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Trump rejects AI slowdown calls, must beat China
15+ hour, 2+ min ago (82+ words) Good morning. Here’s what happened overnight and what you need to know today. A US music-rights specialist is suing Canva over licensing concerns, while Canva is countersuing over the disclosure of proprietary music-usage data. Bronwen Clune · 14 September 2026 Economists are near-certain…...
Low-rate era is firmly over as markets brace for central bank hikes
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (327+ words) Interest rate rises are firmly back in vogue. Or, as ANZ put it in a recent note, “the post-GFC era of low rates is over”. Here’s what you need to know about the key economic data releases this week. The…...
Oil above USD107 as Houthis close in on shipping chokepoint
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (78+ words) Good morning. Here’s what happened overnight and what you need to know today. First Table raises $10 million without AI angle. Oliver Curtis is shifting focus beyond Australia’s shores. It could also be a new frontier for Firmus investor and supplier…...
UK’s Andy Burnham rejects call for data centre moratorium
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (380+ words) The news: British prime minister Andy Burnham has rejected a call from a member of his own party to impose a moratorium on AI data centres. Labour MP Ian Lavery asked Burnham to support a moratorium on future data centres…...
Don’t call it a backlash, AirTrunk’s been building data centres for years
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (235+ words) AirTrunk has been building and operating data centres in Australia for more than a decade. But even it has been caught off guard by the shift in sentiment towards the facilities as a generational AI boom kicks into gear. The…...
🌲 Tree change — Capital Brief
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (238+ words) The most revealing thing about Airtree’s recent run of bad headlines is not any one dispute. It is the tension that lies underneath them. In recent weeks, Airtree has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. There have…...
Canavan’s comeback plot
5+ day, 13+ hour ago (223+ words) Matt Canavan respects Pauline Hanson. But the Nationals leader, whose party is fighting tooth and nail to counter One Nation’s continuing rise, said the Ipswich firebrand is “a lone ranger” with no record of leading an effective team or delivering…...
Trump, Putin discuss Ukraine in phone call; reports — Capital Brief
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (242+ words) The news: US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call after US envoys visited Moscow over the weekend. Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters the conversation between the two presidents lasted an hour and was…...
Feed fight — Capital Brief
6+ day, 5+ hour ago (226+ words) The Albanese government wants Australians to have far more control over what appears in their social media feeds. But in doing so, it could very well be invoking the ire of Washington. On Tuesday the government unveiled a new suite…...
Legitimacy test — Capital Brief
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (224+ words) After decades on the fringes, One Nation wants Australians to take it seriously. But yesterday showed the populist party’s road to legitimacy is a bumpy one. Leader Pauline Hanson summoned selected reporters to a chilly parliamentary courtyard to discuss a…...