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Wage data looms as key to another potential interest rates hike

The potential for another painful hike in interest rates is balanced on a knife’s edge ahead of crucial new wages growth data.

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‘Line ball’: Experts split as RBA mulls pivotal interest rates call amid rising mortgage stress

Experts are split on whether the Reserve Bank will return to hiking interest rates at its May meeting this week.

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Porter Davis owes Commonwealth Bank $33m: Documents

Documents filed with the corporate watchdog show Commonwealth Bank of Australia is owed millions by home builder Porter Davis, which collapsed last month.

The New Daily

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Porter Davis owes Commonwealth Bank $33m: documents

Documents filed with the corporate watchdog show the Commonwealth Bank of Australia is owed millions by home builder Porter Davis, which collapsed last month.

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Australians lose record $3.1 billion to scams in 2022, as ACCC calls for tougher measures

Australians lost more than $3.1 billion to scams in 2022, a new record and an 80 per cent increase from 2021, according to a new report that has prompted fresh calls for banks to do more to protect consumers.

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Scammers can disguise their number so it looks like your bank is calling — here are red flags to watch for

Your phone says the call is coming from your bank, the caller knows your address and they're using the same language a banker would use, but it feels off. Here's why it might be a scammer.

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Westpac urges RBA interest rates pause as major banks hike rates

The Reserve Bank is tipped to pause its record-breaking run of interest rate hikes in April as the economy slows faster than expected.

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Banks continue to drag their feet lifting savings account rates

Banks defy political pressure by not passing on higher interest rates to all savers even as they hit mortgage holders with rapid-fire hikes

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Some savers still being left behind as cash rate lifts

Banks are still picking and choosing which deposit accounts to lift rates on despite pressure from the consumer watchdog to pass higher rates on to savers.

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The Reserve Bank is tipped to raise interest rates again, even as some families struggle to meet higher home loan repayments

Australia's major banks expect the Reserve Bank will lift the cash rate to its highest level since May 2012 later today, but thousands of families like Le Tran's are already having to make sacrifices to make ends meet.

ABC News

Why are Australian households struggling as corporate profits soar?

Everyday Australian’s are struggling to keep up with the rising cost of living with soaring inflation hurting households’ hip pockets.

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Housing squeeze forces region-to-region migration

Regional Australians are moving further away from capital cities, likely pushed out of some country areas by the housing squeeze and soaring rents, a new

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The Australian towns where the nearest bank branch is nearly 1,000km away

With nearly 100 regional branches either closed or soon to close, getting to the bank is becoming increasingly difficult for Australians in remote areas

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NSW police criticised for ‘outrageous’ midnight arrest of student who protested at RBA

Cherish Kuehlmann woken up by officers who ‘barged into the house’ and took her to a police station, where she was charged with a trespass offence

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No blind trust order for Victoria minister shareholders

Victoria's assistant treasurer will move his bank shares into a blind trust after admitting it was an error to retain them ahead of a contract announcement.

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Alan Kohler: RBA defence of interest-rate mallet highlights the truth about inequality

The first thing is that inequality is worsened by the responses to both low inflation and high inflation; it’s a lose/lose.

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s housing crisis: how RBA interest rate hikes are pushing families closer to the edge

While some property owners are cashing in on the crisis, many others, such as western Sydney’s Nick Noel, are struggling to explain to their kids why they must tighten the spending belt

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ACCC asking why banks are slow to lift interest rates on savings accounts

The landscape for Australian savings rates is changing fast as banks begin to relent after the RBA’s February interest rate hike.

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'Bloody-minded' banks under pressure to halt closures

Major banks are being urged to stop regional branch closures as a Senate inquiry prepares to hold its first hearing in Sale, Victoria.

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Watch: RBA boss questioned, CBA bumper profit, Children’s cancer breakthrough

Watch: The Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe is currently being questioned over consecutive interest rate rises. The Commonwealth Bank has posted a bumper

The Guardian - AU

Australia should force banks to repay scam victims and adopt better protections, advocates say

Calls for federal government to mandate the checking of account details before money transfers are made

AAP

RBA governor faces grilling on 'hawkish' rate hike talk

Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe will appear before parliamentary committees this week after what's been labelled as a "hawkish" shift for the central bank.

AAP

Commonwealth Bank adding anti-scam features to its apps

CBA is rolling out a new feature to help ensure payments sent to a BSB and account number are actually going to the right person or company.

AAP

Woman's fear as husband waits for judgment

The wife of a man who has pleaded guilty to money laundering offences has told a court she fears losing her husband and being left to raise their child alone.

The New Daily

Get the best deal on your mortgage after a year of interest rate hikes

There’s been no shortage of pain for Australian home owners this year as the fastest interest rates hikes in decades hit families.

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