ASX Market Mood: The ASX 200 slipped for a fourth straight session, down 0.46%, with banks and retailers weighing after weak mortgage demand and soft July sales hit sentiment; JB Hi-Fi took the hardest knock, while NAB slid nearly 5% on margin concerns. Property & Housing: The “property markets revealed” theme points to uneven resilience, as lenders face more rivalry and buyers watch for cooling prices and mortgage relief. Superannuation Fight: Labor moved to defend compulsory super after One Nation reignited debate with calls to let struggling households access savings early, setting up a sharper election-year clash. GST Politics: The architect of the Morrison-era GST deal says it’s “working exactly as intended” as WA and SA premiers trade blows with the Productivity Commission’s push to scrap the arrangement. AI Search Visibility: Somantra’s study claims most AI-cited web pages are cited once and then vanish, with format (discount/savings, comparisons, FAQs/how-tos) linked to longer survival—raising stakes for Australian insurers’ content strategy. Energy & Resources: Company-specific lenses dominated: Santos, Woodside, BHP and others were framed around operating discipline, asset quality and delivery as crude and global risk kept traders cautious. Corporate Moves: OceanaGold agreed to acquire Ausgold via a court-approved scheme, while Firmus Technologies struck a $300m deal to buy Benmax’s fabrication/design/projects businesses to speed deployments.