Australia news live: Howard says Trump ‘not compatible with democracy’; Commonwealth Bank pushes back rate cut forecast

Australia news live: Howard says Trump ‘not compatible with democracy’; Commonwealth Bank pushes back rate cut forecast


Former prime minister says he would not vote for the Republican because of election denials. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood morning and welcome to our Friday rolling news blog. Emily Wind will be along soon to bring you all the breaking stories of the day but before that this is Martin Farrer with the best of the overnight stories.After a week in which a Guardian Australia investigation has revealed the huge profits being made by online real estate portals from charging sellers, the former chair of Australia’s competition law enforcer says he believes the regulator should consider investigating the behaviour of the market’s leading portal, realestate.com.au, for potential anti-competitive behaviour. Rod Sims told us the behaviour of realestate.com.au was “well worth considering under section 45 of the Competition and Consumer Act”. Continue reading...

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