Australia

Australia's private credit squeeze is spreading: CVS Lane has suspended investor redemptions after a Sydney developer's collapse, the second fund to narrow the exit inside a week.

The Trishuli River at Galchchi station rose nine metres in thirty minutes. At Malekhu, seven metres in the same window. Those numbers, recorded by hydrological sensors along Nepal's Rasuwa district on 26 August 2026, describe a valley floor remade in a single event.

Australia's Home Value Index fell 0.7 per cent in July, the largest monthly decline since December 2022, according to Cotality data published on 14 August. Brisbane values dropped 0.6 per cent over the month and Adelaide fell 0.2 per cent.

The weighted average final clearance rate across the combined capital cities hit 48.9 per cent for the week ending 16 August 2026, down 20.9 percentage points from 69.8 per cent recorded in the same week a year earlier.

Google Ads smart bidding now holds budget-capped campaigns to their set targets, and Google warns of temporary performance swings while the change beds in.

Melbourne ruckman Max Gawn collected his ninth All-Australian blazer on Tuesday night, setting the all-time record for selections in the award's history. The AFL named Gawn captain of the 2026 side, a role he has held across multiple seasons.

The restricted mode is live. OpenAI began rolling out ChatGPT for Teens globally on 18 August, automatically routing any account it estimates belongs to a user aged 13 to 17 into a locked-down version of the product. Teenagers made ChatGPT a daily study and companionship tool years before this.

The MA Secured Loan Series introduced a temporary redemption cap of 1 per cent of funds under management per monthly redemption period on 25 August 2026.