Mega-mergers stoke ASX; Federal MP attacked; Putin-Xi-Trump summit

Tuesday 20 October 2026

Two mega mergers stoke the ASX. 

• Federal MP Helen Haines run down in ‘deliberate attack’
• The RBA says a higher $A can help tame inflation
• Vladimir Putin suggests a summit between Donald Trump, Xi Jinping and himself
• Japan’s ready to send a rocket to Mars, to discover more about the red planet’s moons

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