BUSINESS

wednesday 7 october 2026

consumer sentiment hits 50-year lows, creating the potential for a dive in household spending. 

• the coalition unveils its immigration policy, with a big drop in migrant numbers
• openai apologises for its agents accessing official websites, but says companies and governments need better defences
• the best places to take a holiday, at least if you want to take advantage of a strong aussie dollar
• italian prime minister giorgia meloni wants to copyright her voice to counter deepfakes

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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 rises 0.6pc

2. firmus ipo selling restrictions

3. macquarie backs directors after kpmg probe

4. trump orders fort hood gunman executed

5. jeffrey archer dies at 86

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tuesday 6 october 2026

the asx readies for the biggest float since telstra, with firmus set to give local investors direct access to the ai boom. 

• prime minister anthony albanese lands in fiji for high-level climate talks
• australians are dobbing in tax cheats at a rate of 1,000 a week
• the cost-of-living crisis causes near retirees to extend their working lives
• the latest data on deaths reveals the most likely time to fall off the perch is your late 80s

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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 flat after early surge

2. csl signs $510m drug development deal

3. afl wins grand final ratings battle

4. andrew challenges epstein arrest

5. flydubai co-pilot allegedly planned 9/11-style attack

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monday 5 october 2026

experts predict house prices will fall by up to 15 per cent, as the weekend’s auctions results fall below 50 per cent. 

• treasurer jim chalmers says there will be no hand-outs from the government in the upcoming mid-year budget review
• miners and energy companies pay most tax
• more details emerge about the flydubai co-pilot attack last week.
• ai cracks a war code from napoleonic times

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was it a good week or a bad week for the australian economy? michael and sean go head-to-head over interest rates, inflation and house prices – before tackling sporting debacles, tax reform, card surcharges and the best tv shows of the 21st century.

adam lang returns to judge the arguments, with predictably controversial results.

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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 rebounds as bond sell-off eases

2. anz dumps kpmg after almost 60 years

3. firmus valued at $43.7 billion

4. ato credit card ban sparks backlash

5. investigators probe flydubai cockpit attack

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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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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 tumbles 2pc as bond yields surge

2. m&a burst

3. governments tip another $200m into rio smelter

4. anika wells makes time list

5. australians caught up in terrifying flydubai flight

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thursday 1 october 2026

house prices fall for a sixth consecutive month across the country with owners wondering how far the slump will go. 

• august inflation comes in slightly lower than expected, but that’s unlikely to prevent another rate hike
• credit and debit card surcharges disappear from today
• mental health emerges as the leading workplace safety problem
• one of the world’s biggest sporting teams, manchester city, found guilty of defrauding the english premier league

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