The Latest Breaking News from Melbourne Cup Day

Crucial economic data in coming weeks could determine when mortgage holders can expect more interest rate relief, the Reserve Bank board says.

Gold Coast star AJ Brimson has been told he won't face any sanction over his Melbourne Cup day post, with the NRL confident he didnt bet on league games.

Sobering-up facility not completed, emergency workers unclear about their role in new scheme – and it begins on Melbourne Cup Day

Each of Australia’s big four banks is now predicting a rate rise in six days’ time on Melbourne Cup Tuesday. It would add another A$77 to the monthly cost of servicing a $500,000 mortgage and be enough to take the total extra monthly impost since rates began climbing to more…

An expected rate hike on Melbourne Cup Day has impacted the number of homes going under the hammer, with clearance rates tipped to jump.

Australians are already getting hit by higher costs for necessities, reducing their ability to save and spend money on non-essential goods and services

Strong quarterly inflation figures sends market scrambling as odds on for interest rate hike at Reserve Bank’s Melbourne Cup Day meeting

Victoria's Police Association says the state's decriminalisation of public drunkenness, which comes into effect on Melbourne Cup Day, will leave officers powerless to act in some situations.

Under a plan released on Melbourne Cup Day, housing would be built on Canberra's only racecourse, which currently operates on prime inner-suburban land.