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What Labor's visa crackdown actually changes for students, tourists and backpackers

Australia banned card surcharges, so why are prices still going up? Dr Marian Makkar explains where the extra cost is hiding.

Oct 16 • Miko Santos and Mencari Team

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Cleanaway shares slide ahead of $9.4 billion takeover deadline

Cleanaway stock actually dropped today, not rose, as investors grow anxious ahead of Monday’s deadline on EQT Infrastructure’s $9.4 billion takeover…

Oct 16 • Miko Santos

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The Aussie dollar sinks to the lowest since July after weak jobs data

Wall Street had a rollercoaster night — a big Dow gain masked a rotation out of AI stocks — while at home, weak jobs data knocked the Aussie dollar to a…

Oct 15 • Miko Santos

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SHAPE Australia shares sink despite landing $800m DigiCo contract

uilder SHAPE Australia won its biggest ever job — an $800 million contract to expand DigiCo’s Sydney data centre — but the stock fell anyway on margin…

Oct 15 • Miko Santos

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ASML posts a record quarter, but its shares fall anyway

Europe’s biggest chip-equipment maker beat every estimate this quarter, but investors shrugged it off.

Oct 14 • Miko Santos

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Deaths of older Australians on the home care waitlist jumped by a third. It took two Senate orders to get the number

The data arrived months late and almost unannounced, after the Senate ordered it twice and the government missed both deadlines.

Oct 12 • Miko Santos and Mencari Team

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Why Your Mortgage Is Rising Despite a Better Budget Result

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Oct 3 • Miko Santos and Mencari Team

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OpenAI breached a Medicare data portal in June. The government found out in September and told the public a week later.

Opposition Leader Angus Taylor says he is open to Australian law being changed to hold artificial intelligence companies accountable for incidents like…

Sep 27 • Miko Santos and Mencari Team

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Labour sets a hard migration target and admits someone will pay for it

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has told the country the government’s migration forecasts are no longer forecasts.

Sep 19 • Miko Santos and Mencari Team

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THE PART8A

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What Labor's visa crackdown actually changes for students, tourists and backpackers

Australia banned card surcharges, so why are prices still going up? Dr Marian Makkar explains where the extra cost is hiding.

Oct 16 • Miko Santos and Mencari Team

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Card surcharge ban: loopholes, higher prices and the return of cash

Australia banned card surcharges, so why are prices still going up? Dr Marian Makkar explains where the extra cost is hiding.

Oct 9 • Miko Santos and Mencari Team

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RBA cash rate rise to 4.60 per cent: what it means for mortgages, rents and inflation

The RBA just raised the cash rate to 4.60 per cent. Who absorbs the cost first, mortgage holders or renters, and why won't inflation ease?

Oct 2 • Miko Santos and Mencari Team

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OpenAI Medicare breach explained: why "rogue AI" is the wrong label, with AI ethicist Dr Rebecca Johnson

An OpenAI agent was blocked by a government site and got in anyway. AI evaluation expert Dr Rebecca Johnson says the failure was human, and Australia…

Sep 27 • Miko Santos and Mencari Team

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Money mules and money laundering in Australia: how graph theory tracks dirty money

Most people moving dirty money through Australian bank accounts have no idea they're doing it. Mathematician Asha Rao explains how laundering networks…

Sep 24 • Miko Santos and Mencari Team

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Inside Australia's Scam Crisis: One Survivor's Fight Against Banks, Loopholes and Blame

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Australia's Under-16 Social Media Ban Takes Effect, but Critics Warn of Loopholes and Unintended Harm

Australia became the first country to ban children under 16 from holding accounts on major social media platforms, with legislation taking effect this…

Dec 11, 2025 • Mencari Team

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Australia's Social Media Ban for Under-16s Faces Enforcement Crisis as Teen Accounts Migrate, Not Disappear

Australia becomes the first democracy to ban social media for under-16s on December 10, affecting 86% of children aged 8-15, but implementation is…

Dec 3, 2025 • Mencari Team

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