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The Albanese government is promising to make it easier for Australians with student debts to buy a home. Treasurer Jim Chalmers has asked financial regulators to revise the role those debts play in the way banks assess mortgage applications.

Earth's planetary defences are facing one of their first major tests as an asteroid with about a one in 50 chance of hitting the planet has been detected. While we do have tools to potentially divert or destroy an asteroid if needed, experts say each of those methods carry risks and there are still plenty of questions about who exactly is in charge of protecting the Earth.

SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with CBA CEO Matt Comyn about the bank's $5.1bn half-year cash profit and how soon customers should expect interest rate relief following what's expected to be the first official interest rate cut in five years next week; plus Martin Lakos from Macquarie on the day's sharemarket news.