ANZ $250m fine; climate change to hit property, death rates; A$’s rare win

Tuesday 16 September 2025

ANZ set to pay a record fine of $240 million for a raft of poor governance issues, from trading in the bond market to failing to repay fees charged to dead customers. 

And more, including:

• Dire warnings from the nation’s first National Climate Risk Assessment report. 
• Prime Minister Anthony Albanese complains about social media pushing extremism on both sides of politics. 
• The Aussie dollar surges.
• Bitcoin’s boom delivers unexpected benefits to  the ultra-luxury travel market.

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