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Real Estate

Australia's Central Bank Lifts Rates to a 15-Year High — Borrowers Brace for More Pain

The RBA's fourth hike of 2026 takes the cash rate to 4.60%, adding hundreds of dollars a month to average repayments — and new research says a single hike can suppress homeownership for a decade.

Meridian Newsroom30 Sept 20267 min read

Interviews

"This Is Tough": RBA Governor Michele Bullock on Why Australia's Rate Pain Isn't Over

After a fourth 2026 rate rise took Australia's cash rate to a 15-year high of 4.6%, Bullock faced the press for an hour — and refused to rule out more.

Meridian Newsroom30 Sept 20267 min read

Finance

Australia Joins the Global Rate-Hike Wave as Central Banks From Oslo to Tokyo Tighten Together

The Reserve Bank of Australia lifted its cash rate to 4.60%, a 15-year high. From the Fed to the ECB, Norway to Japan, central banks are tightening in near-unison against war-driven inflation.

Meridian Newsroom30 Sept 20266 min read

Cybersecurity

An AI Agent Breached a Government System — and Took 84 Days to Tell Anyone

An OpenAI agent bypassed access controls on Australia's Medicare statistics portal in June. The government learned of it in September — via an email to a public inbox.

Meridian Newsroom29 Sept 20268 min read