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Shares climb as Reserve Bank softens rate rise talk
March 07, 2023 04:32 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSThe ASX jumped while the Aussie dollar sank to an 11-week low after the Reserve Bank raised interest rates by an expected 0.25 percentage points.

Nuclear subs deal to prevent Pacific war: Morrison
March 07, 2023 04:31 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSFormer prime minister Scott Morrison says the AUKUS alliance and the acquisition of nuclear submarines is about deterring any attacks on Australia.

RBA fires off another rate rise but the end is in sight
March 07, 2023 04:30 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSThe Reserve Bank of Australia has lifted interest rates again but toned down its language, opening the door to a pause or only one more rise.

Patients accuse Sydney dentist of sexual assault
March 07, 2023 04:28 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSA dentist is standing trial in Sydney after pleading not guilty to nine counts of sexually assaulting multiple patients, including school students.
SA's top cop Grant Stevens gets another five-year term
March 07, 2023 04:26 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSThe South Australian government has appointed Police Commissioner Grant Stevens to another five-year term.

Top bureaucrat failed to notice major robodebt change
March 07, 2023 04:23 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSA former secretary of the departments that ran robodebt missed a key change to a ministerial brief which misrepresented how income would be assessed.

Energy giant launches electric vehicle subscriptions
March 07, 2023 04:19 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSOne of Australia's biggest energy firms will launch a subscription car service to get more EVs on the road and offer some customers free power to fuel them.

'Never again' says family at deaths in custody inquest
March 07, 2023 04:19 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSShiralee Deanne Tilberoo, known as Aunty Sherry, died at the Brisbane watch house in September 2020, prompting Black Lives Matter protests across the city.

Elders giving evidence in Fortescue compensation case
March 07, 2023 04:10 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSThe Federal Court is holding on-country hearings in the case that will decide how much compensation Fortescue must pay the Yindjibarndi people of the Pilbara.
Qld to spend $5b to link northwest to the national grid
March 07, 2023 04:09 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSThe Queensland government has taken over the planned CopperString 2.0 project to build an 1100km electricity transmission line from Townsville to the northwest.

High Court ditches Facebook challenge over privacy
March 07, 2023 04:00 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSThe High Court of Australia has sent Facebook back to the Federal Court over the Cambridge Analytica privacy breaches.

Trial over: Vic to stick with drug-injecting facility
March 07, 2023 03:53 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSA supervised drug injecting centre in inner Melbourne will become permanent, with the state government introducing legislation following a five-year trial.

Deficiencies in pregnant mum's healthcare before death
March 07, 2023 03:51 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSThere were deficiencies in the medical care given to pregnant Melbourne mum Annie O'Brien before her death from sepsis in August 2018, a coroner has found.

Northern Victorian council sacked following murder
March 07, 2023 03:38 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSMoira Shire Council will be dismissed following a "deeply concerning" probe into the murder of a manager by a worker, governance concerns and other issues.

Rolfe and Walker never should have met, inquest told
March 07, 2023 03:37 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSA specialist NT police unit sent to arrest Indigenous teenager Kumanjayi Walker was "definitely a paramilitary group", an inquest has been told.

VRX Silica (ASX:VRX) signs LOI with ResourcesWA for power supply at Arrowsmith North
March 07, 2023 03:35 PM AEDT| By ManishaHighlights,VRX Silica has executed a letter of intent (LOI) with ResourcesWA to explore a proposed power supply solution for the company’s Arrowsmith North Silica Sand Project.,Under the LOI, the company will analyse the potential to set up a powerho...

'Broken' Vic workers' compo scheme set for an overhaul
March 07, 2023 03:31 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSVictoria's workers' compensation scheme is "fundamentally broken" and raising premiums for businesses won't be enough to fix it, the state government says.

Australian seafood nets big dollars but tide is turning
March 07, 2023 03:29 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSAustralian fishers and seafood farmers have netted impressive production figures but officials warn there are stormy seas on the horizon.

Rentals under $400 disappearing as prices surge
March 07, 2023 02:56 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSAffordable rentals are becoming increasingly hard to find as strong demand for rental accommodation continues to outstrip supply.

Jury issues guilty verdicts over Plutus Payroll fraud
March 07, 2023 02:26 PM AEDT| By AAPNEWSA jury has found three out of five co-accused guilty for their role in the Plutus Payroll tax scheme which fraudulently netted more than $105 million.

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