ASX edges higher ahead of RBA rate call; Wall Street wobbles as bonds spike

The Sydney Morning Herald - Sep 28, 2026

The Australian sharemarket was moderately higher in lunchtime trade as investors hold their breath for an expected rate rise and clues on whether a follow-up hike will be needed.

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Shares flat ahead of interest rate call as oil jumps

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Australian shares had a shaky start to the week, with a slump in miners counterbalancing rallies in banks, utilities and health care stocks.

Is it OK to take an iced coffee into a job interview?

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We should be wary of bots that claim to get us a better deal

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Power struggle: The push for Australia’s coal plants to pay to pollute

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A new fight has erupted over a push for coal-fired power plants to face tougher pollution laws to ensure they do not stay open beyond current closure dates.

‘Obscurity not security’: Government accused of overreach in Medicare ‘hack’ response

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Tech experts argue that the Medicare statistics portal’s code was set up to send data to anyone who requested files, including data that wasn’t promoted.

How illegal tobacco is sickening Australia’s health debate

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Even reliable statistics have become a casualty of the volume of illicit nicotine products flooding Australia.

Informed of a job interview at 4am, but female garbo’s discrimination claim still fails

Sep 27, 2026

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A tribunal found that the process was suboptimal, but there was no evidence the woman’s gender played a role in the council’s decision to reject her for a full-time job.

Jailing children fails on every measure. So why do we persist?

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It costs $1.3m a year to keep a child in prison. And it doesn’t work.

‘I thought I was dreaming’: The Australian brothers turning football jerseys into high fashion

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