A RECORD number of people took out a new home loan after Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe’s first proclamation that rates would not rise for three years.

A STOUSH between Queensland and the federal government over coal price caps and how best to curb skyrocketing power bills may not be settled this week after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese tested positive for Covid-19.

A PROMISING treatment to reduce irritability in autistic teenagers will be trialled in Australia, as researchers investigate a link between gut health and our brain.

QUEENSLAND will swelter through a three-day heatwave this week with temperatures to climb into the mid-30s across the South East on Tuesday and Wednesday.