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	Podcast:		Nine To Noon
	Episode:		Australia:
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:08:58
	Publish Date:		2026-02-03 20:45:00
	Description:		Australia correspondent Karen Middleton looks at the Reserve Bank decision to raise interest rates by 0.25% - the first hike in two years. Attempts to reconcile the Liberal and National parties, following a dramatic walkout by National MPs two weeks ago, have largely fallen flat. A protest ban during a state visit by Israel's President Isaac Herzog has been stretched to two weeks and Sydney's Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras has had to cancel its big ticketed event. Karen Middleton is a political correspondent based in Canberra
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