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‘Fallout’: Bank collapses’ impact on rates

With the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) – the second biggest bank failure in US history – there are fears of “contagion” spreading across the globe with the potential that Australia’s interest rates could also be impacted.SVB had a…

Inside Sydney’s ‘parasitical’ pokie mecca

In the southwestern Sydney suburb of Mount Pritchard, across the road from the colourful gates of the Mingyue Lay Buddhist Temple, another religious institution towers over the modest red-brick homes — a pokie mecca.Mounties, an enormous…

Inside fight to fix Aussie rental crisis

Rental vacancies are at near-record lows across the country, and combined with skyrocketing house prices, families are being literally left out in the cold. The crisis is driven by a number of things, including increasing immigration and…