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- Banking, Environment
- 18/12/2025
- 10:22
‘Wake up to nature risk’: World-record vote sends a clear signal to ANZ on deforestation
ANZ shareholders have delivered a world-record vote in favour of a deforestation resolution at the bank’s AGM in Sydney today. A resolution calling on the bank to disclose deforestation linked to its lending was supported by 22.7% of shares voted at ANZ’s AGM. The previous highest vote in favour of a deforestation resolution was a proposal in 2024 for PepsiCo to conduct a biodiversity impact assessment. It received 18% support from shareholders. The shareholders who supported today’s resolution own $13.5 billion of shares in ANZ.* A second resolution, calling on the bank to set out a strategy to eliminate financed…
- General News
- 18/12/2025
- 10:20
Our Hearts Break for Bondi: A Call to Prayer, Peace and Unity Futures Church
A statement from Futures Church – Ashley Evans, Senior Global Pastor. What happened at Bondi Beach was evil. There’s no other word for it. Families gathered to celebrate Hanukkah. At one of Australia’s most iconic places. They were attacked simply for being Jewish. This is not who we are. Let me be direct. Antisemitism is evil. It has no place in Australia. No place in any community. No place in the human heart. Any hatred or violence toward the Jewish people—or any people—is an assault on the image of God in every person. Futures Church stands with the Jewish community.…
- Government Federal, Medical Health Aged Care
- 18/12/2025
- 10:20
Hepatitis Australia welcomes federal funding to continue progress toward eliminating viral hepatitis
Hepatitis Australia has today welcomed the Australian Government’s investment in viral hepatitis prevention, testing and treatment measures and community-led initiatives announced in the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO). The national Hepatitis peak said that the additional funding comes at a critical moment in Australia’s push to eliminate hepatitis B and hepatitis C by 2030 and will help prevent avoidable illness, liver cancer and deaths. Hepatitis Australia CEO Lucy Clynes said that the MYEFO funding commitment demonstrated that the Australian Government recognises what is at stake. “This funding announcement is good news for nearly 300,000 Australians living with viral hepatitis,…
- General News
- 18/12/2025
- 10:11
Standing Together in Grief: iSEE Churches Respond to Bondi Tragedy
MEDIA STATEMENT iSEE Churches – Pastor Paul Geerling, Senior Pastor The tragic and deeply disturbing events at Bondi have shaken our nation and grieved hearts across Australia and beyond. On behalf of iSEE Churches, I extend our deepest felt condolences to the victims, their families, and all those affected by this senseless act of violence. Our thoughts, prayers and love are with every person who is mourning, traumatised or struggling to comprehend the loss that has occurred. Violence of this nature has no place in our society. Acts driven by hatred, extremism or prejudice stand in direct opposition to the…
- Agriculture Farming Rural, Business Company News
- 18/12/2025
- 09:57
Conditions favourable for Australia’s livestock sector – Rabobank 2026 outlook
Export market demand has supported elevated prices for Australian lamb, mutton and beef through much of 2025, with favourable market conditions expected to continue…
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- Energy
- 18/12/2025
- 09:55
Water performance report shows increase in customers accessing support
The Essential Services Commission’s annual water performance report shows Victorian households continue to face cost of living pressures, with a 23 per cent increase in households accessing state government funded Utility Relief Grants, compared to last year. The increase in grants also indicates that water businesses are playing a greater role in identifying customers in need and supporting access to available support. However, the report also shows that performance remains uneven, with some water businesses doing more than others to support customers experiencing financial hardship. Water businesses must assist customers experiencing payment difficulties by: telling them about the availability of…
- Business Company News, Oil Mining Resources
- 18/12/2025
- 09:41
American Uranium Confirms 3km Resource Extension at Lo Herma with Strongest Drill Result to Date
18 December 2025 - American Uranium Limited (ASX: AMU, OTC: AMUIF) has completed a major 2025 resource expansion drilling program at its flagship Lo Herma In-Situ Recovery (ISR) Uranium Project in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin, confirming up to 3,000 metres of new uranium mineralised trends north of the proposed Mine Units 1 and 2. The 50-hole drilling campaign, totalling approximately 16,300 metres, delivered the strongest intercept recorded at Lo Herma to date, supporting the Company’s strategy to expand and upgrade the project’s mineral resource ahead of a planned 2026 Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE) update and Scoping Study revision. Key Highlights…
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- Energy
- 18/12/2025
- 09:40
Stonepeak to Acquire Allgas
NEW YORK & SYDNEY–BUSINESS WIRE– Stonepeak, a leading alternative investment firm specializing in infrastructure and real assets, today announced that it has entered into…
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- Finance Investment, Oil Mining Resources
- 18/12/2025
- 09:24
Belararox Commences Drilling at Toro Central Target in Argentina
18 December 2025 | Sydney, Australia – Belararox Limited (ASX: BRX) has commenced diamond drilling at the Toro Central prospect within its Toro–Malambo–Tambo (TMT)…
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