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ASX Limited has appointed Group Executive Markets and Listings Darren Yip as Interim Chief Executive Officer, effective May 29, 2026.

The Federal Reserve is currently facing its most significant internal upheaval in over three decades.

In a historic 8-4 vote, the central bank opted to maintain interest rates, marking the most fractured decision since 1992.

In a strategic bid to fortify national fuel reserves, Foreign Minister Penny Wong recently secured a diplomatic breakthrough during high-level Beijing talks - after the escalating Middle East conflict paralysed the Strait of Hormuz, plunging Australia into a precarious energy crisis.

For decades, the global transition to renewable energy was a project of incrementalism — a slow-moving mosaic of carbon taxes, solar subsidies, and earnest international accords that often felt more aspirational than urgent. 

Policy wonks argued over the nuances of the Inflation Reduction Act, while climate activists lamented the glacial pace of the "energy pivot."

For the better part of a decade, the gilded youth of the financial world — the "crypto-native" generation — dismissed gold as a "boomer rock." 

To them, the heavy, yellow metal was an analog relic, a petrous souvenir of an era before the lightning-fast efficiency of the blockchain. 

For years, the global defence industry existed in a sort of polite exile. 

In the era of ESG mandates and the "peace dividend," shares in weapons manufacturers were often treated as the "tobacco stocks" of the new millennium — profitable, perhaps, but unseemly. 

Australia's unemployment rate held steady at 4.3% in March 2026, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

IMF warns of a potential third global recession this century as Middle East conflict threatens oil supplies.

Australian household spending maintained its upward trajectory in February, climbing 0.3%.