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Kingfisher Mining (ASX:KFM) announced a binding agreement to divest its entire interest in the Gascoyne Rare Earth Elements Project to Dreadnought Exploration.

Australian winter broadacre crop production has staged a recovery, with the latest insights from the Australian Bureau of Statistics revealing a 20% rise in total value for the 2024-25 financial year.

The Australian Taxation Office has warned that self-managed superannuation funds will be a major target for compliance action in the coming year.

Albion Resources (ASX:ALB) announced an expansion of its Western Australian gold portfolio by securing a binding option to acquire the Gidgee Gold Project.

Horizon Oil (ASX:HZN) announced an off-market takeover bid to acquire all fully paid ordinary shares in Cue Energy Resources (ASX:CUE) that it does not already own.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has escalated its scrutiny of Ampol's (ASX:ALD) proposed acquisition of EG Australia.

Syrah Resources (ASX:SYR) has signed multi-year binding conditional offtake agreement with NextSource Materials.

An expected surge in global oil prices following US and Israeli missile strikes on Iran is set to flow through to Australian petrol pumps.

Vinyl Group (ASX:VNL) has entered a binding asset sale agreement to acquire Val Morgan Digital from The HOYTS Group for $10.5 million.

Australia's internet regulator is threatening to crack down on app stores and search engines if they fail to restrict children's access to AI services.

Lynas Rare Earths (ASX:LYC) has secured a regulatory victory following the 10-year renewal of its operating licence for the Lynas Malaysia facility.

Electro Optic Systems (ASX:EOS) announced an expansion of its international portfolio with two new remote weapon system orders.

Magellan Financial Group (ASX:MFG) entered into an agreement to merge with Barrenjoey Capital Partners, a move designed to create a "diversified, client-focussed Australian financial services group.

The Star (ASX:SGR) reported a $109.7 million H1 FY26 loss as new CEO Bruce Mathieson Jnr begins a major corporate restructure to stabilise the group.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has declared Australia's support for the United States' military intervention in Iran, following a massive joint US-Israeli operation on Feb. 28.

U.S. and Israeli forces conducted a decisive decapitation strike against the Iranian leadership in Tehran on February 28, 2026.

Titomic (ASX:TTT) announced the results of its six-month financial report ended Dec. 31, 2025.

Verbrec (ASX:VBC) reported a total EBITDA of $11.3 million for the fiscal half to Dec. 31, 2025.

HyTerra (ASX:HYT) signed a collaboration agreement with Prometheus Hydrogen, aiming to demonstrate an end-to-end geologic hydrogen project.

For the six months ended Dec. 31, 2025, Ora Banda Mining (ASX:OBM) saw revenue climb 80% to $336.3 million.

PYC Therapeutics (ASX:PYC) confirmed that it has received approval from its Safety Review Committee to escalate dosing in its PYC-003 drug candidate trial.

Clean TeQ Water (ASX:CNQ) landed a Phase 2 contract with Nyrstar to deliver a wastewater treatment project at the Nyrstar Balen operations in Belgium.

For the six months ended Dec. 31, 2025, Weebit Nano (ASX:WBT) reported a record revenue of $5.6 million.

ECS Botanics (ASX:ECS) delivered both a return to profitability and positive cash flow for the first half of FY26.