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30 August 2026

US start-up seeks miners in race for $20 quadrillion moon resource

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US start-up seeks miners in race for $20 quadrillion moon resource

Not millions of dollars: miners don’t get out of bed for that. Not billions; not even trillions. “We’re talking 20 quadrillion dollars of helium-3, at the current market price, is present on the moon, ...

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Barack Obama, JFK and … Josh Frydenberg: what can a memoir do for an ambitious politician?Business

30 August 2026

Barack Obama, JFK and … Josh Frydenberg: what can a memoir do for an ambitious politician?

The former treasurer’s new book will hit shelves soon, but he may learn that memoirs can be blunt instruments for political renewal. Just ask Peter Costello Former treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s new memoir, marketed as a coming-of-age story, family history and pandemic retrospective rolled into one, is due to hit shelves soon. Publisher HarperCollins Australia promises it will be a reflection “on what political power can and cannot achieve, on the cost of public life in an increasingly divided world, and on the unique promise and potential of Australia.” The press release promises an account of how Australia achieved “one of the strongest economic and health recoveries in the world” in the wake of the pandemic and a rumination on Frydenberg’s many ways to lead: “in his inspiring advocacy against antisemitism and hate in the aftermath of Australia’s deadliest domestic terrorist attack at Bondi, he found the words many were searching for.”

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Icelanders vote to block reopening of EU membership talksBusiness

30 August 2026

Icelanders vote to block reopening of EU membership talks

Icelanders have rejected a government push to reopen EU membership negotiations, siding with opponents who argued the country’s fishing waters were too important to risk. The vote blocks the government’s plan to restart accession discussions and hands a clear mandate against pursuing membership at this time. The ABC reported the decision reflected widespread concern about protecting national control over fisheries. Campaigners who opposed reopening talks had emphasised that Iceland’s fishing grounds are central to the nation’s economy and identity, and voters accepted that argument. The result leaves Iceland outside current EU accession efforts and maintains existing arrangements over fisheries and resource management.

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The result preserves Iceland’s national control over its fishing waters, keeping fisheries policy and resource management under domestic authority.

Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/feed/45910/rss.xmlOriginal source

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