‘Hard to say there won’t be job cuts’, freshly arrived ABC news chief declares

The Sydney Morning Herald - Sep 17, 2026

In his first big day greeting staff, Simon Robinson did not confirm there would be job cuts, but pointedly avoided ruling out redundancies.

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The company rose alongside a generation of female Australian professionals who loved its mod fashion, power suits and department store concessions. But times have changed.

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The Australian sharemarket took a breather on Wednesday as the rally in oil prices paused and investors treaded lightly ahead of the US Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision.

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The Herald Sun has expanded its use of artificial intelligence to deliver reports of local council meetings in areas where News Corp has shuttered dedicated local newspapers.

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Record gold grades for Aguia at Colombian mining play

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Aguia Resources has hit record gold production and grade at its Santa Barbara project in Colombia, with August output more than doubling its previous best performance.

Auric pockets bargain hardware to fast-track WA Burbanks plant

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Auric Mining has picked up a bargain, locking in key components for its 600ktpa WA gold plant rebuild for just $1.2M, a fraction of the estimated $15M-$20M replacement cost.

Gambling company let more than 150 problem gamblers stay on platform

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The regulator fined the social media-linked betting platform $1 million for breaching gambling safety laws.

Barkly jags rich rare earths across 23km in NT

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Barkly Rare Earths has landed rich rare earths in all 28 holes assayed in the NT, with mineralisation spanning 23km and showing high-grade hits up to 6064ppm TREO.

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Trump has made billions from crypto. It just backfired on him

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ASX slides to three-month low as banks, miners fall; oil jumps again

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The Australian sharemarket closed at its lowest level in more than three months, weighed down by the mining heavyweights and the big four banks after another jump in oil prices.

Cue, Veronika Maine up for sale after 58 years leading women’s workwear

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Administrators are seeking buyers to save the fashion labels, which have buckled under their mounting costs.

There’s a seriously bad industry behind Sweeney’s seriously bad ad

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‘Unfair’: Anytime Fitness in the crosshairs over hidden cost to ‘any gym’ promise

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Fresh high-grade hit stretches Aureka gold footprint in Vic

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Aureka has hit high-grade gold outside its Irvine resource, including 16.1g/t gold, while cracking a previously underexplored 2km gap between its two main lodes in Victoria.

Amplia opens new front in ovarian cancer fight

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High-grade WA titanium hit puts McLaren on the money

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Broken Hill Gold turns up heat on deeper SA gold-copper hunt

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Broken Hill Gold has stepped up its White Dam sulphide hunt in SA, deploying major geophysics and a second drill rig to chase deeper gold-copper targets well beyond Icebreaker.

Sarytogan lands second massive 318m Kazakh copper hit

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Trump set to explode if his man does his job

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‘Oppressive and unfair’: barbs fly in Stefanovic’s podcast legal bust-up

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Lawyers for Karl Stefanovic’s producer Keshnee Ibrahim claim that his attempt to oust her was “unfair” and “oppressive”.

Hundreds of jobs to go at taxpayer-backed steelworks

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Hundreds of workers at the collapsed Whyalla steelworks will lose their jobs after the site’s administrators abandoned efforts to restart its ageing blast furnace.

ASX treads water after rise in oil price; Fed meeting in focus

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The Australian sharemarket ended the session flat, as a rise in the price of oil fanned fears of higher inflation.

Fuel price blowout piles pressure on Albanese for second excise cut

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Australians face more petrol and diesel price pain after a major Middle Eastern pipeline was forced offline.

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Sarytogan tests nail 97.7% battery-grade graphite yield

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Sarytogan Graphite has delivered standout battery-grade graphite results, with ultra-high purity and yields of up to 97.7 per cent ahead of large-format battery testing.

Geological smoke leads PLC Resources to bigger WA gold target

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Major private hospital operator to be broken up after lenders back consortium bid

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