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Job Losses / Update

Block ASX-listed shares soar after announcing 4,000 AI-related job cuts

Liberal leadership

Sussan Ley resigns with immediate effect, will not return to parliament

Market Open / Update

ASX opens flat dragged lower by consumer staples

Shopping Drop / Update

Coles shares sink on soft 2H trading update

Funding Flow

Bapcor raises $157m through institutional placement

Biotech bust

Neuren Pharmaceuticals FY profit falls to $30m despite Daybue sales

Takeover Trouble

Takeovers Panel accepts Humm Group undertaking, continues probe

Board Moves

Data Centres Australia picks NextDC CEO Craig Scroggie as inaugural chair

Cell Therapy

Mesoblast narrows interim loss to $56.4m on Ryoncil sales

Retail Therapy

Harvey Norman posts 15.2% increase in interim profit on improved performance

Job Losses

Block to cut workforce by more than 4,000, citing AI

Shopping Drop

Coles sees 11.3% slide in 1H profit, hikes dividend

Telecom Turnaround

TPG Telecom swings to $461m full-year profit on network sharing improvement

Streamlining Operations

PEXA posts first-half loss of $19m due to Digital Solutions business shutdown

Cabin Pressure

Virgin Australia reports 28% slide in 1H profit

Market Open

Australian shares to open flat after Nvidia slump weighs on tech

Standup

US and Iran end ‘intense and serious’ talks in Geneva

Slashing the CGT discount has economists’ support, but should new homes be carved out?

Ideas

Why the ASX must win Firmus

Think tank urges Chalmers to commit $20b to kickstart competition

Baer conduit

US moves to ban Swiss bank over alleged money laundering scheme linked to Iran, Russia

Epstein Fallout

World Economic Forum chief steps down over Epstein links

Timely Earnings

Warner Bros reports sales slowdown as takeover battle stretches on

BlueScope’s ‘frank’ missive to Ryan Stokes’ SGH was supposed to be an olive branch

Market Wrap

ASX closes higher; Megaport leads second day of tech resurgence

Allens names Marc Kemp as new managing partner

The Edition

Results are in

Cyber Scale

Cybersecurity scaleup UpGuard raises $105m in Series C led by Springcoast

Cruising Altitude / Update

Qantas shares tank as FY26 revenue guidance misses estimates

Earnings season

‘We are growing’: Qantas boss Vanessa Hudson talks up staff numbers but signals AI shakeup

Strict Immigration

IDP Education rallies despite 25% drop in HY profit on stricter immigration policies

Prima Facie

Trump’s 12 seconds of justice

Cost Crunch

Worley shares tumble on 1H profit drop as restructuring costs surge to $82m

Toll Tumble

Atlas Arteria saw a 39.4% drop in full-year profit amid higher French tax

Emergency testing

Australians to receive emergency phone alerts in $132 million government revamp

In Strife

Bapcor posts $105m first-half net loss, launches $200m equity raise

Reduced costs

Perpetual shares gain on profit rise

Drone Delivery

DroneShield rallies on $22m contract package with western military customer

Market Open / Update

ASX opens higher on tech-led rally

Cash Cow

Elders to sell beef facility Killara Feedlot to Australian Meat Group for $196m