18 via smh.com.au
  
  Billionaire Tatyana Kim built Russia’s answer to Amazon, navigated wartime Kremlin politics and outmanoeuvred her ex-husband in a feud that involved a deadly shooting near Red Square. Now she is facing a far greater challenge.
  
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• Eureka Group Holdings buys $18m Mandurah Coastal Holiday Park

  13-08-2026 09:56 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A senior communities asset manager, ASX-listed Eureka Group Holdings, is in the process of acquiring Mandurah Coastal Holiday Park for $18.4 million, in a deal comprising 168 dwellings with approval for a further 66 homes to be built.
  
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• Promising play by independent venue The Blue Room Theatre

  13-08-2026 09:51 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Live performance hub The Blue Room Theatre builds for the future.
  
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• Promising play by independent theatre

  13-08-2026 09:51 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Live performance hub The Blue Room Theatre builds for the future.
  
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• Aussie shares fall as CommBank, miners drag on market

  13-08-2026 09:34 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australia's share market has fallen for a second session, as a handful of soft earnings results and a sell-down in Commonwealth Bank and mining stocks dragged on the exchange.
  
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• At Close of Business podcast August 13 2026

  13-08-2026 09:32 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Ella Loneragan and Nadia Budihardjo discuss new developments at the Blue Room Theatre.
  
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• From petri dish to patient:biotech’s formidable obstacle course

  13-08-2026 09:04 via smh.com.au
  
  Bulls N’ Bears follows a biotech breakthrough from the laboratory to the patient and examines how Australian companies are negotiating the hurdles along the way.
  
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• Opinion: Political courage needed on housing

  13-08-2026 08:17 via businessnews.com.au
  
  OPINION: It's time everybody faced up to a simple reality about Australia's housing affordability crisis.
  
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• Finbar’s $94m West Leederville apartments approved

  13-08-2026 08:15 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Finbar is one step closer to building a $94 million apartment development in West Leederville after an assessment panel's tick of approval.
  
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• Finbar’s $265m West Leederville apartments approved

  13-08-2026 08:15 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Finbar is one step closer to building apartments in West Leederville after an assessment panel's tick of approval, with the developer estimating the project's end value at $265 million.
  
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• CTI Logistics in $24m Welshpool site grab

  13-08-2026 08:08 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The ASX-listed logistics and transport services company has announced it is set to purchase a 2.7-hectare site in the tightly held industrial suburb of Welshpool, looking to relocate its interstate transport business after redeveloping the land.
  
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• Murdoch left Melbourne Storm to a betting entrepreneur. What a howler

  13-08-2026 08:06 via smh.com.au
  
  That a Swedish private equity firm is now cued up as a likely buyer for the NRL team marks a new era in the commercial coming-of-age for Australian sport.
  
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• AI boom a copper boon, not a bust

  13-08-2026 08:05 via smh.com.au
  
  The rise of AI is driving a huge new demand for copper to power its energy-hungry data centres, despite the increasing use of fibre optics to carry data.
  
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• Monadelphous books contracts worth $110m

  13-08-2026 08:01 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Zoran Bebic-led Monadelphous has secured a suite of construction and maintenance-based contracts across multiple sectors.
  
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• McCarthy to depart as Falcons CEO

  13-08-2026 07:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Change across senior leadership management positions throughout WA's football industry has continued.
  
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• Pentagon praises Australia's post-Aukus review execution

  13-08-2026 07:12 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Pentagon's top policy official says Australia is successfully executing its post-AUKUS review roadmap, pointing to WA's SRF-West as a standout example of the work being done.
  
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• Proteomics secures Australian patent for endometriosis test

  13-08-2026 07:04 via smh.com.au
  
  Proteomics International has locked in a key Australian patent for its PromarkerEndo test, a significant step in its global commercialisation strategy for the endometriosis diagnostic.
  
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• OPINION: New minister must change course on WA’s water security

  13-08-2026 06:55 via businessnews.com.au
  
  OPINION: Water security is one of the most important long-term challenges facing Western Australia, and it will only become more critical as our population, economy and industries continue to grow.
  
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• Vic inquiry supports building-integrated solar power for apartments

  13-08-2026 06:40 via smh.com.au
  
  A recent Victorian parliamentary inquiry has given the nod to the use of solar photovoltaics in apartment buildings, citing evidence provided by ClearVue Technologies
  
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• Vic inquiry backs solar glass for apartment energy, cites ClearVue evidence

  13-08-2026 06:20 via smh.com.au
  
  A recent Victorian parliamentary inquiry has given the nod to the use of solar photovoltaics in apartment buildings, citing evidence provided by ClearVue Technologies
  
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• $2.5b Tomago Aluminium bailout saves jobs but hits taxpayers

  13-08-2026 06:19 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal opposition has described the deal as a net zero "failure", while the Greens want the government to own a stake in the smelter.
  
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• NeuroScientific locks in key US FDA meeting

  13-08-2026 05:12 via smh.com.au
  
  NeuroScientific has locked in a key meeting with the US FDA for its StemSmart technology aimed at treating refractory Crohn’s disease in a planned Phase 2 trial.
  
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• Northern Star picks former Wesfarmers exec for board

  13-08-2026 05:10 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Northern Star Resources has appointed former Wesfarmers and Jetstar executive Terry Bowen to its under-fire board amid growing agitation for upheaval at the goldminer.
  
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• Alan Jones's defence team accused of trying to 'intimidate' witness

  13-08-2026 05:05 via abc.net.au
  
  The broadcaster's defence team has been accused of trying to "intimidate" a witness by a prosecutor during a heated exchange in Alan Jones's indecent assault trial in Sydney.
  
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• Alan Jones complainant's ex quizzed over 'look after you' text

  13-08-2026 05:05 via abc.net.au
  
  The broadcaster's defence team has been accused of trying to "intimidate" a witness by a prosecutor during a heated exchange in Alan Jones's indecent assault trial in Sydney.
  
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• Cartoonists fear for industry with rise of AI-generated illustrations

  13-08-2026 04:45 via abc.net.au
  
  AI-generated illustrations published in Australian newspapers have raised fears about the future of the cartooning industry, which one artist says is "shrinking dramatically".
  
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• It might terrify Gen Z, but the humble phone call is a wonderful thing

  13-08-2026 04:42 via smh.com.au
  
  Many people now use their phones for everything except speaking to each other, and baulk at the idea of it ever ringing.
  
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• Macmahon extends NSW push

  13-08-2026 04:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Michael Finnegan-led Macmahon Holdings has continued its push into New South Wales, after securing a roadworks-based early works contract.
  
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• Laurence Escalante, VGW chased for up to $60m over alleged contract breach

  13-08-2026 04:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Perth-based financial services players have launched legal action against Laurence Escalante and VGW Holdings, chasing up to $60 million over an alleged breach of contract.
  
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