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Reserve Bank might be using sledgehammer to crack a nut

Prominent economists say a broad range of economic policies are needed to tackle inflation with RBA rate hikes ineffective against key sources of inflation.

AAP

Alex Murdaugh’s accomplice takes plea deal and agrees to cooperate with FBI in dead housekeeper theft case

Corey Fleming confessed that he had taken part in one of Murdaugh’s financial schemes – and admitted that he knew what he was doing when he did so

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh indicted on 22 new financial fraud charges for stealing money from dead housekeeper’s family

Gloria Satterfield died in a ‘trip and fall’ at the Murdaugh family home in 2018

The Independent UK

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How capitalism is distorting science

Critics say research is hobbled by profit-driven journals. That has far-reaching ramifications for science

Salon

Audio reveals Alex Murdaugh blaming dogs for housekeeper’s death – after he walked back claim five years later

‘It’s very convenient that the three people who could contradict Alex are all dead – Paul, Maggie and Gloria,’ says the attorney representing Gloria Satterfield’s sons

The Independent UK

Anthony Albanese speaks about frustration over unsuccessful attempts at diplomacy with the US to free Julian Assange

Giving his strongest comments on the case to date, Anthony Albanese tells the ABC he is "frustrated" the US government is continuing its prosecution of Julian Assange despite being "very aware" the prime minister opposes his ongoing incarceration.

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Deloitte Budget Monitor predicts significant shift in national debt ahead of federal budget

Multi-billion-dollar tax revenue and high commodity prices will likely result in a far healthier federal budget than initially predicted, according to Deloitte's annual Budget Monitor.

ABC News

Alex Murdaugh makes shocking confession about 2018 ‘trip and fall’ death of family housekeeper

Gloria Satterfield died in February 2018 following a mysterious trip and fall at the Murdaugh family home – three years before Murdaugh murdered his wife and son at the property

The Independent UK

Why the king’s coronation will be a muted affair in Australia

As Charles III is crowned in London, only one state – Western Australia – is considering a public holiday and republicanism is resurgent

The Guardian - AU

Convicted killer Alex Murdaugh is hit with fresh charges

New indictment comes as Murdaugh is serving life in prison for the June 2021 murders of his wife Maggie and son Paul and is awaiting trial on another 99 financial crime charges and charges over a bizarre botched hitman plot

The Independent UK

Prince William joins thousands at Hyde Park corner to commemorate Anzac Day

The Prince of Wales commemorated Australia and New Zealand’s war dead in a dawn service marking Anzac Day on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

William leads commemoration of Australia and New Zealand’s war dead

The dawn event marked Anzac Day.

The Independent UK

The defence review says Australia is at little risk of a land invasion – but that’s not where the threats end

Fears of direct military invasion are too narrow a frame to get a true picture of the Indo-Pacific’s security outlook, report argues

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The much-anticipated defence review is here. So what does it say, and what does it mean for Australia?

The Albanese government on Monday released a declassified version of the much-anticipated defence strategic review, authored by former defence chief Angus Houston and former defence minister Stephen Smith.

The Guardian - AU

Defence strategic review: Australia will build longer range military power amid ‘radically different’ security environment

Government considers establishment of domestic manufacturing as review warns Australia’s military capability structured for ‘a bygone era’

ABC News

Defence force shifts posture to ready Australia for 'missile age', and combat threats further from shore

The federal government announces a major shift in defence's posture as the world enters the "missile age", warning Australia's natural defences have been radically reduced.

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Coalition reshuffle promotes voice opponents; RBA hints at rate rises; and Ablett Sr sues AFL over concussion

Liberal leader Peter Dutton signals determined approach to thwart voice after parachuting Jacinta Price into shadow cabinet

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The Guardian - AU

Government will not lift welfare payments despite recommendation – as it happened

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‘Unnecessary’ rate hikes to trigger ‘consumer recession’: Report

A major economics firm says the RBA has gone too far in raising interest rates and has forecast a "consumer recession".

AAP

Reserve Bank minutes suggest May rate hike on the table

Fresh inflation data will set the scene for the Reserve Bank's next move, with another rate hike a live option for its board meeting in May.

ABC News

Did the Reserve Bank's interest rate hikes put Australia's economy on a 'knife-edge'? A major consulting firm thinks so

A major consulting firm forecasts a "consumer recession" in 2023, warning hundreds of thousands of Australian households are bleeding cash every month.

Tribune News Service

Here’s what we know about the first Stephen Smith autopsy and the SC pathologist who performed it

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Before dawn on a steamy July day in 2015, Hampton County coroner Ernie Washington was called to an area of pine trees and cornfields, where a young man’s body was sprawled in the middle of the road.

The New Daily

Australian envoy visits Julian Assange in UK prison

Australia's new high commissioner to the UK, Stephen Smith, is the first consular visitor jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has received since 2019.

The Guardian - AU

Greens claim opposition leader ‘trying to ignite a culture war’ – as it happened

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