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Wednesday 8 July 2026
Nine Entertainment and Foxtel sign the biggest sports broadcasting deal ever, inking a $5.3 billion, seven year agreement for National Rugby League rights.
WiseTech founder and billionaire Richard White steps down from the top job at the software group, again.
A small Melbourne-based biotech asked by Uganda to send over its anti-viral drug to treat Ebola.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese demands an answer from Beijing over Monday’s ballistic missile launch.
US President Donald Trump has another crack at Italian PM Giorgia Meloni ahead of the NATO summit.

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Australians have a complicated relationship with their banks. But maybe it's time to see them differently - not just as financial institutions, but as critical economic infrastructure.

Sean Aylmer speaks with Simon Birmingham, CEO of the Australian Banking Association, about the role banks play in supporting home ownership, business investment and the broader economy, and why competition in banking is stronger than many Australians realise.
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ASX off 0.3pc

Anthropic seeking data contracts

Netwealth aims to double funds

Trump admits calling FIFA boss

China official’s $US300m bribe

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Tuesday 7 July 2026
The gold sector is set for a shake-up with a $12.6 billion merger under consideration.
The Commonwealth Bank warns that the slumping housing sector could replace the Middle East war as the main obstacle for the local economy
Australia does a deal with Fiji, as China tests a nuclear capable long range missile
Meta defends its business model that allows racist and sexist commentary on its platform
Why SBS is the winner at the FIFA World Cup

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Twenty-five years ago, Australia's first exchange-traded fund listed on the ASX. Few people had heard of ETFs, and even fewer believed they'd become one of the country's most popular investment products.

Sean Aylmer speaks with Jonathan Shead, Head of Investments at State Street Investment Management and one of the people who helped launch Australia's first ETF. Shead reflects on the challenges of bringing ETFs to Australia, why the product took years to gain acceptance, and the turning points that fuelled the industry's explosive growth to more than $330 billion in assets.

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