Interest rates hit 15-year high; Whale carcass attracts sharks; Bizarre citizen's arrest
The Reserve Bank of Australia has raised the cash rate by 25 basis points to 4.6%, marking the fourth interest rate increase this year and reaching a 15-year high. A 13-metre beached whale carcass at City Beach has attracted great white sharks close to shore, prompting authorities to deploy drumlines with the 31-tonne whale drawing thousands of spectators, with some exhibiting dangerous behaviour by climbing on the carcass, prompting authorities to establish an exclusion zone and schedule removal to landfill. A 22-year-old thief who stole spirits from a Dan Murphy's store in Carine was caught…
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