The Weekly Issue #3

Issue #3

28 September 2026 • Edited by Finance Desk

Property and construction take the front page: regional prices, build-to-rent, and the projects that pencil when rates finally turn.

01
Industries Regional House Prices Outpace Capital Cities for the First Time in a Decade

Affordability pressures and remote work are tilting demand toward regional markets.

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02
Economy Iron Ore Steadies as Chinese Stimulus Lifts Demand Outlook

Bulk commodity prices found support on fresh policy signals from Beijing.

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03
Industries Industrial Property Yields Compress as Logistics Demand Surges

E-commerce and supply-chain reshoring are driving fierce competition for warehouse assets.

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04
Policy Oil is back above US$100

A crude price spike does not hit the household budget all at once. It moves through the economy in a sequence, starting at the petrol pump and ending, eventually, in the inflation figures.

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05
Economy More jobs, more jobless: unemployment hits 4.6%

Australia added 39,500 workers in August and still posted its highest jobless rate since late 2021. A rush of new job seekers explains the paradox, and it hands the Reserve Bank the cooling it has been waiting for.

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06
Economy Business conditions dip below zero for the first time since 2020

NAB's closely watched survey has turned negative for the first time since the pandemic. This time the culprit is a cost squeeze, and it is eating into profits.

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07
Sport Wallabies Name Squad for Spring Tour With Several Uncapped Players

The selectors back youth ahead of a demanding northern hemisphere schedule.

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08
Tech Heidi Health hits a US$900m valuation and aims beyond the notepad

The Melbourne medical-scribe company has raised a US$100 million Series C and is now worth A$1.26 billion. The bigger story is what it wants its AI to do next.

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