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Bevan Shields, editor of Nine Entertainment’s Sydney Morning Herald, will step down as leader of the country's oldest newspaper after four years in the role. Read more 👉 capitalbrief.com/article/syd…

Shake-up at Sydney Morning Herald as Bevan Shields departs; Jordan Baker appointed editor

In a note to staff on Tuesday, Shields said he would step aside as editor of Nine’s Sydney metro masthead to focus on his health and wellbeing.

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Scoop: Behind closed doors, Trump administration pushes back on Labor’s streaming quotas via @CapitalBrief capitalbrief.com/article/beh…

Behind closed doors, Trump administration pushes back on Labor’s streaming quotas

The US Embassy has directly raised concerns about the policy in Canberra, raising the stakes for the Albanese government as it pursues an aggressive tech reform agenda.

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Katherine Keating, the daughter of former Australian prime minister Paul Keating, exchanged a string of emails with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, new documents show capitalbrief.com/article/kat…

Katherine Keating's messages with Jeffrey Epstein revealed in new cache of emails

A brief email exchange included in documents released by the US House Oversight Committee reveal Keating and Epstein were in direct contact in late 2011.

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After the collapse of Milkrun and the loss of his father, Koala co-founder Dany Milham has returned to lead the furniture brand through record growth, a stalled IPO and a hard-won second act capitalbrief.com/article/ai-…

'AI isn’t coming for sofas': The rise, fall and return of Koala's Dany Milham

After the collapse of Milkrun and the loss of his father, Koala co-founder Dany Milham has returned to lead the furniture brand through record growth, a stalled IPO and a hard-won second act.

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The Albanese government is preparing to announce new details on enforcing its world-first teen social media ban amid uncertainty over which platforms will be covered capitalbrief.com/newsletter/…

Tick, tock

The Albanese government is preparing to announce new details on enforcing its world-first teen social media ban amid uncertainty over which platforms will be covered.

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The chair of the corporate watchdog believes the country is dragging its feet on tokenisation and stablecoin development, but takes some comfort in knowing the US faces similar challenges capitalbrief.com/article/asi…

ASIC chair Joe Longo says Australia 'dragging our feet' on tokenisation and stablecoins

Longo has been meeting with US market leaders and takes comfort in knowing Australia isn’t alone in facing a shortage of IPOs.

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An electricity trading pact between the Australian and Singaporean governments has provided a confidence boost for Mike Cannon-Brookes’ $40b SunCable project, according to its CEO capitalbrief.com/article/sun…

SunCable CEO hails new Australia-Singapore electricity trade framework

The promise of electricity trading between the two nations is an important milestone for SunCable's ambitious undersea cable project.

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ANZ has announced a triple change to its senior leadership team, including the appointment of new chief risk officer Christine Palmer who joins from Santander UK capitalbrief.com/briefing/an…

ANZ chief executive Nuno Matos shakes up C-suite with risk, retail and tech hires

ANZ has announced a triple change to its senior leadership team, including the appointment of new chief risk officer Christine Palmer who joins from Santander UK.

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US President Donald Trump has announced that Israel and Hamas have signed off on the first phase of a proposed 20-point peace plan capitalbrief.com/briefing/tr…

Trump announces Israel, Hamas agree to first phase of peace plan

US President Donald Trump has announced that Israel and Hamas have signed off on the first phase of a proposed 20-point peace plan.

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Ex-Macquarie VPs Daniel and Will Roberts banked $109m apiece during the last financial year, new documents filed with the SEC show, making the IREN co-CEOs the best paid executives leading any Australian company capitalbrief.com/article/ire…

IREN's ex-Macquarie founders now Australia's highest paid CEOs after $218m windfall

Dan and Will Roberts each took home $109 million last financial year after IREN became the world's most valuable Bitcoin miner, and an ambitious AI data centre play.

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New Liberal backbencher Andrew Hastie flatly denies a leadership challenge is imminent, but Opposition Leader Sussan Ley now faces a large and influential group of Dutton-era shadow ministers sitting behind her capitalbrief.com/newsletter/…

Backbench building

Andrew Hastie's departure adds to a growing group of conservatives sitting restlessly on Sussan Ley's backbench.

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The future of Victoria's flagship innovation fund hangs in the balance as the Allan government confirms it has received a highly anticipated review into the $2 billion vehicle and is now considering its findings capitalbrief.com/article/vic…

Victoria's $2b startup fund awaits its future as government review handed down

Once Australia's largest innovation fund, Breakthrough Victoria is facing an uncertain future with rampant speculation it may make no further investments.

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Logistics giant Brambles has turned to generative AI to optimise its fleet of 348 million pallets, crates and containers, with the aim of maximising efficiency and conserving resources across the 60 countries in which it operates capitalbrief.com/article/bra…

Brambles turns to generative AI to boost pallet efficiency

The ASX-listed logistics company is leaning on AI to maximise the efficiency of its global pallet movements, in an effort to meet its sustainability goals.

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OpenAI has joined the Tech Council of Australia, becoming a member of the industry body amid chair Scott Farquhar’s push for Australia to position itself as a data centre hub for Southeast Asia capitalbrief.com/article/ope…

OpenAI becomes Tech Council member as it expands in Australia

The USD500 billion startup has previously advocated for more data centres and a national upskilling program.

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Abu Dhabi National Oil Company's international investment arm, XRG, said on Wednesday that a consortium it was leading withdrew an indicative offer to buy Australian gas producer Santos capitalbrief.com/briefing/ad…

ADNOC-led consortium walks away from $36b Santos takeover

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company's (ADNOC’s) international investment arm, XRG, said on Wednesday that a consortium it was leading withdrew an indicative offer to buy Australian gas producer Santos.

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ANZ and the corporate regulator will ask the Federal Court to impose penalties of $240m in relation to its bond trading scandal, customer hardship, false and misleading statements and fees charged to dead customers capitalbrief.com/briefing/an…

ANZ to pay $240m penalty for widespread misconduct

ANZ and the corporate regulator will ask the Federal Court to impose penalties of $240 million in relation to its bond trading scandal, customer hardship, false and misleading statements and fees...

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How Lachlan Murdoch sealed the deal that cemented his control over the family empire 👇 capitalbrief.com/article/how…

How Lachlan Murdoch sealed the deal that cemented his control over the family empire

Only a few weeks ago, the billionaire was locked in a bitter struggle with his siblings. Australian executive Siobhan McKenna was at the centre of resolving it.

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Leaked emails viewed by Capital Brief reveal concerns job cuts could see ANZ breach its obligations with three regulators — and a threat to escalate these concerns to the board capitalbrief.com/article/the…

‘The nuke that goes off’: ANZ execs in revolt over risk job cuts

Leaked emails viewed by Capital Brief reveal concerns job cuts could see ANZ breach its obligations with three regulators — and a threat to escalate these concerns to the board.

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Macquarie Bank has urged the RBA to curtail the expensive credit cards of its rivals and prevent large institutions from price gouging small businesses, in a distinct policy split from the big four banks capitalbrief.com/article/mac…

Macquarie goes to war with credit cards in surcharging shift

In a major split from its big four rivals, Macquarie wants the RBA to target credit cards and stop large banks from gouging small business.

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Warner Bros Discovery has struck a deal with Amazon that will make its HBO Max streaming service available to Australian users of Prime Video, in a move to significantly ramp up efforts to scale the service in the local market capitalbrief.com/article/war…

Warner Bros strikes Amazon deal to get more eyes on HBO Max in Australia

The distribution deal represents the first major tie-up involving HBO Max in the Australian market following its launch earlier this year.

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