What we learned, Friday 27 February
That is where we’ll wrap up the blog for the day, but let’s recap the big stories:
RBA research found that banks’ cheaper mortgages are pushing up the cash rate.
State and federal attorneys general will meet in Sydney on Friday, with antisemitism and online hate at the top of the agenda.
Remains found in Tasmania have been provisionally identified as missing Belgian tourist Celine Cremer.
Character references will be scrapped in Victorian sentencing hearings.
NSW shadow health minister said fungus deaths at a Sydney hospital are “shocking”.
Angus Taylor said Grace Tame “got it wrong” and it’s “not good enough” that the PM could not condemn her.
SA premier warns residents to prepare for “highly unpredictable” weekend weather.
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WA Police charge 20-year-old man with preparing for terrorist act
A 20-year-old man in regional Western Australia has been charged with preparing for a terrorist attack.
In a statement on Friday, the Western Australia Joint Counter Terrorism Team said they had been investigating the man’s online activities.
That led to the execution of a search warrant at a residence in the Wheatbelt.
The man was charged with acting in preparation for a terrorist act, possessing a prohibited weapon, two firearms offences and using a carriage service to menace or harass.
He is due to appear in Perth magistrates court today this afternoon.
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