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The ASX200 has gained 1.3 per cent on Friday to finish the week 2.5 per cent higher, its best weekly performance since December.

Financial markets are betting on a rate cut before the end of the year, but Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock has told parliament that would be too soon.

Telstra rejigs game plan

The ASX200 rose 0.2 per cent, despite a mixed labour market report that could keep domestic interest rates on hold through 2024.

A senior staffer of Linda Reynolds has told a defamation trial the senator and her then chief of staff disagreed on how to handle claims by Brittany Higgins.

US stocks have closed mostly higher as investors digested data related to consumer prices from July.

Calls grow to tame unions’ super power

The ASX200 has finished up 0.3 per cent as Commonwealth Bank, Pro Medicus, Evolution Mining, Seven Group and other big companies report earnings.

Senator Linda Reynolds' chief of staff when Brittany Higgins was allegedly raped in parliament may not be able to give evidence to the politician's high-profile defamation trial with her former staffer.

The man who built Automotive Holdings Group into the country’s largest dealership group has passed away at the age of 89.

Seven West Media told investors the actions of some individuals do not reflect the business as a whole, as it reported a slimmed profit for financial year 2024.

Government leads race in wage growth

The ASX200 has finished higher, with losses for CSL and Seek and gains for Temple & Webster and goldminers.

Greens, Libs to play tough on CFMEU

Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds believed Bruce Lehrmann's rape trial was politically motivated and Peter Dutton undermined her, a psychologist's notes read to a defamation trial have revealed.

All three major indexes gain for the day; Expedia rises after Q2 profit beat; Indexes: Dow up 0.1 per cent, S&P 500 up 0.5 per cent, Nasdaq up 0.5 per cent.

Unions gain ground on big miners

The ASX has rallied on a better-than-expected drop in US jobless claims but has finished the week down 2.1 per cent after Monday's big sell-off.

Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds has denied she suspected Brittany Higgins had been raped following an incident in her ministerial office, as her handling of the case is probed at a defamation trial.

Qantas board failed to rein in Joyce’s ‘control’

Senator Linda Reynolds has told a defamation trial she was exposing corruption when she sent confidential documents about Brittany Higgins' payout to media.

The ASX200 has finished down 0.2 per cent, with BHP falling to a 21-month low and Mirvac dropping nine per cent on its earnings results.

Senator Linda Reynolds says she sent confidential documents related to Brittany Higgins to a journalist because she believed the attorney-general was "stitching" her up.

Childcare staff to get $3.6b boost

The ASX200 has finished 0.25 per cent higher, its second day of modest gains after a 3.7 per cent plunge on Monday.

Former Wesfarmers executive and prominent company director Gene Tilbrook has passed away at the age of 73 after battling serious illness in recent years.

No rate cuts before Christmas

The ASX200 finished up 0.4 per cent after falling 5.8 per cent over Friday and Monday, its worst two-day drop since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

University peak bodies say a proposed cap on international students is little more than a smokescreen for debate on immigration numbers, a committee was told.

Share rout heat on RBA

The Australian share market has suffered its worst day in more than four years as rising fears of a US recession sparked global panic selling.

Former defence minister Linda Reynolds must have known Brittany Higgins had been sexually assaulted when she met with her junior staffer, a defamation trial has been told.