Federal Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner says he understands why banks cannot guarantee they will pass on a reduction in interest rates if the Reserve Bank (RBA) cuts the official cash rate later this year. Read more at:http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/14/2335095.htm.
Human remains have been found in a shallow grave on a property east of Orange, in central western New South Wales, in the search for a woman who has been missing for five months. Read more at:http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/14/2335093.htm.
A large Australian health study has found that women who smoke in their first pregnancy are also putting their second baby at risk of being born small or premature. Read more at:http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/14/2334776.htm.
