Macquarie $11.6b bid for Qube; energy brawl in Canberra; Titanic pocket watch sells

Tuesday 25 November 2025

Macquarie lobs an $11.6 billion bid for logistics group Qube, as BHP has its second tilt at Anglo American rejected.

• Federal parliament is back for the final sitting week of the year, and it is all about energy policy. 
• US Ambassador Kevin Rudd cops a spray for the government’s new content rules for streaming services. 
• The DroneShield sell-off gets sinister.
• A gold-trimmed pocket watch that went down with the Titanic sells for a record price. 

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