Australia Breaking News

Broken Hill Gold (ASX:BH6) has finalised the strategic demerger of its North Queensland exploration assets to Manda Resources.

Anthropic committed a further $10 million in Claude API credits to Australian researchers and deep-tech startups.

QBE Insurance Group (ASX:QBE) announced the appointment of Jonathan Groves as CEO for Australia Pacific, effective Nov. 1.

Bellevue Gold (ASX:BGL) delivered $62.6 million in record free cash flow for FY26 after meeting its annual production target.

Australia has joined 19 other nations and the European Commission to demand strict international regulation and human oversight of artificial intelligence development.

Capstone Copper (ASX:CSC) has agreed to sell its Cozamin mine in Mexico to Luca Mining for a total consideration of up to $385 million.

All four major Australian banks now expect the central bank to raise interest rates in September.

Firmus has launched an initial public offering to raise at least US$5 billion ahead of a planned ASX debut on Oct. 26.

Vietnam's top leader To Lam tells Bloomberg the nation is "very close" to a trade deal with the US. Vietnam wants to import more US items, Lam says in an exclusive interview on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.

An Australian Senate committee has recommended that the federal government consider nationalising the national emergency call system operated by Telstra (ASX:TLS).

Vice President JD Vance urged North Carolina voters to give Republicans more time to accomplish their agenda as the GOP is on the defensive in key states ahead of November's midterm election. Vance traveled to the battleground state on Monday in a bid to shore up support for Republican Senate candidate Michael Whatley, who polls show trailing Democratic former Governor Roy Cooper. The contest has morphed into an opportunity for Democrats to flip a crucial seat. Bill Faries, Bloomberg News Senior Editor, joins to discuss the state of voter sentiment with less than 45 days until US midterm elections.

RBC Capital Markets Director of Global ETF Strategy Valerie Grimba joins Scarlet Fu and Eric Balchunas on "Bloomberg ETF IQ." They discuss the proliferation of new fund launches and how ETF issuers compete in an increasingly crowded space.