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Officers attended Tuncurry property on Friday morning following reports of a home invasion, police sayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA man has been shot dead by police after reportedly breaking into a home on the New South Wales mid-north coast armed with a chainsaw and a knife and stabbing a woman.NSW police said officers from the Manning […]

Meanwhile Australian shares opened sharply lower this morning, erasing over $40bn in value from the market. Follow the latest updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRideshare driver in court over allegations of sexual assaulting passengerA rideshare driver will face court after allegedly sexually assaulting a woman during a short early morning trip, AAP reports. Continue reading...Source: www.theguardian.comRead full article

The country’s first female PM is the object of a personality cult revolving around everything from her outfits and snacks to her favourite pink pen Just eight months ago, Japan’s ruling party appeared to have reached the edge of the electoral abyss. It had lost a parliamentary majority for the second time in 15 months; its MPs were implicated in a long-running slush fund scandal; the then prime minister, Shigeru […]

US president has pitched initiative as populist attack on pharmaceutical companies, but analysts question efficacy.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

Meanwhile Australian shares opened sharply lower this morning, erasing over $40bn in value from the market. Follow the latest updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRideshare driver in court over allegations of sexual assaulting passengerA rideshare driver will face court after allegedly sexually assaulting a woman during a short early morning trip, AAP reports. Continue reading...Source: www.theguardian.comRead full article

An impasse in Congress over immigration reforms could stymie a funding bill for the US Department of Homeland Security.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

There’s an obvious reason for the delay. But the banks still need to compete on savings rates to finance their operationsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastShortly after the Reserve Bank lifted the official cash rate by a quarter of a percentage point, major lenders announced interest rates on mortgages would rise by the same amount.Yet the interest […]