Cairns morning briefing

Wounding charges laid after Campbells Pocket stabbing

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Update: Wounding charges, Campbells Pocket
Police have charged a woman following a wounding incident at Campbells Pocket on 25 August, after a 42-year-old man was allegedly stabbed at a Dawes Road address just before 4pm. He was airlifted to the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital with serious injuries.
mypolice.qld.gov.au
Fears grow for fourth rate hike after Australia sees higher-than-expected July inflation
Fears are growing for a fourth rate hike after Australia saw higher-than-expected July inflation, with the CPI at 3.5% and casting doubt on the Reserve Bank meeting its 2.5% target without another increase.
theguardian.com
Ending private health rebate for Australians 65 and over is ‘good policy change’, report co-author finds
Research has found that ending the higher private health insurance rebate for Australians aged 65 and over is a 'good policy change', with just 0.1-0.4% of the insured population expected to ditch insurance while the government saves up to $940m a year.
theguardian.com
Now you seafood, now you don’t: $350k worth of oysters vanish without a trace in NSW
Police are hunting for a 'seafood swindler' after about 400,000 juvenile Sydney rock oysters worth roughly $350,000 were allegedly stolen from an oyster farm on the NSW mid-north coast earlier this year.
theguardian.com

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