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Australia News 17 September 2025 - 4 December 2025

Australia’s October 2025 Trade Surplus Widens to A$4.39 Billion as Gold and Commodities Drive Mixed Export Story

Australia’s October 2025 Trade Surplus Widens to A$4.39 Billion as Gold and Commodities Drive Mixed Export Story

Australia’s export engine delivered a solid, if not spectacular, performance at the start of Q4, with fresh data for October 2025 showing a wider goods trade surplus, strong non‑monetary gold flows and resilient consumer‑related imports – all against the backdrop of booming household spending and rising interest‑rate expectations. Headline numbers: surplus widens as Q4 trade gets underway On Thursday, 4…
4 December 2025
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Australia Stock Market Today: ASX 200 Climbs as Miners Rally and RBA Rate-Hike Bets Build – 4 December 2025

Australia Stock Market Today: ASX 200 Climbs as Miners Rally and RBA Rate-Hike Bets Build – 4 December 2025

The Australia stock market finished Thursday, 4 December 2025, modestly higher, with the S&P/ASX 200 once again leaning on heavyweight miners and materials stocks while traders priced in a higher chance of future Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) rate hikes and a stronger Australian dollar. Market snapshot: ASX 200 edges higher on resource strength The S&P/ASX 200 closed around 8,618 points,…
4 December 2025
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Australia Economy Today: Q3 GDP Data, Inflation Shock and Interest Rate Jitters – 3 December 2025

Australia Economy Today: Q3 GDP Data, Inflation Shock and Interest Rate Jitters – 3 December 2025

Australia’s economy is back in the spotlight today after fresh national accounts and inflation figures painted a picture of solid headline growth, stubborn price pressures and still‑squeezed living standards. On 3 December 2025, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that gross domestic product (GDP) grew 0.4% in the September quarter and 2.1% over the year, slightly below market expectations…
3 December 2025
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Australia Unveils Defence Delivery Agency in Biggest Defence Department Overhaul in 50 Years

Australia Unveils Defence Delivery Agency in Biggest Defence Department Overhaul in 50 Years

Canberra — 1 December 2025 Australia’s federal government has announced the largest shake‑up of the Defence Department in half a century, creating a powerful new Defence Delivery Agency (DDA) to take charge of billions of dollars in military projects after years of cost blowouts, schedule overruns and escalating strategic risk. ABC The changes, unveiled in Canberra by Acting Prime Minister…
1 December 2025
Australia Unveils Biggest Defence Overhaul in 50 Years to Tackle Cost Blowouts

Australia Unveils Biggest Defence Overhaul in 50 Years to Tackle Cost Blowouts

Canberra — 1 December 2025: The Albanese government has announced the most significant shake‑up of Australia’s defence bureaucracy in half a century, creating a powerful new Defence Delivery Agency (DDA) to rein in multibillion‑dollar cost blowouts and years of delays across major military projects. ABC The new body will merge three of Defence’s most important acquisition and sustainment arms and…
1 December 2025
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Virgin Australia Becomes First Aussie Airline to Embed ChatGPT as OpenAI Lands Wesfarmers Enterprise Deal

Virgin Australia Becomes First Aussie Airline to Embed ChatGPT as OpenAI Lands Wesfarmers Enterprise Deal

Virgin Australia has become the first Australian airline to formally collaborate with OpenAI, announcing a landmark plan to put ChatGPT at the centre of how customers plan and shop for travel — on the same day OpenAI inked a separate enterprise-wide deal with retail giant Wesfarmers. Virgin Australia The twin announcements on 28 November 2025 mark a major moment for…
28 November 2025
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ASX 200: What to Know Before the Australian Stock Market Opens on 26 November 2025

ASX 200: What to Know Before the Australian Stock Market Opens on 26 November 2025

As the Australian share market heads into Wednesday’s session on 26 November 2025, investors are digesting a powerful cocktail of global rate‑cut optimism, surging gold and resources stocks, and fresh local corporate shocks in banking and defence tech. Here’s a comprehensive look at the key drivers likely to shape the ASX 200 at the open tomorrow. Quick snapshot 1. Global lead: Rate‑cut hopes, softer yields and…
25 November 2025
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ASX Today: Australian Share Market Rebounds Over 1% as Tech, Healthcare and Industrials Lead – 24 November 2025

ASX Today: Australian Share Market Rebounds Over 1% as Tech, Healthcare and Industrials Lead – 24 November 2025

Sydney – Monday, 24 November 2025 — The Australian stock market kicked off the week with a strong relief rally, snapping a painful run of November losses as investors piled back into technology, healthcare and industrial names on renewed hopes of interest rate cuts in the United States. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 jumped about 1.3% to around 8,525 points, clawing back a slice of…
25 November 2025
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‘Lucifer’ Bee with Devil‑Like Horns Discovered in Western Australia — What We Know Today (Nov. 12, 2025)

‘Lucifer’ Bee with Devil‑Like Horns Discovered in Western Australia — What We Know Today (Nov. 12, 2025)

A newly described species of native leafcutter bee sporting tiny, devil‑like facial “horns” has been unveiled by researchers in Western Australia’s Goldfields. The species, formally named Megachile (Hackeriapis) lucifer, was first collected in 2019 during a survey of pollinators around a critically endangered wildflower, Marianthus aquilonaris, and is now detailed in a peer‑reviewed paper in the Journal of Hymenoptera Research.…
12 November 2025
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Australia’s 3-Hour Free Power Shock: Who Wins and Who Pays?

Australia’s 3-Hour Free Power Shock: Who Wins and Who Pays?

Solar Sharer: How the Free Electricity Plan Works On Nov 4, 2025 the Albanese government announced a landmark policy – the Solar Sharer – to mandate 3 hours of free power daily. Under this scheme, energy retailers in Default Market Offer (DMO) regions (NSW, SA, south-east Qld) must offer a tariff with a zero‑cost period each day when the sun…
5 November 2025
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Australia’s Inflation Bombshell: RBA Cuts Wiped Off Table as Markets Recoil

Australia’s Inflation Bombshell: RBA Cuts Wiped Off Table as Markets Recoil

Shock CPI Report Upends Rate-Cut Hopes On Oct. 29, official data showed Australia’s consumer price index (CPI) surged unexpectedly in Q3 2025. Headline CPI rose 1.3% from the previous quarter – the largest jump in 2½ years – pushing the annual rate to 3.2% (vs. 2.1% in Q2) Reuters. Underlying inflation was even more worrying: the RBA’s preferred “trimmed mean”…
29 October 2025
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Great Barrier Reef Drone Laws 2025: Permits, No‑Fly Zones & Huge Fines Exposed

Great Barrier Reef Drone Laws 2025: Permits, No‑Fly Zones & Huge Fines Exposed

Overview: Flying Drones in a Protected Paradise The Great Barrier Reef is a World Heritage marine park with unique regulations to safeguard its wildlife and natural beauty. Flying a drone here means following two layers of laws: the standard Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) rules that apply Australia-wide, and environmental rules set by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority…
17 September 2025
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Stock Market Today

  • AI-generated trading signals for Ivanhoe Electric IE:CA show strong ratings; buy/sell levels published
    January 17, 2026, 2:36 PM EST. AI-generated signals for Ivanhoe Electric Inc. (IE:CA) were updated on Jan 17, 2026 at 02:02 PM ET. The note, by Thomas H. Kee Jr., Editor of Stock Traders Daily, lists explicit trading plans. On the long side, buy near 21.35 with a target of 24.89 and a stop at 21.24. On the short side, sell near 24.89 with a target of 21.35 and a stop at 25.01. Ratings for near, mid and long terms appear Strong. The report flags AI-generated signals and includes a chart for IE:CA. This is a market signal update, not a formal investment advisory.
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