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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Kris Swales

Afternoon Update: RBA official’s rate hike warning; ABC boss’s ‘utterly offensive’ comments condemned; and ‘boy kibble’ goes viral

Houses in Brunswick, Melbourne
Houses in Brunswick, Melbourne. Home prices in Victoria’s capital have slipped since the start of the year. Photograph: James Ross/AAP

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A senior Reserve Bank official says soaring fuel prices from the Iran war are “making us all poorer”, but signalled the central bank may need to hike interest rates again to prevent inflation getting out of hand.

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