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Australia has more than 250 data centres and more in the pipeline, prompting experts to warn against using drinking water to cool servers. Source link

Perpetrators of financial abuse commit fraud by impersonating their partners, making them company directors in secret and putting business and tax debts in their names. The government wants to fix the problem, but will its proposed reforms go far enough? Source link

The gas-rich Beetaloo Basin in the Northern Territory has been in development for years — now, the NT government says the gas will finally flow from 2026. Source link

TPG Telecom chief executive Iñaki Berroeta flags another death possibly linked to a customer’s inability to call Triple Zero (000) on their Samsung mobile phone. Source link

The RBA has left the cash rate on hold at 3.6 per cent, as was widely expected by economists. Governor Michele Bullock said the central bank didn’t discuss a rate cut at all and instead talked about the need for rate hikes down the track. Here’s how the day unfolded on the blog. Source link

The offer paves the way for a battle between Paramount — whose owner, Larry Ellison, is an ally of Donald Trump — and streaming behemoth Netflix to buy one of Hollywood’s most storied studios. Source link

The cost of electricity is being driven up by some Western Australian power producers breaking the rules and charging more than they’re allowed, the state’s economic watchdog alleges. Source link

When Regan buys his first home, the government will own around 30 per cent of it. But he is fast realising that for that to even happen, a lot of things have to fall into place. Source link

Australian shares are set to edge higher as Wall Street keeps gaining on hopes of Fed rate cuts. Follow the day’s events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.  Source link

Brisbane-based lawyer Matthew Hickey has been quietly facing a tax fight, with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) bill now sitting at about $2.7 million. Source link