Origin yet to say how many customers were exposed
Origin Energy confirmed a customer data breach on Thursday but has not said how many of its 4.8 million customers were affected.
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Page 3 of 5Brent tops US$96, lifting ASX energy and gold stocks
Brent crude traded above US$96 a barrel on Thursday, a six-week high, lifting Australian energy and gold stocks and the ASX 200, and setting up higher petrol prices just as the government's fuel excise relief ends.
Petrol set to rise again as fuel excise relief ends
Petrol hit 170.1 cents a litre in early July and will rise again on August 1, when the government's fuel excise relief ends and the tax returns to full rate.
Brent tops US$91 as ASX energy rises, travel falls
Brent crude hit US$91.07, its highest since 11 June, splitting the ASX between rising energy producers and falling travel stocks as petrol nears $2 a litre.
Petrol faces double hit as oil surge meets excise end
Brent's 14 per cent weekly surge to US$88.10 reaches bowsers within a fortnight, just before the halved fuel excise discount ends on 2 August.
Deepfake stock tips cost 16 Australians $2.7m
ASIC says 16 Australians lost $2.7 million in two weeks to pump-and-dump schemes using WhatsApp groups and AI deepfakes of trusted finance names.
BHP's record year runs into a strike and a selloff
BHP posted record iron ore output and 2Mt of copper, and still fell almost 5 per cent on a copper downgrade and the first Port Hedland strike since 2000.
China growth slows to 4.3pc, missing Beijing's target
Q2 growth of 4.3 per cent fell below Beijing's target floor, the weakest since 2022. Property fell 18 per cent while the ASX rose on an iron ore beat.
Petrol relief ends August 2 and oil is not waiting
Petrol is at $1.68 a litre, Brent settled at US$84.73, and the 16 cent excise discount ends on August 2. A call on extending it is due within weeks.
Oil tops US$83 and the bowser is next
Brent crude jumped 9.5 per cent to US$83.25 after Washington demanded a 20 per cent charge on Hormuz cargoes. Petrol was already up 16 cents in nine days.
Hormuz closure upends Canberra's $416b export forecast
The Commonwealth's forecast of record $416 billion resources and energy exports assumed the Strait of Hormuz reopened in late June. Nine days after it was published, Iran declared the strait closed. Australian gas producers gain from the shock. Motorists and airlines pay for it.
FDC shares up 16pc since $969m ASX debut
FDC Consolidated Holdings shares closed at $3.48 on Friday, up 16 per cent on the $3.00 offer price, three days after the construction and fitout company's ASX debut, the biggest Australian float of 2026 so far. The $400 million IPO valued FDC at $969 million on listing day, when the stock touched $3.50 in early trade before closing 12.3 per cent higher at $3.37.
