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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Sam Buckingham-Jones

    Anika Wells named in Time’s 100 rising star list for social media ban (opens the original)

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    Communications Minister Anika Wells has been named as one of the world’s most influential rising stars by Time magazine for her role in promoting and introducing Australia’s world-first social media ban for children under 16. Wells, 41, was described as “one of the most significant voices in a growing global movement to reframe the relationship between technology and the well-being of our children”, in a brief summary written by former Australian prime minister Julia Gillard. Gift articles to an

  2. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Sam Buckingham-Jones

    Lynas to buy Meteoric for $968m to secure Brazilian rare earths (opens the original)

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    West Australian miner Lynas Rare Earths is spending almost $1 billion buying the company developing the world’s largest rare earths project outside China, months after interim chief executive Pol Le Roux was criticised for sitting on a huge pile of cash. Lynas said it would acquire Meteoric Resources, whose flagship Caldeira Rare Earth project in Brazil is the largest known ionic clay resource that has light and heavy rare earth elements. Gift articles to anyone you choose each month when you su

  3. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Sam Buckingham-Jones

    Gold Fields spruiks $3.5b tax saving in Northern Star takeover pitch (opens the original)

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    South Africa’s Gold Fields has revealed that half of the $7 billion in cost savings from a proposed takeover of Northern Star Resources would come from lower tax bills, after its $38.7 billion bid to form the world’s second-largest gold producer was rejected by the ASX-listed company’s board. The 539 billion rand ($47 billion) company’s chief executive Mike Fraser outlined his takeover pitch overnight at a global gold industry event in Denver, Colorado, as the company mulls sweetening its offer.

  4. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Sam Buckingham-Jones

    Telstra’s fibre chief expects speed bumps in $150b data centre rollout (opens the original)

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    Australia’s $150 billion data centre rollout will hit speed bumps that kill some projects, warns the chief of Telstra’s national fibre and subsea cable network, but will still deliver a windfall to those underpinning the artificial intelligence boom. Steven Worrall, the former Microsoft Australia boss who joined Telstra 12 months ago to lead its infrastructure division, oversees its $1.8 billion investment in the Aura network, a 14,000-kilometre long fibre cable connecting Sydney, Melbourne, Can

  5. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Sam Buckingham-Jones

    REA Group expands into Ireland with $409m property, car portal stake (opens the original)

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    Australia’s largest real estate listings company, REA Group, has made its first overseas acquisition under chief executive Cameron McIntyre, spending $409 million to take a significant stake in Irish marketplace group Distilled. REA revealed it would use its cash and debt to spend €248 million ($409 million) to buy a 35 per cent stake in Distilled, which owns Daft, Ireland’s top residential property portal, and PropertyPal, the biggest property portal in Northern Ireland, as well as the top auto

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