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Daily Brief - 2026-08-16

The Brief · Aug 16

A day of big shifts shows Australia and the world grappling with forces reshaping money, conflict, life and work.

- Elon Musk says robots and artificial intelligence will render money pointless within the next decade.

- Ukraine struck a Russian rocket factory deep inside Russia with long-range missiles.

- Adelaide dancer Roz Hervey campaigned for voluntary assisted dying before motor neurone disease took her.

- A review revealed the 2018 GST deal costs Western Australia far more than originally planned.

- Pussy Riot co-founder Maria Alyokhina's father died months after police raided his home during her trial.

- Marathon organisers are shifting races to cooler months as record heat makes long-distance running unsafe.

- Christian Petracca is struggling at Gold Coast Suns after extending his goal drought to four weeks.

- A Mastercard outage disrupted payments across Sydney and Melbourne on Saturday afternoon before being restored.

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