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National Australia Bank CEO Andrew Irvine and Commonwealth Bank chief executive Matt Comyn have expressed fears about the nation’s obsession with real estate and the highest mortgage arrears rate in more than a decade.
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Stephen Johnson

Bank chief blasts our ‘national obsession’ with property

NAB chief executive Andrew Irvine, who moved from Canada six years ago, has revealed why the fixation on property is bad for the economy.

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Wesfarmers and SQM's Mt Holland lithium venture.

Wesfarmers green lights $1.4b WA lithium expansion

Business
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The supermarket giant is hiking the price of a household staple as its suppliers face ongoing fuel-related supply chain and operational cost pressures.

Coles to charge more for item bought by almost every shopper

Companies
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NAB is the latest bank to confirm it is joining the cull, after ANZ revealed it was slashing 3500 jobs and 1000 contractors.

NAB and ANZ job cuts are just the start of killing season

Companies
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Consumers are being urged to shop around for the best grocery deals, though Australia’s third-largest supermarket offers the greatest overall value.

Cheapest supermarket and average shop totals revealed

Australia
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China’s intelligence services have for decades used romantic entanglements to compromise or extract information from prominent people.

How China’s spy operations play the romance long game

USA
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US stocks have opened mostly lower as investors digested news of Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang resigning from the company.

Wall St mixed as Nvidia chief's exit rattles AI stocks

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An earlier 8.8 per cent plunge in Nvidia shares sent shudders throughout Asian markets on Thursday ahead of Jensen Huang’s resignation.

Huang resignation wipes $880 billion off Nvidia market value

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Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s chief executive, after a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, May 14, 2026.

A timeline of Jensen Huang’s downfall as Nvidia CEO

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For savers unwilling to jump through monthly hoops, AMP offers 5.50 per cent on balances up to $50,000 without the usual strings attached.

Banks slug borrowers but savings rates crack a decade high

Wealth
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Australians are promised $1.6 billion in surcharge savings but rewards cardholders with the big four bank face higher rates, fewer perks and weaker insurance. Here’s everything you’re about to lose ...

Big banks gut credit card perks. Here’s what you’ll lose ...

Wealth
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The strong annual result concealed a sudden fall and recovery late in the financial year.

Is your super fund among this year’s best-performers list?

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Housing prices falling in Melbourne and Sydney The Nightly

Australian homeowners brace for pain as prices set to plunge

Australia
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Mining

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Regis Resources’ Duketon South operations in Western Australia include the Rosemont underground mine.

Contractor fatally injured at regional WA mine

Australia
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Fortescue foundre Andrew Forrest has pined the blame for the miner's share price partly on US President Donald Trump.

Twiggy pins Fortescue slump on ‘fruitcake’ Trump

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A nugget worth up to $200,000 was almost missed by a prospector who had spent days searching the red dirt in the outback — and feared his spectacular find might be nothing more than 'a painted rock'.

‘Nearly walked past it’: Huge $200k gold nugget discovery

Newsworthy
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Rio Tinto Australia chief executive Kellie Parker.

Rio Tinto exec appointed to fix troubled defence projects

Mining
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Ryan Stokes.

Stokes fires investment warning over PM’s domestic gas plan

Energy
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A video on the Snowy Hydro 2.0 scheme’s website shows the construction work.

Snowy Hydro 2.0 cost could blow out to $25 billion

Energy
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Europe has spent decades shutting down coal-fired plants to combat global warming. Now the ones still left are experiencing an unexpected windfall. 

Dwindling coal fleet in Europe reaps windfall from gas rally

World
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Madeleine King addresses the National Press Club in Canberra.

King vows gas reserve will ‘push down’ energy prices

Politics
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