The RBA assistant governor Christopher Kent\u2019s comments came as the government said it would back an \u201ceconomically sustainable\u201d above-inflation wage rise for 2.7 million workers as part of this year\u2019s minimum wage decision.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile the housing market is showing signs of slowing<\/a>, with Melbourne home prices slipping since the start of the year.<\/p>\n And the Coalition used question time to pile pressure on Labor<\/a> over fuel supply. The energy minister, Chris Bowen, revealed the number of service stations reporting shortages remained steady<\/a> at about 500.<\/p>\n Top newsIn video Workers discovered a grave containing human bones after parts of the floor of a Dutch church collapsed in February, triggering a race to identify the skeleton through DNA testing. The remains may belong to Charles de Batz-Castelmore \u2013 AKA d\u2019Artagnan, the famed French musketeer<\/a>.<\/p>\n What they said \u2026Australia sprint sensation Gout Gout will race rival Lachlan Kennedy in the 200m at the Maurie Plant Meet at Lakeside Stadium in Melbourne on Saturday. Photograph: Kelly Defina\/Getty Images<\/p>\n \u201cAnd, I guess, the jewellery as well \u2026 you know, it\u2019s something bling, you know what I\u2019m saying?\u201d \u2013 Gout Gout<\/p>\n Sparkling with an earring and two glimmering chains, the sprint sensation said his confidence is growing ahead of his 200m rematch<\/a> with Lachlan Kennedy at the Maurie Plant Meet in Melbourne on Saturday.<\/p>\n Full StoryThe shadow minister for industry and sovereign capability, Andrew Hastie. Photograph: Lukas Coch\/AAP<\/p>\n Andrew Hastie on Trump\u2019s \u2018overconfident\u2019 Iran war and resurrecting the Liberals<\/a><\/p>\n Political editor Tom McIlroy speaks to the shadow minister for industry and sovereign capability, Andrew Hastie, about Australia\u2019s response to the global fuel shock, why he thinks we need to re-industrialise and his vision for the Liberal party\u2019s response<\/a> to One Nation.<\/p>\n Listen to the episode here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Before bed read\u2018Boy kibble\u2019 is the latest viral meal trend. Composite: Rita Liu\/The Guardian\/Getty Images<\/p>\n We\u2019ve had \u201cgirl math\u201d, now it\u2019s time for \u201cboy kibble\u201d \u2013 a brown, lumpy concoction<\/a> praised by gym bros as an easy, relatively cheap way to get your carbs and protein fix. But is it any good for you? Madeleine Aggeler investigates.<\/p>\n Daily word game Photograph: The Guardian<\/p>\n Today\u2019s starter word is: UMU. You have five goes to get the longest word including the starter word. Play Wordiply<\/a>.<\/p>\n Sign up<\/p>\n If you would like to receive this Afternoon Update to your email inbox every weekday, sign up here<\/a>, or start your day with a curated breakdown of the key stories you need to know with our Morning Mail newsletter<\/a>. You can follow the latest in US politics by signing up for This Week in Trumpland<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good afternoon. A senior Reserve Bank official says soaring fuel prices from the Iran war are \u201cmaking us…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":565296,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[64,63,99,164],"class_list":["post-565295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-business","tag-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=565295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/565296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=565295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Skeleton](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774516269_959_6000.jpg\")
Skeleton found in Dutch church may be famous musketeer D’Artagnan \u2013 video<\/p>\n