The Australian Daily News - January 21 (12:00 am)

The Australian Daily News

Jobless rate hits 13-year low as RBA hike looms

Unemployment fell to 4.2 per cent in December – the lowest since 2008 – ­stoking expectations the Reserve Bank might be forced to raise ­interest rates sooner.

Factional games put Lib seats on the brink

Liberal preselection plebiscites in vital NSW seats could be held as late as March 31, giving candidates less than two months to campaign.

‘Help me bring a sex predator to justice’

Beautiful, smart veterinarian Alexandra Tapp died at just 32, haunted by the predators in her own family. Now her sister Virginia is on a quest for justice in The Australian’s gripping new podcast My Sister’s Secrets.

Kyrgios has the ticker, but not the legs

Nick Kyrgios has played the lights out — but succumbed to Daniil Medvedev in an electrifying match at the Australian Open

Defence must ditch peacetime mindset amid strategic crisis

To keep AUKUS strong and for our own security, we need a plan B if nuclear propulsion fails. That means military equipment with range and hitting power. And we need it soon.

Arts boycotters ‘useful idiots’ for Hamas

Arts Minister Paul Fletcher has blasted the campaign, warning that censorship will inevitably lead to ‘dreadful art’

The sex advice we should take from grandparents

People in their 60s, 70s and beyond have a long history of keeping the spark alive. Here’s how they do it.

Nine pays $2m for Cleo interview

The Nine Network has paid more than $2m for an interview with the parents of kidnapped toddler Cleo Smith – a record in Australian television that has angered staff.

Hospital supplies scare as WA keeps border shut

The main hospital in the Kimberley region has narrowly avoided running out of essential medical supplies, as WA announced it would keep its border shut past February 5.

UK wine tax change ‘to wipe out FTA gains’

The country’s largest winemaker says a proposed overhaul of British alcohol taxes will all but ‘wipe out’ the benefit of the new free trade agreement.