The Reserve Bank board has defied the expectations of investors, many economists and even the treasurer. 

It’s not giving borrowers an interest rate cut this month, revealing a six to three split on the decision to keep rates on hold. 

Today, the ABC’s business editor Michael Janda on whether the RBA is playing it too safe. 

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Michael Janda, ABC Business Editor

Cancer has traditionally been a disease of old age.

But younger Australians aged in their 30s and 40s are increasingly being diagnosed with cancer and scientists are desperate to understand why. 

Could it be processed foods, plastics, or exposures during childhood or birth?

Today, Dr Norman Swan on his Four Corners investigation into what could be causing the sharp rise in cancer rates among younger generations and what can be done about it.

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Dr Norman Swan, Four Corners reporter and host of The Health Report

After deliberating for a week, a jury has found Erin Patterson guilty of murdering three relatives by serving them a beef Wellington lunch laced with death cap mushrooms. 

She had pleaded not guilty to the crimes, saying the mushrooms were accidentally included in the meals.

The team at the ABC’s Mushroom Case Daily podcast has been following every development and today on ABC News Daily we bring you their coverage of the verdict.

Music has always been a powerful form of protest, but rap band Bob Vylan could be facing criminal charges after leading a chant at Glastonbury calling for ‘death’ to the Israeli military.

The incident was shown on the BBC and the broadcaster, festival organisers and the UK Prime Minister have all raised concerns about anti-Semitism.  

Today, British music journalist Dorian Lynskey on the controversy and when protests by musicians go too far. 

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Dorian Lynskey, British music journalist, author and podcaster

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has set his sights on bold economic reform with options to be discussed at a meeting of some of the nation’s best policy minds next month. 

It’s called the economic reform roundtable, but is a big shake up of the tax system, for example, even possible in the current political climate? 

Today, the ABC’s finance expert Alan Kohler on why these experts would be better off talking about artificial intelligence and even a hike to the GST. 

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Alan Kohler, ABC finance expert

Parents send their young children to childcare trusting they’ll return home each day safely. 

But families are in shock after a Victorian childcare worker was charged with 70 offences, including sexual assault and producing child abuse material. The alleged victims were as young as 5 months old. 

The staff member had worked at 20 different centres and held a valid Working with Children Check. 

Today, Caroline Croser-Barlow from The Front Project, which works to improve early childhood education, on whether the system is safe and how governments can fix it. 

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Caroline Croser-Barlow, CEO of The Front Project

After the strikes against Iran, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is turning his focus back to the conflict in Gaza. 

Talks are planned between Netanyahu and the US president at the White House next week, as Donald Trump insists “we’re going to get a ceasefire”. 

Benjamin Netanyahu also faces public pressure in Israel to bring the hostages home, but is it really time to strike a deal with Hamas?

Today, Hussein Ibish from the Arab Gulf States Institute on whether new talks with the US could deliver a lasting ceasefire.

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Hussein Ibish, senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute

The countdown is on to the start of the social media ban for Australian children aged under 16. 

It’s due to start in December, but which platforms are banned and how users will have to prove their age is yet to be revealed. 

Today, the ABC’s national technology reporter Ange Lavoipierre on the many unanswered questions. 

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Ange Lavoipierre, ABC’s national technology reporter

How often do you use AI chatbots?  

They’re becoming part of our everyday lives. But when you pump in a question into something like ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot, do you ever think about the energy it uses? 

Today, Gordon Noble from the Institute of Sustainable Futures at UTS on the power hungry data centres driving AI, the water used to keep them cool and the cost for the environment. 

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Gordon Noble, research director at the Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology Sydney

Donald Trump was elected on the promise of putting America first and staying out of foreign conflicts. 

So the US President’s decision to bomb Iranian nuclear facilities caused the first and very public split among his Make America Great Again base, with influential figures like Tucker Carlson and Steve Bannon leading the charge against US involvement.

Today, senior political correspondent for the Wall Street Journal Molly Ball on the fighting MAGA factions and what it means for Trump. 

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Molly Ball, senior political correspondent for The Wall Street Journal