Australia: weekly briefings
- 31 Oct – 7 Nov 2026
Reserve Bank lifts cash rate to 4.85 per cent, a fifth rise this year · House prices fall for seventh month, tracking fastest decline in 40 years
- 24 Oct – 31 Oct 2026
Erin Patterson loses appeal; her sentence now bars any chance of parole · Inflation rises to 4.3%; RBA says recession not expected but rates may rise
- 17 Oct – 24 Oct 2026
Independent MP Helen Haines critically injured in car attack · Record October storms and floods hit southeast Australia
- 10 Oct – 17 Oct 2026
Three men jailed for 158 years over Australian and US surfer murders · Australians warned not to travel to Saudi Arabia after airport strikes