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Feeling the pressure of the daily grind? Seems like some adults in China are turning to pacifiers for a bit of stress relief.
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August 14, 2025
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Good morning. Feeling the pressure of the daily grind? Seems like some adults in China are turning to pacifiers for a bit of stress relief.
While we're all for finding your zen, let's hope this particular trend doesn't find its way down under. Otherwise, we might need to add a new line item to the office stationery budget.
All the headlines and more below...
AUSTRALIAN NEWS
Unions, business at loggerheads over 4-day work week
The ACTU is calling for a 4-day work week in sectors that can support it, arguing this will allow workers to benefit from productivity gains and technological advances whilst addressing rising burnout. LINK
Australian employers are using digital monitoring to assess staff productivity rather than hours worked. LINK
Australian first-home buyers have become more indebted than ever, with the average loan size increasing by $18,000 over the last 3 months to $678,011 following interest rate cuts in February and May. LINK
Australian couples face new divorce complications as cryptocurrency becomes a tool for hiding marital assets among 100,000 annual divorces. LINK
Young Australians anticipate inheriting an average of $525,000 while aged care costs may significantly reduce inheritance values. LINK
Nearly 600,000 high-income Australians have opted to pay the Medicare surcharge instead of private health insurance as the incentive system fails to convince wealthy citizens. LINK
The ACCC ruled Apple and Google misused market power to overcharge app developers in Australia. LINK
GLOBAL NEWS
Electric vehicle sales growth eases to 21% in July
COMPANY NEWS
NAB cops $16M fine for treatment of customers in financial hardship
NAB has been fined $15.5M for failing to respond to financial hardship notices whilst implementing internal reforms. LINK
CBA posted a $10.25B annual profit whilst partnering with OpenAI and Anthropic. LINK
Treasury Wine Estates reported a 16% rise in annual underlying profit to $470.6M driven by strong Penfolds demand in China. LINK
AGL Energy reported a $100M loss whilst announcing plans to increase renewable energy targets to 6GW by 2030. LINK
IAG posted FY25 cash earnings of $1.17B as higher premiums and fewer climate-related claims boosted results. LINK
PepsiCo has won a $29M Australian High Court case regarding Schweppes royalty tax payments. LINK
Perplexity has made an unsolicited US$34.5B bid to acquire Google's Chrome browser whilst promising to maintain default search services. LINK
DJK Transport has entered liquidation after 57 years of operation due to industry challenges. LINK
Port Adelaide Salvage has been fined $700,000 for illegally dumping asbestos-contaminated waste across multiple sites. LINK
Telstra has resolved a major outage that affected 100,000 customers in southern NSW. LINK
ONE MORE SCROLL
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Odd Pick: Nintendo insists Mario and Princess Peach are Just “Good Friends”.
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TRIVIA
What rare trait do these terms have in common?
NARNIA SERIES
HAPPENCHANCE
THE MIAMI HEAT
INTESTINES
MONTGOMERY GENTRY
Answers below
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ANSWER
These terms are all ‘pair isograms’.
In other words, each individual letter appears exactly twice in them. Some shorter pair isograms include: NOON, DEED and HANNAH. Can you come up with any pair isograms?
Source: Puzzleaday.com
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