Cash rate hits 18-year high in fresh blow for borrowers
The benchmark borrowing rate has been lifted to an 18-year high in a widely-anticipated decision by the Reserve Bank of Australia on Melbourne Cup day.
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Spring sunshine is radiating at Flemington Racecourse with tens of thousands of racing fans soaking up a fun-packed Melbourne Cup.
A 47-year-old Amaroo man has been charged after allegedly trying to forcibly remove his teenage daughter from a car on Horse Park Drive.
The High Court of Australia is consider whether limiting political engagement of children outweighs the harm done by social media platforms.
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Man seriously injured after being hit by ex’s car
An 18-year-old Latham woman has been charged after allegedly running over her former partner with his car, leaving him seriously injured in Holt overnight.
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‘No benefit’ for alleged Jones victims in news articles
The award-winning reporter whose articles on radio titan Alan Jones led to his arrest has begun testifying about how she dealt with her confidential sources.
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‘Honest mistake’: Waller Cup contender scratched
Chris Waller-trained Asterix has been scratched from the Melbourne Cup after being found to have a medication administered in its stable.
The opposition insists a proposal to grant early access to superannuation is under review after a backbencher claimed most Liberals want to abandon the idea.
A 17-year-old boy has become the third person charged over an alleged animal cruelty incident at a rural Tuggeranong property that left four sheep dead and two others seriously injured.
The widow of a journalist in Gaza who worked for ABC has lambasted a Liberal MP for incorrectly alleging he was a Hamas militant which she later backtracked on.
An international team of researchers led by an Australian university have found evidence of red blood cells in a 115-year-old dinosaur fossil.
Two men, aged 18 and 19, have been charged after allegedly confronting and stabbing a teenager in the car park of Lake Tuggeranong College on Monday.
Canberrans are being invited to have their say on the future of public swimming pools and aquatic facilities as the ACT government develops a long-term strategy for the city's aquatic network.
The new Monaro Highway flyover at the Lanyon Drive interchange will open to southbound traffic tomorrow (November 4), allowing motorists to bypass traffic lights at the busy intersection.
Polling suggests the Nationals will be lucky to win three seats at the next federal election as the rural party's leader moves chambers to sidestep One Nation.
Big Splash will not be required to reopen as a water park after Access Canberra determined that the Macquarie site's current use is likely to comply with its Crown lease.
An 18-year-old Lyons man has been charged after allegedly assaulting a woman, holding her captive for several hours and threatening to distribute intimate images of her.
Sliding approval ratings are piling on the pain for Labor frontbenchers under pressure to tighten belts and put a lid on inflation.
In-home aged care risks becoming less accessible, with most applicants for subsidised assistance already receiving social welfare to get by.
