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RBA week opens with firmer mortgage pricing, ASX futures slip, and Neale cleared for the grand final
Friday's Australia Daily Update — twelve stories on supermarket pricing litigation, rate-hike pricing from the banks, AI inflation and cyber warnings, Albanese's polling slide, and AFL grand final weekend stakes on and off the field.
SportsAppeals Panel Clears Lachie Neale for Grand Final, Replacing Ban With Fine
The AFL Appeal Board overturned Lachie Neale’s one-match striking ban on Thursday, imposing a $10,000 fine instead and clearing the Brisbane midfielder to face Fremantle in Saturday’s grand final after citing his spotless record across 320 games.
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EntertainmentPeter Vlandys Named NRL Executive Chairman After Resigning From Racing NSW
HealthFrontline Groups Brace for Domestic Violence Spike Over AFL Grand Final Weekend
ScienceFrog Chytrid Loads Higher Downstream of Sydney Coal Mine Wastewater, Study Finds
PoliticsNewspoll Shows Albanese Net Approval at Minus 27 as Living Costs Bite
OpinionProductivity Stalls Cannot Be Fixed With Another Rate Hike Alone
SecurityASIC Urges AFSL Holders to Stress-Test Cyber Playbooks Against Frontier AI Exploits
AIBullock Warns AI Data Centre Construction Is Feeding Australian Inflation
TechnologyGallagher Says Services Australia Checked Public Disclosure Inbox Once Daily
Credit CardsCommonwealth Bank Lifts Two-Year Fixed Mortgage Pricing Ahead of RBA Week
StocksASX 200 Futures Edge Lower as Oil Rises Before Reserve Bank Board Meets
BusinessACCC Pursues Woolworths and Coles Over Alleged Misleading Grocery Discount Labels
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Gallagher Says Services Australia Checked Public Disclosure Inbox Once Daily
Katy Gallagher says Services Australia opened OpenAI’s September 10 email to public.disclosure@servicesaustralia.gov.au on September 11 and notified ASD on September 15—exposing a once-daily inbox workflow for critical cyber reports.
Commonwealth Bank Lifts Two-Year Fixed Mortgage Pricing Ahead of RBA Week
Commonwealth Bank lifted its two-year fixed owner-occupier rate to 6.82 per cent ahead of the 28–29 September RBA meeting, as the major banks price in a cash rate move to 4.6 per cent.
ASX 200 Futures Edge Lower as Oil Rises Before Reserve Bank Board Meets
ASX 200 futures pointed to a softer open near 8,730 as oil stayed elevated and the Australian dollar slipped to about US70.22¢, with the Reserve Bank board due to meet on 28–29 September.
ACCC Pursues Woolworths and Coles Over Alleged Misleading Grocery Discount Labels
With Coles already found to have misled shoppers on Down Down tickets, the ACCC’s parallel Federal Court case against Woolworths over Prices Dropped was-is pricing keeps supermarket discount mechanics under judicial scrutiny ahead of penalty hearings.