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Afternoon Update: RBA hikes interest rates; Craig Silvey pleads guilty; and the best outfits from the Met Gala

Reserve Bank of Australia delivers third straight interest rate hike

The Guardian - AU

Backlash over secret Senate hearing for tobacco giants

The federal government is asking what the coalition has to hide, after it was sprung offering a private hearing to tobacco giant Philip Morris.

AAP

Three dead including two marine volunteers after rescue boat capsizes in Australia

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With no easy options, RBA raises interest rates for the third time to quell inflation

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has lifted the official cash rate by another 25 basis points, the third hike this year as it struggles to keep inflation under control.

The Conversation

Australia eyes security pact with Fiji as pushback from Beijing undermines agreement with Vanuatu

Foreign minister Penny Wong visits Fiji this week to progress the security and economic agreement

The Guardian - AU

Is Australian democracy eroding?

Across the world, concern about democratic backsliding – the erosion of democratic institutions and civil liberties – is growing.

The Conversation

RBA interest rates: Michele Bullock says Australians poorer with ‘no way out’ as she warns of more rate hikes

Reserve Bank of Australia raises cash rate for third consecutive meeting as governor says increases ‘are not going to do anything for inflation’ in next six months

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Goat slaughter footage could hold key to press freedom

Whistleblowers and journalists stand to be disadvantaged if a ruling on copyright laws is not thrown out by Australia's highest court, advocates claim.

AAP

Electric car sales surge ahead amid fuel uncertainty

Australian drivers have broken the record for electric car sales again, as petrol and diesel-powered vehicle sales stall.

AAP

Author Craig Silvey admits child exploitation crimes

Australian author Craig Silvey has pleaded guilty to possessing and distributing child exploitation material, as prosecutors dropped two other charges.

AAP

'Introspection': Perry's key to winning T20 World Cup

Ellyse Perry says the review from Australia's ODI World Cup exit has allowed the national women's cricket team to know what must be fixed for the T20 showpiece.

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‘He’s too young to retire’: Cam Smith and Australian golf ponder life without LIV’s riches

With Saudi investment drying up, one of LIV’s highest-profile recruits may be having second thoughts as Australian officials call for the global golf ecosystem to come together

The Guardian - AU

'Too young to retire': Aussie LIV golfers face unknown

Australia's LIV golfers are being offered support by hierarchy after Saudi Arabia withdrew funding for the breakaway tour.

AAP

NSW police urged Jewish man to drop claim he was subject to antisemitic slurs and death threats, commission told

Nir Golan says he was told that there was not much police could do and the case would get thrown out

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Big tech wants to punish Australia over Albanese’s media bargaining code – and Trump might be inclined to listen

The president’s contempt for the media is explosive and his ‘disappointment’ with Australia apparent. For Meta, Google and Oracle, it’s a powerful combination

The Conversation

Australia’s frighteningly unequal funding system favours private schools, argues Jane Caro. How can we fix it?

Australia’s schooling system is among the most highly segregated in the OECD. Public schools educate the majority of disadvantaged students, while there is concentrated advantage in private schools.

AAP

Big bank warns of recession risk as uncertainty lingers

The head of Australia's second-largest bank is more worried about businesses delaying investment decisions than the impact of higher interest rates.

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Death of baby in homeless camp fuels call for action

The death of a baby in a homeless encampment has turned the spotlight on Australia's deteriorating housing affordability and cost-of-living crisis.

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Norwegian fish farms polluting fjords with waste likened to ‘raw sewage of millions of people’

Exclusive: ‘Fish sludge’ in coastal waters now has nutrient levels equivalent to those in untreated effluent of country the size of Australia, report finds

AAP

Stalled methane fight risks climate, energy security

Concerted efforts to curb methane from fossil fuel production in Australia and around the world could benefit both the climate and energy security.

The Guardian - AU

Michele Bullock says ‘we are poorer and there is no way out of it’ after rate rise – as it happened

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Chinese companies are increasingly taking on foreign governments. It’s not just the Port of Darwin

The Chinese-owned firm that operates the Port of Darwin isn’t happy about the federal government’s push to return it to an Australian owner. Now, the situation is escalating, with the stage set for an international legal showdown.

The Conversation

Over the decades, journalists and activist groups have revealed horrendous animal cruelty using covert recordings. A 2011 Four Corners investigation of abuse of Australian cattle in Indonesia is among the most well-known examples.

AAP

Federal officials grilled over Nauru detention contract

The government has faced questions at a Senate inquiry over a more-than $700,000 agreement with a company linked to Nauru's president.

AAP

Follow-up talks to put 'flesh on bone' of Japan deals

A raft of fresh agreements struck between the Japanese and Australian leaders will be incremental but important, analysts say.

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