FEAR & GREED | Business News

Wednesday 7 October 2026
Consumer sentiment hits 50-year lows, creating the potential for a dive in household spending.
The Coalition unveils its immigration policy, with a big drop in migrant numbers
OpenAI apologises for its agents accessing official websites, but says companies and governments need better defences
The best places to take a holiday, at least if you want to take advantage of a strong Aussie dollar
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni wants to copyright her voice to counter deepfakes

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Australians expect organisations to behave with integrity and accountability. But the new 2026 Australian Governance Index reveals a substantial gap between those expectations and what people believe they're actually seeing, with 43 per cent of Australians saying organisational behaviour has become worse in recent years.

Sean Aylmer speaks with Katrina Horrobin, CEO of the Governance Institute of Australia, and Matt Rowley, partner at strategic advisory firm General Strategic, about what's driving the governance gap, why expectations differ between sectors, and what businesses can actually do about it. They also discuss AI governance, the importance of human judgement, and why organisations need to think beyond their traditional "social licence".

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This is the Fear & Greed Afternoon Report - everything you need to know about what happened in the markets, economy and world of business today, in just a few minutes.
ASX rises 0.6pc

Firmus IPO selling restrictions

Macquarie backs directors after KPMG probe

Trump orders Fort Hood gunman executed

Jeffrey Archer dies at 86

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Tuesday 6 October 2026
The ASX readies for the biggest float since Telstra, with Firmus set to give local investors direct access to the AI boom.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese lands in Fiji for high-level climate talks
Australians are dobbing in tax cheats at a rate of 1,000 a week
The cost-of-living crisis causes near retirees to extend their working lives
The latest data on deaths reveals the most likely time to fall off the perch is your late 80s

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Crypto has rallied strongly, but regulatory uncertainty remains after the US Senate failed to pass the CLARITY Act. So where does Bitcoin fit in portfolios now - and how are the big institutional investors thinking about it?

Sean Aylmer speaks with John D’Agostino, Head of Institutional Strategy at Coinbase, about regulation, Bitcoin’s role in portfolio construction, and why he believes crypto is already mainstream in awareness, but still very early when it comes to actual adoption.

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