Interest rates: Reserve Bank signals tough approach - ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation

An appearance by officials from the Reserve Bank of Australia at a parliamentary committee has left observers even more convinced that the next interest rate rise will come sooner rather than later.

Backpackers on working holiday visas are being told their days of easily extending their stay could be numbered, under the Government's planned new ballot system.

It's been more than three weeks since the devastating flash flooding in Nepal. 1,400 deaths have been confirmed and more than 6,000 people are still missing.

And knitted chickens compete in the Great Emotional Chook Support show in Adelaide.