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Friday 23 October 2026
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Australian shares ended slightly higher after spending most of the session lower, with the major banks and communication stocks rising while NextDC fell after cutting its guidance.
The Australian biotech company said Waterhouse, who has led GSK's HIV business ViiV since 2017, will take over on 1 February 2027 on a base salary of £1.5 million.
The Australian gold miner kept its full-year guidance after a quarter in which its all-in sustaining cost rose to A$3,217 an ounce.
Reserve Bank of Australia Deputy Governor Andrew Hauser said oil prices, AI-related costs and capacity pressures had worsened the inflation outlook, less than two weeks before the bank's next decision.
Brendan Nugent, 43, appeared in Wangaratta Magistrates' Court and was remanded in custody until 4 February. Victoria Police said further serious charges were being considered, and the Australian Federal Police said it charges almost one person a week for targeting federal officials.
Australian shares closed lower on Tuesday after recovering from a fall of as much as 1% earlier in the session, with consumer staples and healthcare stocks rising.
The Sacramento Kings said the Australian will have surgery. Simmons wrote on Instagram that the injury was "another chapter in my journey, not the end of my story".
Coach Kevin Walters has said Sam Walker will play halfback alongside Tom Dearden against Fiji in Brisbane on Sunday, with James Tedesco at fullback.
Australia beat New Zealand 24-22, Samoa beat France 78-4, Tonga beat England 30-12, PNG beat Lebanon 42-18 and Fiji beat the Cook Islands 40-12.
Papua New Guinea beat France 58-4 and New Zealand beat Fiji 18-12. England and Australia meet in Perth on Saturday.
The deal takes Atmos's operating and under-construction capacity above 2 gigawatts. No price was disclosed.
