RBA first home buyer warning; ASX tumbles; Ampol shifts into EV charging

Friday 2 October 2026

The Reserve Bank warns that some first home buyers have been hit hardest by falling house prices. 

• The ASX falls two per cent, pushing the benchmark to its lowest since June
• Transurban spends $4.5 billion on local toll roads, as Canadian pension funds head for the exits
• Commonwealth Bank suspends bank branch closures in the bush
• Petrol station owner Ampol buys the country’s largest EV charging business

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