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The latest inflation figures have jumped due to the war in the Middle East and come ahead of a predicted interest rate rise.

The Alice Springs community is clinging to hope of finding missing five-year-old girl Sharon Granites alive as a huge search effort continues in the outback town

The ABC has now revealed, police who executed a search warrant at the home of Dezi Freeman last year were looking for devices containing child abuse material, when he shot and killed two officers.

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The oil price has spiked today to a one month high while there has been a lack of progress in talks between the US and Iran to end the war in the Middle East.

The conflict is also expected to see a big jump in inflation when the latest data is released today.

The mayor of Alice Springs says the town is gripped with anxiety as the search for missing five-year-old girl Sharon Granites goes into a fourth day.

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Fugitive gunman Dezi Freeman was being investigated over hundreds of files of child abuse material, when he shot and killed two police officers in Victoria's High Country.

In what could be more tough news for farmers who are already dealing with high diesel and fertiliser prices from the war in the Middle East, the weather bureau is warning an El Nino system is a step closer.

The Reserve Bank will be closely watching what is expected to be a massive jump in the cost of living when the latest inflation data comes out.

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The ABC has revealed the former fugitive Dezi Freeman was on the verge of having his secret stash of child abuse material discovered when he gunned down two officers outside his makeshift home in Victoria's High Country.

The search for missing five-year-old Sharon Granites is entering its fourth day in Alice Springs and there has been no developments overnight.

The former head of Australia's spy agency has raised concerns about how authorities scrutinised the Bondi Beach gunmen before last year's terrorist attack.

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King Charles has addressed a joint session of the US Congress, and it's only the second time a British monarch has done so.

He talked up the importance of the defence of Ukraine and the AUKUS submarine pact. 

The search for missing five-year-old girl Sharon Granites is entering its fourth day in Alice Springs and the hunt also continues for the man believed to have abducted her.

An ABC investigation can reveal a search of Dezi Freeman's devices after he shot dead two police officers last year uncovered a stash of child exploitation material.

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