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Afternoon Update: RBA hikes cash rate for second straight month; Trump seeks to delay China summit amid Iran war; and the 6.30pm rule ‘Removing flags doesn’t stop racism’: regional NSW council abandons plan to stop flying Aboriginal flag Country diary: A wildflower display of astonishing richness Pauline Hanson fails to properly declare more free flights from Gina Rinehart Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of deadly strike on Kabul hospital Revealed: the world’s worst mega-leaks of methane driving global heating A photo of Iran’s bombed schoolgirl graveyard went around the world. Was it real, or AI? ‘National disgrace’: pothole repair backlog hits record £18.6bn in England and Wales ‘We are the family’: low-budget thriller highlights Hungary’s election tension ‘Trump is aiming for dictatorship’. That’s the verdict of the world’s most credible democracy watchdog Queensland government backflips on plan to contest all native title claims Queensland’s Indian community ‘very distressed’ by ‘racist’ police remarks revealed in court documents, race discrimination commissioner says Chris Bowen declares rush on jerry cans ‘un-Australian’ as he urges end to panic buying of petrol ‘If we have to change tack, we will’: RBA hikes rates but not aiming to put Australia into recession, Bullock says Iran says it will retaliate after key figure killed – as it happened Let the games begin: Victorian Liberals fail at sport but surprise with teamwork in viral video Naveed Akram’s family members could be killed if their identities aren’t suppressed, court told Trump news at a glance: president threatens allies for not wading into strait of Hormuz as Iran conflict continues Trump predicts US will have ‘honour of taking Cuba’ amid power blackout Ukraine war briefing: Russia agrees to stop recruiting Kenyans in fight against Kyiv

australia-news 🕒 17 Mar 2026

Afternoon Update: RBA hikes cash rate for second straight month; Trump seeks to delay China summit amid Iran war; and the 6.30pm rule

silverguide.site – Hike takes Reserve Bank’s cash rate target from 3.85% to 4.1%, wiping out the relief offered by two cuts last year…

australia-news 🕒 17 Mar 2026

‘Removing flags doesn’t stop racism’: regional NSW council abandons plan to stop flying Aboriginal flag

silverguide.site – The Federation Council in Corowa received 266 submissions from ratepayers opposed to a plan to remove Indigenous flags, and only 44 in favour…

environment 🕒 17 Mar 2026

Country diary: A wildflower display of astonishing richness | Mark Cocker

silverguide.site – Drosopigi, the Mani, Greece: This rocky region’s abundance of flora takes the breath away – not least a long and winding trail of Chios chamomile…

australia-news 🕒 17 Mar 2026

Pauline Hanson fails to properly declare more free flights from Gina Rinehart

silverguide.site – Exclusive: One Nation leader updates register after questions from the Guardian to include multiple flights courtesy of Rinehart’s company…

world 🕒 17 Mar 2026

Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of deadly strike on Kabul hospital

silverguide.site – Afghanistan’s deputy government spokesman says death toll has reached 400 people ‘so far’ as Islamabad denies targeting facility for drug addicts…

environment 🕒 17 Mar 2026

Revealed: the world’s worst mega-leaks of methane driving global heating

silverguide.site – Exclusive: Fixing a leak can be simple and equivalent to closing a coal power station, making lack of action maddening, say analysts…

global-development 🕒 17 Mar 2026

A photo of Iran’s bombed schoolgirl graveyard went around the world. Was it real, or AI?

silverguide.site – Numerous faked images and a string of startlingly inaccurate responses from Gemini and Grok are part of a tidal wave of AI slop engulfing coverage of the Iran war…

uk-news 🕒 17 Mar 2026

‘National disgrace’: pothole repair backlog hits record £18.6bn in England and Wales

silverguide.site – Only half the road network is in good condition despite 1.9m repairs last year, says industry body…

world 🕒 17 Mar 2026

‘We are the family’: low-budget thriller highlights Hungary’s election tension

silverguide.site – Audiences draw parallels between the abduction plot of Feels Like Home and Viktor Orbán’s 16-year reign…

world 🕒 17 Mar 2026

‘Trump is aiming for dictatorship’. That’s the verdict of the world’s most credible democracy watchdog | Martin Gelin

silverguide.site – Sweden’s V-Dem Institute warns that the US is no longer a liberal democracy. And autocracy is creeping across Europe too, says writer Martin Gelin…

australia-news 🕒 17 Mar 2026

Queensland government backflips on plan to contest all native title claims

silverguide.site – The policy reversal came after a federal court judge asked the government to explain why it had stopped negotiating with Cape York traditional owners…