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• RBA's Bullock makes first rate decision

  03-10-2023 05:12
  
  RBA's Bullock makes first rate decisionLaura DewTue, 2023-10-03 14:12 Laura Dew Laura Dew is editor at Money Management. Prior to joining MM, she spent five years working at Investment Week in the UK, covering asset and wealth management. Laura's social profiles: E-mail Author Twitter More articles by Laura:View articles on Money ManagementPrint0SaveNo votes have been submitted yet.
  
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• RBA governor accused by senator of 'gaslighting' Australians on economy

  12-02-2026 04:34 via abc.net.au
  
  Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock fires back at Nationals senator Matt Canavan after he accused her of "gaslighting" Australians over the state of the Australian economy. 
  
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• Michele Bullock frustrated by 'repeated questions' at Senate estimates

  12-02-2026 04:34 via abc.net.au
  
  Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock fires back at Nationals senator Matt Canavan after he accused her of "gaslighting" Australians over the state of the Australian economy. 
  
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• SA Labor releases audio of Liberal MP backtracking on key policy at private event

  12-02-2026 04:16 via abc.net.au
  
  South Australia's Treasurer says the Liberal Party has secretly dumped its major $495 million policy less than six weeks out from the state election, with the Opposition arguing it has to wind back Labor's tax due to state budget blowouts.
  
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• SA Labor releases audio of Liberal MP backtracking on key policy at industry event

  12-02-2026 04:16 via abc.net.au
  
  South Australia's Treasurer says the Liberal Party has secretly dumped its major $495 million policy less than six weeks out from the state election, with the Opposition arguing it has to wind back Labor's tax due to state budget blowouts.
  
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• Hundreds of jobs set to be lost as WA lithium refinery shuts down

  12-02-2026 02:27 via abc.net.au
  
  A multi-billion-dollar lithium refinery in WA's South West has been shut down, affecting about 275 workers.
  
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• Residents 'embarrassed' by WA town as buyback scheme ends

  11-02-2026 22:32 via abc.net.au
  
  As Port Hedland's controversial dust buyback scheme winds up, Pilbara Ports quietly walks away from major plans to build a training facility and accommodation, with development plans for the area still uncertain.
  
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• Darwin traditional owners feel 'bulldozed' by ambitious solar farm company

  11-02-2026 22:00 via abc.net.au
  
  A renewable energy company planning to build a solar farm near Darwin is seeking a court ruling that no native title claim exists at the proposed site.
  
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• Bougainville mine that sparked a civil war on rapid path to reopening

  11-02-2026 19:52 via abc.net.au
  
  The Autonomous Bougainville Government signs a secretive deal to reopen a huge gold and copper mine that sparked a catastrophic civil war three decades ago. 
  
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• Violent criminals and alleged killers behind alleged CFMEU corruption

  11-02-2026 19:14 via abc.net.au
  
  Members of bikie gangs, convicted murderers and violent criminals are among more than 25 people who allegedly benefited from or are linked to corrupt behaviour at the CFMEU, according to a report. 
  
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• The violent criminals and alleged killers behind alleged corruption at the CFMEU

  11-02-2026 19:14 via abc.net.au
  
  Members of bikie gangs, convicted murderers and violent criminals are among more than 25 people who allegedly benefited from or are linked to corrupt behaviour at the CFMEU, according to a report. 
  
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• The bikies and violent criminals allegedly linked to CFMEU corruption

  11-02-2026 19:14 via abc.net.au
  
  Members of bikie gangs, convicted murderers and violent criminals are among more than 25 people who allegedly benefited from or are linked to corrupt behaviour at the CFMEU, according to a report. 
  
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• US officials say cartel drones behind sudden closure of Texas airport

  11-02-2026 17:16 via abc.net.au
  
  US officials say a sudden 10-day ban came into effect around El Paso International Airport after cartel drones from nearby Mexico breached American airspace.
  
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• 'Gimme more': Britney sells rights to music catalogue in reported $281m deal

  11-02-2026 14:42 via abc.net.au
  
  Spears is the latest music star to sell the rights to their work, and comes a decade after the release of her ninth and last studio album.
  
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• RBA deputy governor says changes to 'three key facts' prompted rate rise

  11-02-2026 08:09 via abc.net.au
  
  RBA deputy governor Andrew Hauser says central banks should not criticise normal government spending choices, but he wonders if Australia's economy is more inflation-prone because it is so finely balanced.
  
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• Australian dollar and yen at a level not seen since the 80s

  11-02-2026 08:05 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's exchange rate with Japan has grown increasingly favourable to tourists, which have surged to record numbers and topped more than one million visitors in 2025.
  
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• Aussie dollar's '40-year high' making a Japan trip even cheaper

  11-02-2026 08:05 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's exchange rate with Japan has grown increasingly favourable to tourists, which have surged to record numbers and topped more than one million visitors in 2025.
  
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• Telstra to axe up to 650 roles in mass redundancy round

  11-02-2026 05:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Telstra notifies staff of plans to outsource hundreds of jobs to an India-based technology company.
  
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• Telstra job losses mount, with 650 redundancies looming

  11-02-2026 05:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Telstra notifies staff that it proposes to outsource hundreds of jobs to an India-based technology company.  
  
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• Major company swings the axe, hundreds of jobs to go

  11-02-2026 05:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Telstra notifies staff that it proposes to outsource hundreds of jobs to an India-based technology company. 
  
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• Queensland university throws a lifeline to axed literary journal

  11-02-2026 05:44 via abc.net.au
  
  The 85-year-old literary journal Meanjin will return to Brisbane, where it was first published, after it was controversially closed by Melbourne University Press last year.
  
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• Nation's second oldest literary journal rescued by Queensland university

  11-02-2026 05:44 via abc.net.au
  
  The 85-year-old literary journal Meanjin will return to Brisbane, where it was first published, after it was controversially closed by Melbourne University Press last year.
  
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• Flood ruins $500k Savannahlander bridge repair before it is used

  11-02-2026 02:37 via abc.net.au
  
  Flooding knocks a heritage-listed bush rail bridge out of alignment only weeks after long-awaited repairs, jeopardising the future of the Savannahlander route.
  
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• CBA shares up after bank reports increased profits

  11-02-2026 01:52 via abc.net.au
  
  CBA's net profit for the first half of the financial year rose 5 per cent to $5.367 million, beating analyst expectations, on the back of increased lending and deposit volumes.
   
  
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• WA rents soar 66pc in five years, the biggest increase in the nation

  11-02-2026 01:22 via abc.net.au
  
  Rents in Western Australia have surged more than 3.5 times faster than wages over the past five years, rising more than anywhere else in the country, according to data from property research firm Cotality.
  
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• WA records nation's biggest surge in rental prices over past five years

  11-02-2026 01:22 via abc.net.au
  
  Rents in Western Australia have climbed more than 3.5 times faster than wages over the past five years with an average increase of 66 per cent, according to data from property research firm Cotality.
  
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• Surge in WA rents 'through the roof', massively outstripping wage growth

  11-02-2026 01:22 via abc.net.au
  
  The cost of renting in WA has soared 66 per cent over the past five years, the biggest increase in the nation and 3.5 times more than the rise in wages, according to data from property research firm Cotality.
  
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• Victorian government defends action on construction sector amid CFMEU allegations

  11-02-2026 00:23 via abc.net.au
  
  The Victorian government is defending its handling of corruption in the state's construction sector amid accusations in a major corruption report that it was "cowed" by the CFMEU.
  
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• Victorian CFMEU branch became 'hateful, greedy rabble' under Setka, report finds

  11-02-2026 00:23 via abc.net.au
  
  The Victorian government is defending its handling of corruption in the state's construction sector amid accusations in a major corruption report that it was "cowed" by the CFMEU.
  
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• Mandatory camera monitoring for trawlers working Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

  10-02-2026 23:10 via abc.net.au
  
  More than 225 trawlers will be fitted with Queensland government-owned cameras over the next six years to monitor the unintended catch of endangered species, such as sea snakes and sawfish.
  
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