Your morning Briefing: Rate cut looms as property primed for rebound

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Hello readers. A stimulus package will give housing a shot in the arm and meet the Quiet Australians.

The Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), Dr Philip Lowe is seen during a speech to the Queensland branch of the Economic Society of Australia at the Hilton Hotel in Brisbane, Tuesday, May 21, 2019. Dr Lowe said during his speech that the RBA board will consider the case for a cash rate cut when it meets next month. (AAP Image/Darren England) NO ARCHIVING

Rate cut looms

The housing market is set to be reignited with a stimulus package focused on winding back lending restrictions and lower ­interest rates.

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Covenant Christian School principal Bill Rusin has called on junior school parents to get their kids off social media.

Religious issues ‘swayed poll’

The Catholic Archbishop of Sydney says religious freedom concerns affected the election result.

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21/5/2019 : Traditionally a Labor voter Rachel Bierling, 31, (L-R) Helena, 7, and Olivia, 5, voted Liberal this time because she was scared of change and its effect on the economy, in a park behind Wayne swans old office in Nundah, Brisbane. Lyndon Mechielsen/The Australian

Quiet Aussies

Who are the Quiet Australians, the ones who voted for Scott Morrison? Listening to those spewing vitriol online you’d soon form a picture, and it wouldn’t be pretty.

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Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen MP addresses the media outside his childhood home in Smithfield, Sydney, Tuesday, 21 May, 2019. Chris Bowen is running for the position of Labor leader, putting him in contest with colleague Anthony Albanese. (AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi) NO ARCHIVING

Labor Right ructions

The NSW Labor Right faction is in disarray after major splits emerged over the party’s next leader.

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SUNDAY ESCAPE. BIG THINGS WISHLIST. The Big Pineapple, Queensland. Picture: Jennifer Ennion

Wisdom of Queenslanders

The state’s salt-of-the-earth voters took their revenge on party that ignored them, writes Janet Albrechtsen.

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Kudelka’s view

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