Women stressed out by “having it all” have helped fuel a surge in binge drinking, with new Australian research revealing one in five middle aged women consume dangerous levels of alcohol.

The average homeowner will be coughing up close to $170 a month extra to cover their mortgage by the end of the year amid growing expectations the Reserve Bank will soon start hiking interest rates.

The spread of Covid-19 in Queensland has been so aggressive there are suburbs where one in 10 residents have caught the virus new data revealed, with peak spread expected to hit parts of the state in the next seven days.

And Ash Barty is in a prime position to cash in on being Australia’s top and “most marketable” international sports star.

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