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Open a business in Australia in 2021 and still be trading today, and you have already beaten the odds by more than most people realise.

BHP's FY2026 result was straightforward: underlying profit rose 30 per cent on the prior year, driven by a commodity mix that has shifted decisively.

Trump warned US ally Oman it would be 'blown up' if it interfered in the Iran standoff, as the only formal guarantee of toll-free Hormuz passage expired with nothing to replace it.

Three weekends, US$2.022 billion. Only Avengers: Endgame got there faster, and no Spider-Man film had ever reached the mark.

Sydney-based fintech LoanOptions has formalised a partnership with Aussie, the retail broker brand operated by Lendi Group, extending its AI-powered asset finance capability to Aussie's national broker network.

The core engineering problem Quantum Lock is solving is deceptively specific: how do you verify the internal state of a device you cannot physically reach? Software-based approaches rely on heuristics, pattern matching and code signatures.

Self-managed superannuation funds have been able to borrow under limited recourse borrowing arrangements, or LRBAs, to buy investment property since the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 first permitted the practice.

NATO fighters shot down a foreign drone over eastern Latvia, then scrambled again as another crossed into Romania, back-to-back live tests of the alliance's eastern air defences.

Trump has ordered the Pentagon to substantially reduce joint military exercises with South Korea, saying Seoul offered no help against Iran, in a post that touted his relationship with Kim Jong Un.

Health and Disability Minister Mark Butler has signalled that a parliamentary deal with the Coalition on the most significant overhaul of the National Disability Insurance Scheme since its founding is within reach.

Hayden Panettiere, the actor who became a household name playing an indestructible cheerleader on Heroes and later a hard-living country star on Nashville, has died at 36. Her publicist Kasey Kitchen confirmed the death and said an investigation is ongoing. No cause of death has been released.

Cash earnings for the three months ended 30 June 2026 rose 2 per cent to $1.83 billion, with statutory net profit coming in just below at $1.81 billion. The gap between those two figures is thin, which tells you there were no large one-off items distorting the result either way.