Australia news live: Bullock says ‘we are poorer and there is no way out of it’ after Reserve Bank hikes rates
By Adeshola Ore (now) and Stephanie Convery (earlier)

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Australia news live: Bullock says ‘we are poorer and there is no way out of it’ after Reserve Bank hikes rates
By Adeshola Ore (now) and Stephanie Convery (earlier)

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Electric vehicle tax break wound back, but it won't put the brakes on sales

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Australia eyes security pact with Fiji as pushback from Beijing undermines agreement with Vanuatu
By Tom McIlroy Political editor

Foreign minister Penny Wong visits Fiji this week to progress the security and economic agreement

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/05/australia-eyes-security-pact-with-fiji-as-pushback-from-beijing-undermines-agreement-with-vanuatu

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Australia news live: Bullock says ‘we are poorer and there is no way out of it’ after Reserve Bank hikes rates
By Adeshola Ore (now) and Stephanie Convery (earlier)

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Australia news live: RBA increases official interest rate to 4.35% in blow to mortgage holders
By Stephanie Convery

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Australia news live: Hanson considers lower-house run; RBA interest rates decision at 2.30pm
By Stephanie Convery

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Big tech wants to punish Australia over Albanese’s media bargaining code – and Trump might be inclined to listen | Bruce Wolpe
By Bruce Wolpe

The president’s contempt for the media is explosive and his ‘disappointment’ with Australia apparent. For Meta, Google and Oracle, it’s a powerful combination

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/05/big-tech-wants-to-punish-australia-over-albaneses-media-bargaining-code-and-trump-might-be-inclined-to-listen

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Australia news live: ‘they came to kill us,’ Jewish woman tells Bondi royal commission; Hanson considers lower-house run
By Stephanie Convery

Woman tells antisemitism royal commission how everyday life has changed for her and her three children. Follow today’s news live

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