Cash rate about as low as it will go

THE chances of interest rates getting any lower are very slim, following a recent surge in the housing sector and improved confidence in the Australian economy. Eight out of 12 economists surveyed by AAP say the Reserve Bank of Australia won't...

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Kyle and Jackie O quit breakfast show

Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O have announced they will leave their 2Day FM breakfast show this year. Source: AAP KYLE Sandilands and Jackie O will leave their 2Day FM breakfast slot at the end of 2013 after more than a decade on air together....

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Obeid paid in bundles of cash: ICAC

FORMER NSW Labor MP Eddie Obeid and his wife received bundles of cash from three Sydney properties in which his family had hidden interests, a corruption inquiry has heard. Mr Obeid's eldest son Damian on Tuesday was giving evidence at the NSW...

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Crown's casino push affordable: Packer

Crown chairman James Packer says the company's push to expand in Asia and Australia is affordable. Source: AAP BILLIONAIRE James Packer says an ambitious program to expand the number of Crown's integrated hotel and casino resorts in Asia and...

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Oil sales drive Beach's high revenue

BEACH Energy's quarterly revenue is up 59 per cent to a record $270 million on the back of higher oil sales, prices and production. The central Australian Cooper Basin-based company produced oil at record levels supporting sales volumes of 2.9...

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$A will eventually fall: RBA governor

The Reserve Bank's boss has warned investors that the high Australian dollar will eventually fall. Source: AAP THE Reserve Bank of Australia boss has warned investors that the Australian dollar is still high and will eventually fall from its...

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Britain braces for worst storm in a decade

About 60 flights have been cancelled at Heathrow Airport due to predicted hurricane-force winds. Source: AAP BRITAIN is facing travel chaos and more than 10,000 homes are without electricity in northwestern France as a massive storm sweeps...

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Inquiry hears of bullying at YMCA

EVEN a year after a pedophile had been jailed for abusing children while he worked for the YMCA, the organisation still had not carried out a full audit of working with children checks. Catharine Clements, who was employed by the not-for-profit...

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Govt must justify $9b RBA payment: Bowen

LABOR is demanding Treasurer Joe Hockey justify his reasons for giving the Reserve Bank nearly $9 billion in what it's calling a bid to score "expensive political points". The federal government this week announced it would make an $8.8 billion...

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Jewish community reps condemn Sydney brawl

AN anti-semitic fuelled brawl in Sydney's east has highlighted the need for effective criminal laws addressing racial attacks, the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies believes. Four men, 66, 48, 39, 27, and a 62-year-old woman were taken to hospital...

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