Australia news live: banks pass on interest rate hike to customers; Sydney ‘globalise the intifada’ forum held in park

Lenders increase borrowing rates by 0.25%; pro-Palestine meeting barred from council venue goes ahead outside in Darlington. Follow updates live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A pro-Palestine meeting that had their booking in a council venue cancelled after what the Sydney mayor called a “a persistent media campaign by the Murdoch press” was instead held in a “park in the dark”. Speakers spoke against criminalising saying the phrase “globalise the intifada”. The...

By Martin Farrer