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news.com.au article finance/economy 2026-04-30T01:46:00.000Z

Ex-RBA boss reveals what will happen

A third consecutive interest rate hike is all but “locked in”, a former Reserve Bank assistant governor has predicted, as surging oil prices pushed inflation to its worst figure since 2023.

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news.com.au article finance/economy 2026-04-30T00:09:00.000Z

Anthony Albanese lets the cat out of the bag

The inflation figures dropped like a hooting owl heralding a message from the underworld in Ancient Rome this week.

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news.com.au article finance/economy 2026-04-28T21:47:00.000Z

Numbers that will ‘make or break’ rate hike

Key inflation data on Wednesday is “make or break” for the central bank to hike interest rates again next week, Commonwealth Bank says.

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Sky News article business/finance 2026-04-29T04:39:16.000Z

Economy could come ‘crashing down’ following latest inflation figure

Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell has claimed the economy could come “crashing down” after Wednesday’s inflation figure showed a more than 30 per cent spike in fuel prices on top of construction costs.

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news.com.au article national/housing-affordability-fix-looms-as-treasurer-hints-at-capital-gains-tax-reform 2026-04-30T07:46:00.000Z

Hints on major housing tax shake-up

Australian treasurer Jim Chalmers has addressed current housing pressures but stopped short of confirming negative gearing or capital gains tax discounts in next month’s budget.

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9News article national 2026-04-30T08:49:33Z

Man arrested after paramedic stabbed while stopping for coffee

<p>The male paramedic was outside a cafe on Broadway in Reservoir around 11am when a man got out of a small, red car and stabbed him in the upper body, police allege.</p>

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news.com.au article national/nsw-act 2026-04-30T03:08:00.000Z

‘No need to stay’: Shock Bondi police order

Officers were told they did not need to stay for the entire Chanukah by the Sea event targeted in last year’s Bondi terror attack by their operations chief, according to royal commission findings.

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news.com.au article finance/economy 2026-04-30T02:02:00.000Z

Chalmers drops landlord tax bombshell

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has dropped a huge hint that existing landlords who already own rentals will be protected by a phased introduction of new negative gearing and capital gains tax changes.

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news.com.au article national/nsw-act 2026-04-29T22:33:00.000Z

Parents of kids killed in fire break silence

The two children killed in a horror house fire in the Blue Mountains on Monday have been remembered as “precious”.

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news.com.au article national/crime 2026-04-29T22:09:00.000Z

Cops’ theory about missing girl suspect

Northern Territory Police Commissioner Martin Dole says police believe Jefferson Lewis, who they suspect of being involved in the disappearance of Sharon Granites, is still in Alice Springs and being helped by members of the community.

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Sky News article world-news/global-affairs 2026-04-30T00:04:52.000Z

Trump weighs major European military move over Iran war dispute

President Trump revealed Wednesday that he is considering reducing the number of US troops stationed in Germany after the country’s leaders criticized the Iran war.

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news.com.au article finance/economy 2026-04-29T20:00:00.000Z

Shock Aussie small business trend revealed

Australian small businesses are currently weathering the storm from the Middle East crisis and back-to-back rate hikes, but experts warn the worst is yet to come.

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9News article national 2026-04-30T03:54:40Z

Search continues for Sharon: A timeline of events

<p>The five year old has been missing since Saturday night, with police launching one of their largest operations in decades to find her.</p>

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news.com.au article national/man-alleged-to-have-abducted-5yo-arrested 2026-04-30T12:37:00.000Z

Man alleged to have killed 5yo arrested

The man authorities have been hunting in relation to the death of a five-year-old girl in Alice Springs, is now in police custody.

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news.com.au article national/courts-law 2026-04-30T06:53:00.000Z

‘Mess me up’: Kill car texts revealed

A member of an alleged Sydney kidnap crew stressed “da job coming can’t afford to be fcked” or someone would “mess me up” before the plot was foiled by a local who saw them hiding in a “kill car”, a court has heard.

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Sky News video world-news/global-affairs 2026-04-29T21:05:43.402Z

US seizes another tanker carrying Iranian oil amid attempt to breach blockade

The US has seized another tanker suspected of carrying Iranian oil as US President Donald Trump claims his blockade is destroying Tehran’s economy. “Their economy is crashing, their ... money is valueless, they’ve got inflation that nobody’s ever seen before,” President Trump said. Investors are concerned the stalled talks between Iran and the US could lead to a prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz as the price of Brent Crude oil jumped to $119 a barrel. This comes as President Trump is reportedly planning to extend America’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz indefinitely to collapse Iran’s economy and force the regime into a deal.

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news.com.au article national/crime 2026-04-30T03:57:00.000Z

Police’s shocking finds on city streets

More than 1,000 weapons have been seized on Queensland streets in less than 12 months under new laws.

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Sky News article australia-news/crime 2026-04-30T12:51:11.000Z

NT Police announce arrest of Jefferson Lewis

WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are warned that this story includes the name and image of an Indigenous person who may have died.

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news.com.au article finance/business 2026-04-29T22:01:00.000Z

Price of bread, milk could rise soon

Woolies have warned Australians they could be paying even more for their groceries this year as producers and suppliers are slammed by surging costs, thanks to the US-Iran war oil shock.

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Sky News article world-news/global-affairs 2026-04-29T19:00:00.000Z

The female icon who could unite Iran’s opposition as Tehran reels amid fragile ceasefire

As Iran’s opposition struggles to find a unifying figure amid war, repression and near-total internet blackouts, the husband of jailed Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi says his wife remains physically battered but politically unbroken, even as she sits in prison after what he describes as a brutal arrest and beating.

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news.com.au article national/politics 2026-04-29T05:48:00.000Z

‘Sovereign’: Albo backs oil giant’s shock move

Anthony Albanese has backed the United Arab Emirates’ “sovereign” decision to leave a cartel of major oil-producing countries, in remarks praising the “very positive relationship” between Australia and the wealthy Gulf state.

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Sky News video world-news/united-states 2026-04-30T07:43:27.786Z

‘These attacks are battering the institution’: Powell fights back at Trump administration

US President Trump has openly criticised Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for failing to lower interest rates quickly enough. Jerome Powell faced a criminal investigation by the United States Department of Justice over large cost overruns in the Federal Reserve's renovation of its head office. Jerome Powell addressed this matter, saying, “I worry that these attacks are battering the institution and putting at risk the thing that really matters to the public, which is the ability to conduct monetary policy without taking into consideration political factors.”

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news.com.au article national/crime 2026-04-30T07:05:00.000Z

Paramedic stabbed in the neck getting coffee

An on-duty paramedic has been stabbed in his face and neck while getting coffee, in an attack labelled “appalling and unacceptable”.

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Sky News video world-news/united-states 2026-04-30T02:26:11.129Z

‘The beginning of the end’: Jerome Powell warns Federal Reserve at risk of losing independence

The US Federal Reserve has kept interest rates on hold in what may have been Jerome Powell’s last meeting at the helm. The rate will remain in a range of 3.5 to 3.57 per cent, despite four of the Federal Reserve governors dissenting against its decision. Mr Powell addressed this matter, saying: “The idea of removing Reserve Bank presidents from office over different views on monetary policy, and I would just agree with them so strongly that that would be the beginning of the end of the Fed’s ability to make monetary policy independently. “If every administration could come in and do that, you’re just not a cabinet agency at that point.”

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news.com.au article national/politics 2026-04-30T02:05:00.000Z

‘Weighing up’: MP’s big call on ISIS brides

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has ruled out interfering in the potential return of 13 women and children linked to former ISIS fighters.

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Sky News article world-news/united-kingdom 2026-04-30T00:57:36.000Z

Bodycam vision shows chaotic moment police taser antisemitic terror suspect

Bodycam footage has captured the chaotic moment British police tasered a knife-wielding man after two Jewish men were stabbed, with cops wrestling the suspect on the ground to wrench the weapon from him. 

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news.com.au article national/nsw-act 2026-04-30T00:14:00.000Z

‘Abuse’: Sex tweet costs Latham $100k

NSW independent MP Alex Greenwich has won his vilification and sexual harassment case brought against upper house MP and former One Nation leader Mark Latham.

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news.com.au article world/two-jews-stabbed-in-london-knife-rampage 2026-04-30T00:11:00.000Z

Two Jews stabbed in London knife rampage

Two Jewish men have been stabbed in London in what police has declared a “terrorist incident”, following a series of attacks targeting Jewish sites in the area.

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news.com.au article national/nsw-act 2026-04-29T22:51:00.000Z

Jewish community responds to Bondi report

An interim report by the Royal Commission on Anti-Semitism and Social Cohesion is only “part of the solution” for getting Australia “back to where it needs to be” as key questions remain unanswered, a leading Jewish figure has warned.

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Sky News article world-news/united-states 2026-04-29T22:30:23.000Z

Trump shooting suspect took smirking selfie while armed to the teeth before attack: docs

Cole Tomas Allen found time to snap a chilling selfie in his room at the Washington Hilton about 30 minutes before he tried to assassinate President Trump and members of his cabinet during Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.

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Sky News video world-news/united-states 2026-04-29T21:04:32.880Z

Pentagon officials defend 2027 budget request for $1.5 trillion amid Iran war

Pentagon officials have defended their 2027 budget request for $1.5 trillion – a 50 per cent jump in current spending. Testifying publicly for the first time since the war in Iran began on Capitol Hill, War Secretary Pete Hegseth was scrutinised heavily by lawmakers over the operations, ballooning costs, US President Donald Trump’s threats to resume strikes, and the mission’s goals. The Pentagon’s budget request is roughly five per cent of America’s overall GDP and was put together before the war with Iran began. They’ll likely have to submit another request to replenish ammunition stocks.

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news.com.au article finance/economy 2026-04-29T02:03:00.000Z

‘Peak higher’: Warning amid inflation horror

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has warned inflation could “peak higher” than the March surge amid fuel shocks from the Iran war.

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news.com.au article national/politics 2026-04-28T21:56:00.000Z

‘Very clear’: Big twist in ISIS brides saga

Housing Minister Clare O’Neil has refused to answer whether Australia was aware that its refusal to repatriate a cohort of Australians linked to ISIS from war camps in northeast Syria was causing mounting frustration in the US government.

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news.com.au article national/victoria 2026-04-30T10:55:00.000Z

Arrest after alleged 1985 rape, abduction

Police have arrested a man in relation to the alleged abduction and rape of a young mother in Melbourne’s southeast more than 40 years ago.

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news.com.au article finance/business 2026-04-30T05:09:00.000Z

New idea to solve Aussie fuel crisis

The Nationals have called on the Albanese government to examine if the excess wine stored in Australia could be converted to biofuels to help stymie the effects of a looming fuel supply shortage.

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Sky News video australia-news 2026-04-30T08:43:06.293Z

‘Stronger protections’: Australian renters will have ‘security of tenure’ going up to five years

Labor Senator Michelle Ananda-Rajah says the Albanese government has introduced “stronger protections” for renters. Ms Ananda-Rajah told Sky News Australia that they have also “supercharged” the bill on the rent program. “So that Australians now who do choose to rent, and there’s about a third of Australians who rent, will have security of tenure going up to five years.”

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news.com.au article finance/business 2026-04-30T04:28:00.000Z

Big cuts at Nine, ‘all roles’ impacted

Up to 20 jobs in TV news and current affairs are set to go at Channel 9 in the first sweep of redundancies to hit the network.

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Sky News video world-news/united-states 2026-04-30T07:05:25.158Z

New poll shows voters rallying behind Trump on handling of Iran war

A fresh poll has revealed strong backing for Donald Trump’s handling of the Iran conflict. The latest national survey from the Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll shows many voters supporting decisive military action. 74 per cent of voters say the US is currently winning over Iran, while 54 per cent believe the country has the advantage in negotiations. According to the poll, 52 per cent of respondents support US military airstrikes on Iran, while 54 per cent say strikes were justified.

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news.com.au article national/courts-law 2026-04-30T03:42:00.000Z

Christchurch killer’s appeal thrown out

The Australian man who senselessly executed dozens of innocent people in New Zealand’s worst mass shooting has lost an appeal against his convictions and sentence.

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Sky News video world-news/global-affairs 2026-04-30T06:35:42.712Z

Trump says Iran is ‘choking like a stuffed pig’ as blockade keeps regime in stranglehold

Donald Trump has doubled down on the US blockade of Iran, declaring the regime is “choking like a stuffed pig.” The president said the blockade is proving even more effective than military strikes in crippling Iran’s economy. Trump made clear the pressure will not ease until Iran abandons its nuclear ambitions. “The blockade is somewhat more effective than the bombing. They are choking like a stuffed pig. And it is going to be worse for them. They can't have a nuclear weapon,” Trump told Axios.

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news.com.au article national/nsw-act 2026-04-30T03:12:00.000Z

RSL memorial theft triggers appeal

A stolen propeller from a South Coast war memorial has sparked a growing community search effort, with possible sightings as far north as Newcastle and police now involved in the investigation.

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Sky News video australia-news/crime 2026-04-30T05:06:51.231Z

Body found in search for missing NT five year old girl

Northern Territory Police have confirmed a body has been found in the search for missing five-year-old girl Kumanjayi Little Baby.

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news.com.au article national/politics 2026-04-29T21:37:00.000Z

China’s big move as fuel crisis looms

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has confirmed China will work with Australian businesses on jet fuel supply, weeks after Beijing temporarily stalled fuel exports to prioritise domestic demand amid the global energy crisis.

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