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SpaceX raises US$75b in record‑breaking IPO
SpaceX raised US$75 billion by selling about 555 million shares at US$135 each, valuing the company near US$1.8 trillion and making Elon Musk a paper trillionaire.
US–Iran peace deal hits oil and lifts stocks
A US–Iran peace agreement to halt nearly four months of fighting, including in Lebanon, sent oil lower and global stocks higher as markets priced in a planned Friday signing.
Bass Oil seals 100% Vanessa acquisition with 10m SCF/day plant and 5km pipeline
Bass Oil (ASX:BAS) has completed the acquisition of a 100% interest in the Vanessa gas field, including a shut‑in well, gas processing facility and 5km pipeline into the Cooper Basin transmission network.
The company said Vanessa marks a step toward entering the east‑coast gas market at a time when it believes demand and pricing remain supportive for smaller, low‑cost operators.
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The great white-collar contraction
The era of "AI augmentation" — that polite corporate fiction where software was merely a "co-pilot" designed to help humans work faster — has ended.
In its place, 2026 has ushered in a period of cold, clinical replacement.
The unintended green revolution
For decades, the global transition to renewable energy was a project of incrementalism — a slow-moving mosaic of carbon taxes, solar subsidies, and earnest international accords that often felt more aspirational than urgent.
Policy wonks argued over the nuances of the Inflation Reduction Act, while climate activists lamented the glacial pace of the "energy pivot."
The Boomer gold rock is back
For the better part of a decade, the gilded youth of the financial world — the "crypto-native" generation — dismissed gold as a "boomer rock."
To them, the heavy, yellow metal was an analog relic, a petrous souvenir of an era before the lightning-fast efficiency of the blockchain.
The bull market in bloodshed
For years, the global defence industry existed in a sort of polite exile.
In the era of ESG mandates and the "peace dividend," shares in weapons manufacturers were often treated as the "tobacco stocks" of the new millennium — profitable, perhaps, but unseemly.
Economy
US–Iran peace deal hits oil and lifts stocks
A US–Iran peace agreement to halt nearly four months of fighting, including in Lebanon, sent oil lower and global stocks higher as markets priced in a planned Friday signing.
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Australia's productivity slump threatens economic growth
Australia's economic engine is stalling as labour productivity slipped by 0.6% in the March quarter.
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Rising mental health prescriptions spark national debate
Australian mental health prescriptions surge as nearly one in five citizens are prescribed psychiatric medications.
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Environment leads R&D spending despite real funding drops
Australia's government expenditure on research and development crawled to $4.4 billion in 2024–25, marking a 1% increase from 2022–23.
