Westpac predicts the Reserve Bank will NOT hike interest rates for the 11th time in a row next month

Westpac is now expecting the Reserve Bank of Australia will pause a planned April rate hike as it worries about financial market turmoil. Chief economist Bill Evans has updated the bank’s forecasts to have the RBA cash rate peaking at 3.85 per cent in May, instead of 4.1 per cent as previously predicted. That would … Read more

Ridiculous price of southern-style chicken at Aldi horrifies shoppers – but there’s an explanation 

Ridiculous price on a pack of southern-style chicken at Aldi horrifies shoppers – but there’s a simple explanation Shopper finds 1.2kgs of chicken cost $248.89  It had accidentally been weighed at 28.5kgs  Employees rectified the mistake once they noticed By Zak Wheeler For Daily Mail Australia Published: 05:26 GMT, 17 March 2023 | Updated: 10:32 … Read more

Could Labour wreck Jeremy Hunt’s tax-free pension pot bonanza?

Jeremy Hunt‘s back-to-work pension overhaul could backfire and spark a rush to retirement, experts have warned. The Chancellor abolished the £1.07million lifetime cap on tax-free pension savings in the Budget, as well as increasing the maximum annual contribution from £40,000 to £60,000. The move is intended to stop senior NHS staff and others from retiring … Read more

Montana attorney general to sue Biden administration over gun executive order

FIRST ON FOX — Republican Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen is prepping a lawsuit against the Biden Administration over its gun violence executive order, saying the president “should know better” than to enact “draconian gun control measures.” Knudson tells Fox Digital that his office is waiting for the Biden Administration to act on its order … Read more

Kedah subdue Kelantan for full points in Kota Bharu

KOTA BHARU: Kelantan United failed to take advantage of playing at home after losing 2-3 to Kedah Darul Aman (KDA) FC in a Super League match at the Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium, here last night. Playing before 1,000 spectators, Kelantan United first opened the score in the 22nd minute through Brazilian import striker Devid Silva … Read more

Netflix shutters Nancy Meyers rom-com over budget … as streamer did not want to spend $150 million

Nancy Meyers’s highly-anticipated new rom-com AXED by Netflix after ‘director demanded $150million budget but streamer refused to pay more than $130million’ Film could have been ‘most expensive romantic-comedy of all time’ Oscar-nominated creative was set to write, produce and direct the film  Scarlett Johansson, Penélope Cruz, Michael Fassbender and Owen Wilson were all linked to … Read more

Real Madrid outcast Hazard ‘caught in a spiral’

BRUSSELS: Real Madrid forward Eden Hazard says he is “caught in a spiral” and only game time with the European champions can lift him out of it. The 32-year-old has not played a minute for Madrid in La Liga or the Champions League since the World Cup however. Signed from Chelsea in a blockbuster deal … Read more

Mohamad Sabu conducts working visit to NAFAS headquarters

KUALA LUMPUR: Agriculture and Food Security Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu (pix) conducted his first working visit to the National Farmers’ Organisation (NAFAS) headquarters in Kota Damansara here today. NAFAS said in a statement that the main agenda of the visit was to introduce NAFAS’ structure and function in implementing its role in line with … Read more