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Interest rate decision to dominate economic agenda

Mortgage holders are unlikely to get a leg up from the Reserve Bank this week, with markets and analysts predicting the cash rate to remain on hold on Tuesday.

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Nobody wanted to say ‘mission accomplished’ on inflation – certainly not Jim Chalmers. But he was surely thinking it

Economists are revising their rate cut predictions after the latest ABS figures revealed inflation is trending back up

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Robot Umps Are Coming to MLB: Here's Everything You Need to Know

Starting in 2026, teams will be able to challenge balls and strikes. Here's a complete breakdown of how the new system will work.

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Labor’s Measuring What Matters is a worthy goal – but one that has utterly failed to live up to its promise

The wellbeing framework has become little more than a data dump – but at least it highlights how little stock we should put in productivity figures

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Healthy, safe and getting along with each other: Australia attempts to look beyond GDP to measure what matters

The Measuring What Matters wellbeing report shows increased concern over security and access to healthcare and a stalling in Australia’s emissions reduction

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Data missing on two of nation’s ‘biggest issues’ as Australian Bureau of Statistics fumbles key survey

Economics expert criticises last-minute cancellation of report that would shed light on cost-of-living and housing crises

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Latest data suggests Australia is overcoming its sugar addiction

Australia is now meeting the World Health Organization’s (WHO) guidelines on sugar, which recommend keeping sugar below 10% of daily energy intake.

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1 in 8 households don’t have the money to buy enough food

Around one in eight (1.3 million) Australian households experienced food insecurity in 2023. This means they didn’t always have enough money to buy the amount or quality of food they needed for an active and healthy life.

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Softies take a hit as nation sours on sweetened drinks

Health organisations say data revealing fewer Aussies are drinking sweetened drinks is encouraging, but more work is needed to incentivise healthy choices.

AAP

'Shameful': state takes out crime hotspot title again

A domestic violence prevention advocate hopes reforms will help make an impact as one state retains its unwanted title as Australia's hotbed of crime.

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LNP concedes Queensland’s crime rate fell in Labor’s final year despite ‘youth crime crisis’ campaign

Youth justice minister acknowledges ‘small decrease of 2.25%’ in 2024 but has not stated LNP’s crime reduction target for 2025

The Guardian - AU

Anti-immigration protesters say Australia’s migration is at record highs – but the figures tell a different story

Latest net overseas migration figures are down 37% from recent peak, with experts pointing to misunderstanding of arrivals data

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Nation's economic pulse check dominates data-heavy week

Australia's weak private sector could dampen the nation's economic recovery and cause GDP growth to undershoot the Reserve Bank's forecasts.

AAP

Aussie shares rebound after inflation data causes drop

The ASX200 has finished in the green due to standout company performers despite a drop on the back of hot inflation data which cooled rate cut expectations.

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Officially, the unemployment rate is 4.2%. But that doesn’t count all the hidden workers in Australia

Australia’s job market is facing a paradox. Employers across every major sector – from construction to healthcare – report crippling skills shortages.

The Guardian - AU

Have men really stopped reading? We take a deeper dive into the data

It’s clear that if there is a crisis in Australia, it affects both men and women, boys and girls. So what can be done to boost reading?

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Donald Trump’s war on statistics is an authoritarian attack on democracy and countries like Australia should call it out

Reality might be hanging on to the political debate for dear life, but this move threatens to fling it off the cliff

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Inflation is down but prices remain high: when will the cost-of-living crisis end?

The biggest inflationary shock in a generation has left Australia a much more expensive place to live. It could take years for households to catch up

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The piece of data that could decide next rate decision

Quarterly inflation data will dominate the economic agenda this week, while dwelling approvals, retail sales and property price figures will also be revealed.

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s divorce rate is lowest in 50 years and marriages are lasting longer, according to ABS data

Australian Bureau of Statistics’ 2024 figures show median marriage age was 32.8 years for men and 31.2 for women

The Guardian - AU

Five ways Australians’ spending, housing and dating habits have changed over the last 25 years

New lifestyle data shows how young people are living with their parents for longer and have fewer partners – while older generations are splurging

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Average home prices hit $1m with more growth to come

The average price of a home in Australia has hit $1 million after a decade of growth, though experts say a return to the explosive COVID-era boom is unlikely.

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Extreme weather events have slowed economic growth, adding to the case for another rate cut

Australia’s economy slowed sharply in the March quarter, growing by just 0.2% as government spending slowed and extreme weather events dampened demand. That followed an increase of 0.6% in the previous quarter.

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Warm weather, Cyclone Trump hit consumer recovery

Australia's economic momentum remains fragile with unseasonably warm weather and consumer concern contributing to weaker retail sales.

The Conversation

New Australian data shows most of us have PFAS in our blood. How worried should we be?

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has this week released new data which tells us about the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Australians’ bodies.

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