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Now that Australia’s house prices are falling, does the RBA really need to raise rates yet again?

The Reserve Bank is still on its quest to kill inflation, but what exactly still needs to be put to the sword?

The Guardian - AU · Nov 2, 2022

Rising grocery prices are pushing up inflation. Here is why bread, milk and mince are costing more

The official verdict is in. Inflation has experienced its steepest rise in 32 years. So why are basic goods costing more?

ABC News · Oct 29, 2022

The Loop: All Medibank customers impacted by cyber attack, annual inflation hits three-decade high

Get up to speed on today's headlines with The Loop.

ABC News · Oct 26, 2022

Census website struck by a billion attempted cyber-attacks, Australian Bureau of Statistics reveals

Revelation that ABS fended off attacks in 2021 comes as Australia reels from ransomware attacks on Medibank and Optus

The Guardian - AU · Oct 20, 2022

Alcohol-induced deaths in Australia at their highest in 10 years

Health experts point to late-stage liver disease, neurodegenerative diseases and heart failure as conditions that can be caused by long-term drinking

The Guardian - AU · Oct 19, 2022

Coronation Street's Kimberly Hart-Simpson lost stone in six weeks

Kimberly Hart-Simpson played Nicky Wheatley and left the soap earlier this year

Wales Online · Oct 16, 2022

Alan Kohler: Labor’s immigration and housing policies are an explosive combination

If the Labor government doesn’t start co-ordinating its immigration and housing policies, the mixture will be explosive.

The New Daily · Oct 16, 2022

'I lost a stone in six weeks after leaving Coronation Street'

Kimberly Hart-Simpson, who played Nicky Wheatley, says the weight loss has improved her mental and physical state

Manchester Evening News · Oct 16, 2022

Matt Canavan raised questions about what's causing Australia's excess deaths. So what is really happening?

A recent jump in "excess deaths" has led to suggestions that COVID-19 vaccines might be killing Australians. Experts say the coronavirus is likely to blame.

ABC News · Oct 13, 2022

Mind the gap: gender differences in time use narrowing, but slowly

The Australian Bureau of Statistics has released its first time-use survey in 15 years. The last time it collected such data, in 2006, Apple was yet to release the iPhone and Facebook was a start-up.

The Conversation · Oct 12, 2022