Inflation jumps to 4.3 per cent, fuelling prospect of Cup Day rate rise

The highest monthly jump since March puts intense pressure on the Reserve Bank to deliver another interest rate increase when it meets next Tuesday.

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‘Always drama here’: Reservoir shooting victim linked to Kaz Hamad

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The man shot dead on the footpath of a busy suburban road in Melbourne’s north overnight was the father of an associate of illicit tobacco kingpin Kaz Hamad, this masthead can reveal.

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PM under scrutiny after admitting $6m grant to his own electorate was not for intended purpose

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has come under scrutiny after being forced to admit a controversial $6 million grant to a golf course in his own electorate was not for the intended purpose.

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Collingwood made a late play for Craig Starcevich. Here is why he turned them down

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Craig Starcevich confirmed he’d received a call from Collingwood to gauge his interest in returning to Victoria to help the struggling Magpies.

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A procession of animals visit a bowerbird's nest

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A camera set up to monitor a bowerbird inadvertently captured a range of wildlife thriving at Yourka after 20 years of bush management, from goannas to bettongs.

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‘Horrible to wash blood off his skin’: Accused pilot’s conversations after wife’s death

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After years of extra-marital affairs, RAAF pilot Robert Crawford allegedly murdered his wife but staged her death scene to look like a mower accident in their yard, lawyers say.

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Kiwi star to play convicted murder Erin Patterson in first TV drama covering the case

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The drama, starring Melanie Lynskey, was revealed at Paramount and Network Ten’s upfronts event on Wednesday.

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