# ASX Slumps Amid Housing Shock | Australia News Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/australia-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7569932/asx-slumps-amid-housing-shock-australia-news Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/australia-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7569932/asx-slumps-amid-housing-shock-australia-news.md Podcast: [Australia News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/australia-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7569932) Published: 2026-07-01T08:28:06+00:00 Episode link: https://api.fastcast.ai/audio/95be8d49-b27b-4127-a457-196f4eb0f4a1.mp3 Audio file: https://api.fastcast.ai/audio/95be8d49-b27b-4127-a457-196f4eb0f4a1.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/australia-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7569932/episodes/asx-slumps-amid-housing-shock-australia-news Duration seconds: 97 ## Resource Australia’s markets kicked off the new financial year on shaky ground as the ASX 200 dipped amid fresh housing data revealing the biggest monthly drop since 2022, sending major banks and Coles tumbling. While banks like CBA, Westpac, NAB, and ANZ all slid, CSL led healthcare gains. Coles faced regulatory hurdles in Kalgoorlie and sparked speculation over a potential Greencross buyout. Meanwhile, Magellan is rebranding as Barrenjoey post-merger, and South 32 is offloading its aluminium unit for $9.8 billion — a reminder that Australia’s market swings wildly by sector, with mergers and big sales lighting up the landscape. Listen in comfort: Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn Advertise on DNN: advertise@thednn.ai This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting. Report issues to feedback@thednn.ai. View sources & latest updates: https://sources.thednn.ai/356f8e003d7f42e7 ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/australia-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7569932/episodes/asx-slumps-amid-housing-shock-australia-news/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/australia-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7569932/asx-slumps-amid-housing-shock-australia-news.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.