Twelfth arrest in murder case, major Tobacco crackdown, RBA keeps cash rates on hold
A 12th person has been charged over the kidnapping and murder of Sydney grandfather Chris Bagzarian in a case of mistaken identity, with an 85-year-old victim taken from his North Ryde home and remains found in Pitt Town. The Reserve Bank maintains interest rates at 4.35% with inflation expected to remain at 3.6% until late next year, while property prices are forecast to plummet up to 14.5% in Sydney and 12.8% in Melbourne. An elderly woman in Queensland, still wearing her stadium usher uniform, has been accused of deliberately keying a Tesla in a Petrie train car park after a Broncos…
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