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Sellers have had a poor week of auctions despite relatively few properties going under the hammer. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)
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Farid Farid

Cagey buyers push home sales rates to post-pandemic low

The share of homes selling under the hammer has plummeted to a post-pandemic low as would-be buyers brace for another interest rate rise.

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Chief of the Defence Force, Admiral Mark Hammond appears at the Supplementary Budget Estimates 2026-27 Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee at Parliament House in Canberra.
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John Healey quit in a scathing letter that helped bring down former British PM Keir Starmer.
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Brits kick defence spending down the road . . . yet again

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Treasurer Jim Chalmers during Question Time on Wednesday.

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Treasury secretary Jenny Wilkinson admitted in Estimates that government spending is contributing to demand.

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Michigan Democrats have been baffled by Hayley Stevens’ lacklustre support for Abdul El-Sayed in the general election campaign.

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Jensen Huang, the chief executive of Nvidia, takes questions from reporters at an Nvidia conference in San Jose, California March 17, 2026.
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A paramedic and police officers carry a person injured at a railway station during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Dnipro.

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Flavio Bolsonaro has arrived at Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport in the United States. (AP PHOTO)

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Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to block any potential alliance that could force him from office. (EPA PHOTO)

Netanyahu’s stolen election claims pushed aside by officials

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Even the PM needed a royal nudge to attend as a growing list of world leaders skip the summit while questions mount over its relevance.
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Indirect talks between Iran and the United States, mediated by Qatar, are continuing. (EPA PHOTO)

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