Headlines: RBA increases cash rate to 4.1%

Headlines: RBA increases cash rate to 4.1%

Published: March 17, 2026

Duration: 3:29

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Today's headlines include:

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has increased the cash rate from 3.85% to 4.1%. NSW has become the first state to launch digital birth certificates. Three teenagers are suing Elon Musk’s xAI, the company behind Grok, alleging it knowingly designed its image generator to allow users to create sexually explicit content using real photos of other people. And today's good news: Researchers in the U.S. have found that data from wearable devices could help detect insulin resistance, a key precursor to type 2 diabetes.

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