Afternoon Report | ASX hits six-week low
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Why did the ASX slip to a six‑week low and what does it mean for investors?
Welcome to the Fear and Greed Business News Afternoon Report for Wednesday, the 9th of September, 2026. I'm Michael Thompson, and every afternoon we've got the five stories that happened today that you need to know about. Let's go with story number one. We'll start with markets. The SPA's 6200 slipped 0.1% today to 8,911 points. Not much, but enough to take it to its lowest close since July 27th. At the market, how Had been higher earlier in the day, but sentiment weakened after the U.S. struck Iranian oil tankers near Carg Island. That, of course, raises fears of further disruption to global energy supplies.
How are rising oil prices near $100 a barrel influencing Australian market sentiment?
Oil prices are now nearing 100 US dollars a barrel. Banks were among the biggest drags on the local boards, though, after Reserve Bank Deputy Governor Andrew Hauser warned that inflation and economic growth were still too strong. More on this one in tomorrow morning show. Commonwealth Bank fell more than 2%. NAB, Westpac, ANZ, they all lost ground as well. Healthcare stocks also had a pretty ordinary day. Cochlear, for instance, was off more than 3%. CSL was down 2%, although that was trading X dividend. Higher oil and copper prices did help offset some of the losses. Woodside and Santos both rose.
Who was Blanche Dalpuget and why is her passing significant for Australian literature?
BHP jumped more than $200. than three percent, Rio Tinto as well gained almost two percent as copper hit a record high. On to story number two now. An acclaimed Australian author, journalist, and political biographer, Blanche Dalpuget, has died at the age of 82. Her family says she's uh died yesterday from complications associated with influenza. Dalpuget uh wrote novels, biographies, uh, and essays across a very long career, spanning more than six decades, but was perhaps best known for her biographies of former Prime Minister. Bob Hawke, who later became her husband. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described her as a true one-off, while her family remembered her as fiercely independent, curious, and full of life.
Delpuget and Hawke married in 1995 and remained together until his death in 2019. Story number three, Liberal frontbencher Andrew Hasty has launched a pretty extraordinary attack on One Nation.
What sparked Liberal frontbencher Andrew Hasty’s fierce attack on One Nation?
And its leader, Pauline Hansen, and deputy leader Barnaby Joyce calling them, and I quote, lying cowards over claims about his military service. The dispute centers on a One Nation cartoon which labels Hasty a traitor over evidence that he gave in Ben Robert Smith defamation case, Hasty, who is a former SAS captain, says he will no longer tolerate attacks on his service record and has challenged Hanson and Joyce to either defend the cartoon publicly or take it down. Hasty has also refused to say whether he still has leadership ambitions after he threw his hat into the ring ahead of the spill that saw Susan Lee resign from the top job. He has told Sky News in an interview that the leader right now is Angus Taylor.
I support him, I consider him a good, close friend, and my actions speak for me. Story number four a Florida based private investment company has lobbed a counter bid for shipbuilder Austel's United States business. The bid values that unit at about $1.8 billion, which is above South Korean Hanwar's bid of $1.7 billion. It sets the two up for a battle, which I use deliberately considering this is a company that makes ships. For the military.
Why is a Florida investment firm bidding $1.8 billion for Austal’s U.S. shipbuilding unit?
Austill is considering selling its U.S. assets, which includes shipyards in Alabama that build vessels for the Pentagon after struggling with the division at the new offer now puts the pressure back on Hanwar. And finally, story number five: the trade war between the United States and Canada has escalated yet again, with Donald Trump now moving to actually ban a range of Canadian imports. This includes some dairy products, alcohol, also motorbikes are on the list. The restrictions will begin later this month, and it comes after Canada imposed its own counter-tariffs on U.S. goods that came into effect overnight. The two countries are among each other's biggest trading partners, so the dispute does already raise concerns about higher prices, weaker sales on both sides of the border.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
Why did the ASX slip to a six‑week low and what does it mean for investors?
0:03–0:40
2
How are rising oil prices near $100 a barrel influencing Australian market sentiment?
0:40–1:17
3
Who was Blanche Dalpuget and why is her passing significant for Australian literature?
1:17–2:16
4
What sparked Liberal frontbencher Andrew Hasty’s fierce attack on One Nation?
2:16–3:30
5
Why is a Florida investment firm bidding $1.8 billion for Austal’s U.S. shipbuilding unit?
3:30–4:32
6
How is the escalating US‑Canada trade war expected to affect prices and trade flows?
4:32–5:01
Speakers
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