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Five news stories in five minutes. When you remove the grey, you get your news quicker. We tell you how it is, you decide from there.

Fast Five | 10 April 2026

Friday 10 April 2026

The top five business stories in five minutes, with Sean Aylmer and Michael Thompson.

  1. Albanese criticises Israel on Lebanon
  2. Fuel issue becomes national security crisis
  3. Property market in spotlight
  4. Bendigo Bank’s big AI deals
  5. How accurate are Google’s AI responses?

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Fear & Greed Afternoon Report | 9 Apr 2026

This is the Fear & Greed Afternoon Report - everything you need to know about what happened in the markets, economy and world of business today, in just a few minutes.

  1. ASX up 0.2pc

  2. Fragile ceasefire holding

  3. Ampol offers to sell more sites

  4. Meta unveils new AI model

  5. Apple pushing ahead with foldable iPhones

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Fast Five | 9 April 2026

Thursday 9 April 2026

The top five business stories in five minutes, with Sean Aylmer and Michael Thompson.

  1. ASX surges on ceasefire
  2. Iran’s strategic weapon revealed
  3. Fuel crisis spills into industrial relations
  4. DroneShield’s CEO steps down
  5. Kanye West banned from Britain

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Fear & Greed Afternoon Report | 8 Apr 2026

This is the Fear & Greed Afternoon Report - everything you need to know about what happened in the markets, economy and world of business today, in just a few minutes.

  1. ASX jumps 2.6pc

  2. Trump: ceasefire a ‘big day for world peace’

  3. BRS remanded in custody

  4. NFL game at MCG almost a sellout

  5. $US64b bid for Universal Music Group

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Fast Five | 8 April 2026

Wednesday 8 April 2026

The top five business stories in five minutes, with Sean Aylmer and Michael Thompson.

  1. Ben Roberts-Smith charged
  2. Sharemarket surges
  3. PM promises to guard fuel supplies
  4. Guzman Y Gomez sales surge
  5. Artemis II astronauts travel to dark side of moon

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Fear & Greed Afternoon Report | 7 Apr 2026

This is the Fear & Greed Afternoon Report - everything you need to know about what happened in the markets, economy and world of business today, in just a few minutes.

  1. ASX surges 1.7pc

  2. Ben Roberts-Smith arrested

  3. Household spending rises in Feb

  4. Trump singles out Australia

  5. Regions pass 10 million people

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Fast Five | 7 April 2026

Tuesday 7 April 2026

The top five business stories in five minutes, with Sean Aylmer and Michael Thompson.

  1. Rates set to rise as war continues
  2. Housing market slows
  3. EV wait times blow out
  4. Bad news for renters
  5. Peak reality TV is over

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And don’t miss the latest episode of How Do They Afford That? - this week: the $10,000 question. Get the episode from APPLE, SPOTIFY, or anywhere you listen to podcasts.

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Fear & Greed Afternoon Report | 6 Apr 2026

This is the Fear & Greed Afternoon Report - everything you need to know about what happened in the markets, economy and world of business today, in just a few minutes.

  1. ASX to open flat

  2. 45-day ceasefire

  3. Fuel till May

  4. Critical phase for Artemis

  5. Tesla sales slide

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Fast Five | 6 April 2026

Monday 6 April 2026

The top five business stories in five minutes, with Sean Aylmer and Michael Thompson.

  1. ASX resilience shows through
  2. Regional house prices best
  3. AI legal help gets man thrown out of court
  4. Rise of Bank of Grandma and Grandpa
  5. Biggest religious pilgrimages

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Five Questions: Could you go without internet for a week? 

Michael asks Sean and Adam five questions - with no notice at all - about a digital detox. Could they handle a week without the internet? Could they do their jobs, navigate and communicate, or would life fall apart?

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