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Artemis III Got Its Engines

All four RS-25s on the work stand 1 Sep 2026 at KSC VAB for Artemis III core-stage integration. LEO risk-reduction flight NET summer 2027 under Isaacman. Crew: Douglas, Parmitano, Bresnik, Rubio.

Bowen Called It a Landmark

Energy Minister Chris Bowen named August’s BEV-over-petrol sales crossover a landmark. Toyota 19,712 still #1 brand; BYD #2; Tesla #3. NSW 515 fast sites, Vic 396; industry flags 30k+ extra Victorian EVs by Christmas. SMH 5 Sep.

Six Nuclear Bills Cleared Committee

House E&C markup ~3 Sep 2026 advanced 10 bills; six bipartisan nuclear permitting reforms unanimous to the floor, one at 44–0. Guthrie on innovation and costs. SST hearing 2 Sep; four advanced reactors at zero-power criticality by 4 Jul.

BEV Passed Petrol in August

Australia August 2026: 27,078 BEVs, 24.9% of new vehicles — first month battery-electric beat petrol on VFACTS/EVC. BYD 8,231 (#2), Tesla 7,685, Sealion 7 sixth overall. SMH 5 Sep; DriveTech 4 Sep.

Three per cent off the guarantee

One Nation’s Monday plan lets renters and mortgage holders divert 3 percentage points of the 12% super guarantee into take-home pay for up to three years. Chalmers calls it ending super as we know it; Hume calls it a headline.

Samsung Left the IFA Floor

First main-Messe absence since 1991. Samsung Connect at Humboldt Carré in Mitte, about 8 km from IFA Berlin, 2–6 September. Odyssey G6, Fold 8 pair, watches, Book6, S26 FE, Micro RGB, AI Living. City Cube was 8,700 m² for twelve years.

Xiaomi Took the Centre Hall

First full IFA exhibitor in 2026, in centre-hall space Samsung left. Human × Car × Home, HyperOS on a claimed 1.16B devices, €7.4B AI R&D through 2028, about 400 products, European EV aim 2027.

Crusoe Hit Thirty Billion

More than US$3B raised at about US$30B valuation, 3 September 2026. Atreides and Valor co-lead; Mubadala in. Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI customers; about US$13B five-year Jane Street cloud deal. IPO bankers in the mix.

Broadcom Named Anthropic Next

Q3 AI semis US$16.7B (+221% YoY). Q4 guide US$21.7B. Anthropic on track as largest XPU customer 2027–28 on a 1/5/10 GW path. Ironwood volume; TPU v8i production. Broadcom line of sight about US$115B then about US$230B.

The audit opened on Austin day

Same day Cybercab rides began, NHTSA opened AQ26002 into Tesla’s FMVSS certification paperwork.

Fremont Builds the First Optimus

Tesla put Gen 3 Optimus on Fremont’s old Model S/X floor at low volume for internal training first, with outside sales still aimed at the second half of 2027.