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Market Open / Update

ASX opens lower as CBA drags financial sector down

Ideas

I spent five years in VC. The hysterical CGT response misses the point.

Board Moves

BHP adds former BlueScope CEO Mark Vassella to board

Margin Call

Temple & Webster delivers ‘most profitable April’ after margin optimisation program

Claude Capital

Anthropic in discussion to raise new capital, targeting USD900b valuation

Gaming Gains

Aristocrat posts 9.1% increase in half-year profit, expands share buyback

Selling Up

Healius appoints UBS to explore Agilex Biolabs sale, flags rising labour costs

Miner Moves

Perenti secures underground mining contract from Bellevue Gold for $850m

Letter of Intent

Late arrival

Market Open

Australian shares to edge lower as Wall St retreats on inflation data

Bank on it

CBA books $316m provision hit citing economic uncertainty

Standup

Chalmers rolls the dice on Australia’s housing future

War price

US inflation hits 3.8% in April as Iran war drives fuel costs

Political Capital

Labor bets the house

Budget 2026 / Update

Government promises $780m in financial sector redtape reduction

Budget 2026

Denholm’s R&D reforms adopted as Labor seeks to fend off CGT fears

Budget 2026

Chalmers’ budget is ambitious, but it doesn’t solve Australia’s biggest fiscal problem

Budget 2026

‘We’re hostage’: Treasury models worst-case scenario for Middle East war

Budget 2026

Chalmers confirms CGT, negative gearing reforms as budget deficit hits $28.3b

Market wrap

ASX ends lower as Life360 and DroneShield sink

The Edition

Flight delay

Regulatory Ping / Update

Droneshield shares tumble amid ASIC investigation

Guidance Gain / Update

Life360 shares plunge after technical issue hits user growth in Q1

Sentiment Slump

Consumer confidence hits record low following RBA rate hike: ANZ

Regulatory Ping

ASIC investigating DroneShield share trading, disclosures after CEO selloff

Market Open / Update

ASX opens lower as tech stocks drag ahead of Federal Budget

Treasurer Tapped

Helloworld appoints former treasurer Peter Costello as director

Green Light

Santos confirms final investment decision for PNG gas project

Is Elon Musk winning his court fight over OpenAI?

Growth Goals

IAG outlines 2030 ambitions at Investor Day

Guidance Gain

Life360 lifts full-year guidance after strong Q1 results

Board Moves

AUB Group adds former NAB CFO Gary Lennon to board

Market Open

Australian shares to edge higher as tech stocks lift Wall Street

Letter of Intent

Patience plunges

Standup

Trump weighs military strikes on Iran, calls ceasefire response ‘garbage’

Budget 2026

What to expect from the 2026 Budget: all the leaks, predictions and pre-announcements

‘Won’t be able to escape’: Australia’s biggest brands face reputation hit from US-Iran war

Ideas

‘Resilience’ means more than big budget spending

Life support

Trump says Iran ceasefire on life support after ‘garbage’ response, weighs action

Budget 2026

Budget to show lower deficits each year over forward estimates, Chalmers says