'Unhappy' Trump gives Putin new deadline, backpacker's remarkable reveal after 12 days in outback, Albanese set for Xi meeting
Australian Test star Mitchell Starc has made history against the West Indies by recording the fastest ever five-wicket haul, helping his side bowl out the Windies for just 27 runs in their second innings. Scott Boland also took a hat-trick as Australia raced to an emphatic victory.
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Well this will undoubtedly be welcomed by plenty of Aussies.
The Reserve Bank of Australia has proposed to scrap surcharges on most debit and credit card payments for consumers while lowering interchange fees paid by businesses, steps that would save the two groups around $2.4 billion a year.
In a consultation paper on the proposals, the RBA said surcharges and fees were no longer in the public interest and invited feedback from interested parties by August 26.
The RBA judged that surcharges on debit and credit cards, including Mastercard and Visa, no longer achieved the intended purpose of steering consumers to make more efficient payment choices.
The RBA said avoiding surcharges had become harder as cash usage declined and there were challenges with enforcing current rules.
The central bank's most recent triennial consumer payments survey found that the share of consumer payments made in cash had fallen from around 70% by number in 2007 to 13% in 2022.
"Removing surcharging would make card payments simpler, more transparent and help to increase competition in the card payments system," the RBA said.
- Reuters
A widow in Adelaide says she believes her late husband was watching over her as she landed a life-changing $1 million in Friday's Weekday Windfall draw.
'My husband passed away a few years ago, and I truly believe he's looking down at us and making sure I'm okay. It's such a blessing, and I feel so grateful," the winner told The Lott.
'It's an amazing amount of money. I've been through a fair bit in the past few years, but it feels like things are really looking up."
She now plans on helping her kids out and renovating her kitchen.
Anthony Albanese is set to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping today as he continues to walk a tightrope juggling relationships with both the US and China.
The prime minister will discuss a range of topics with Xi, as Albanese looks to solidify economic ties with a key trade partner. But it comes amid a period of increased unpredictability globally as Canberra finds itself with important relationships with defence ally the US and China, seeking greater control in the Indo-Pacific.
Albanese has vowed to raise grievances with China but as he has stated previously, such differences will not derail a continued building of trust between the two countries.
Read more about the high-profile meeting here.
There's been a major shift from US President Donald Trump who says he is "very unhappy" with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
He has given him 50 days to agree a ceasefire with Ukraine, and if that is not achieved, he will implement "very severe" secondary tariffs of 100 per cent.
In a White House meeting with Nato Secretary-General Mark Ruttle, Trump announced he would be supplying 'top-of-the-line" military aid to Ukraine.
'I felt we had a deal about four times but it just kept going on and on," an increasingly-frustrated Trump said.
Read more here.
A German backpacker who miraculously survived 12 days in the remote and unforgiving Western Australian bush has revealed she lost 12kg during the ordeal.
Carolina Wilga issued a statement on Monday thanking the community for their search efforts after she was last seen in a small Wheatbelt town on June 29.
Sharing a picture on social media from her hospital bed, the backpacker was surrounded by pastries, chips, tea and food as she posed for the camera.
'When you need to gain the 12 kilograms back,' she captioned the social media image.
Dressed in a Billabong shirt and holding a bouquet of flowers, Ms Wilga said 'thanks to the German Consulate' for the gifts she received.
In her first statement since the ordeal, the 26-year-old explained she got lost after losing control of her car, suffering a significant hit to her head in the accident leaving her in a state of confusion.
'First and foremost, I want to express a huge thank you from the bottom of my heart – a thank you that truly comes from the depth of my soul! For all the incredible supports during the search for me,' Ms Wilga said.
Sharing the message from hospital, Ms Wilga said she was 'grateful to have survived', thanking her 'rescuer' and 'angel' Tania Henley who found her walking along the road on July 11.
Read more from NewsWire here.
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Well this will undoubtedly be welcomed by plenty of Aussies.
The Reserve Bank of Australia has proposed to scrap surcharges on most debit and credit card payments for consumers while lowering interchange fees paid by businesses, steps that would save the two groups around $2.4 billion a year.
In a consultation paper on the proposals, the RBA said surcharges and fees were no longer in the public interest and invited feedback from interested parties by August 26.
The RBA judged that surcharges on debit and credit cards, including Mastercard and Visa, no longer achieved the intended purpose of steering consumers to make more efficient payment choices.
The RBA said avoiding surcharges had become harder as cash usage declined and there were challenges with enforcing current rules.
The central bank's most recent triennial consumer payments survey found that the share of consumer payments made in cash had fallen from around 70% by number in 2007 to 13% in 2022.
"Removing surcharging would make card payments simpler, more transparent and help to increase competition in the card payments system," the RBA said.
- Reuters
A widow in Adelaide says she believes her late husband was watching over her as she landed a life-changing $1 million in Friday's Weekday Windfall draw.
'My husband passed away a few years ago, and I truly believe he's looking down at us and making sure I'm okay. It's such a blessing, and I feel so grateful," the winner told The Lott.
'It's an amazing amount of money. I've been through a fair bit in the past few years, but it feels like things are really looking up."
She now plans on helping her kids out and renovating her kitchen.
Anthony Albanese is set to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping today as he continues to walk a tightrope juggling relationships with both the US and China.
The prime minister will discuss a range of topics with Xi, as Albanese looks to solidify economic ties with a key trade partner. But it comes amid a period of increased unpredictability globally as Canberra finds itself with important relationships with defence ally the US and China, seeking greater control in the Indo-Pacific.
Albanese has vowed to raise grievances with China but as he has stated previously, such differences will not derail a continued building of trust between the two countries.
Read more about the high-profile meeting here.
There's been a major shift from US President Donald Trump who says he is "very unhappy" with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
He has given him 50 days to agree a ceasefire with Ukraine, and if that is not achieved, he will implement "very severe" secondary tariffs of 100 per cent.
In a White House meeting with Nato Secretary-General Mark Ruttle, Trump announced he would be supplying 'top-of-the-line" military aid to Ukraine.
'I felt we had a deal about four times but it just kept going on and on," an increasingly-frustrated Trump said.
Read more here.
A German backpacker who miraculously survived 12 days in the remote and unforgiving Western Australian bush has revealed she lost 12kg during the ordeal.
Carolina Wilga issued a statement on Monday thanking the community for their search efforts after she was last seen in a small Wheatbelt town on June 29.
Sharing a picture on social media from her hospital bed, the backpacker was surrounded by pastries, chips, tea and food as she posed for the camera.
'When you need to gain the 12 kilograms back,' she captioned the social media image.
Dressed in a Billabong shirt and holding a bouquet of flowers, Ms Wilga said 'thanks to the German Consulate' for the gifts she received.
In her first statement since the ordeal, the 26-year-old explained she got lost after losing control of her car, suffering a significant hit to her head in the accident leaving her in a state of confusion.
'First and foremost, I want to express a huge thank you from the bottom of my heart – a thank you that truly comes from the depth of my soul! For all the incredible supports during the search for me,' Ms Wilga said.
Sharing the message from hospital, Ms Wilga said she was 'grateful to have survived', thanking her 'rescuer' and 'angel' Tania Henley who found her walking along the road on July 11.
Read more from NewsWire here.
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