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NewsMail Afternoon Edition Tue 02 Aug, 2011 Top Stories More Top Stories » Reserve gives borrowers interest rate reprieve Online business reporter Michael Janda The Reserve Bank has given borrowers a reprieve by keeping interest rates on hold at 4.75 per cent. Interest rates have now been on hold for the past nine months - Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens said in a recent speech that Australia was in the most stable period for interest rates in the past five years.More » Gillard hails 'biggest change since Medicare' Rape horror for Somalis fleeing famine MP admits authorising escort payments US debt deal passes first hurdle Swimmer pleads guilty to drug charges Police in riot gear train on Christmas Island Two arrested over murder cold case January floods captured in words and watercolour NASA gets close look at asteroid Vesta More Analysis » In the end, Rann the rabbit just couldn't outrun them History will be nicer to Mike Rann than his envenomed tabloid harassers, and I will see more of him now, and that is no small thing. But it's a pity. His achievement was greater than any Premier's in our history, Carr's perhaps excepted. He was a good man felled unfairly by squalid, sluggardly hacks, and it's a pity.More » Tasers will force the issue with asylum seekers The language of derision: targeting Noam Chomsky Nile's bully tactics do Christians no favors Morphine dreams and soothing fibs in the ALP ER Peak productivity, living standards set for carbon tax sacrifice Labor caught between Malaysia and a hard place Flood report not the life raft Qld Labor needs The war will go on Building a better Egypt Just In More Just In » Coroner delivers Saxon Bird inquest findings The Queensland coroner says the organisers of last year's national surf life saving championships on the Gold Coast should have suspended all water craft competition before a lifesaver was killed.More » MPs defect to elect new PNG prime minister Melbourne Zoo expecting another baby elephant Rann given curry over refusal to hurry Swimmer pleads guilty to drug charges Reserve gives borrowers interest rate reprieve Burke visits controversial gas hub site Man's body found in Parramatta River January floods captured in words and watercolour Man stabbed to death at Redfern World More World » NASA gets close look at asteroid Vesta The first close-up pictures of an asteroid that dates back to the early days of the solar system reveal a surprisingly diverse terrain.More » US debt deal passes first hurdle EU ramps up sanctions as Syrian bloodshed continues Refugees flee Somalia famine Inquiry ordered into BBC reporter's death Norway puts politics aside for attack victims Business More Business » Reserve gives borrowers interest rate reprieve Online business reporter Michael Janda The Reserve Bank has given borrowers a reprieve by keeping interest rates on hold at 4.75 per cent. Interest rates have now been on hold for the past nine months - Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens said in a recent speech that Australia was in the most stable period for interest rates in the past five years.More » US debt deal passes first hurdle Official figures show housing industry struggling Kathmandu bucks retail gloom Rio Tinto to fight union access ruling Macarthur says takeover battle confirms 'strategic value' Debate rages over coal seam gas plans HSBC cuts 30,000 jobs worldwide Politics More Politics » Rann given curry over refusal to hurry Opposition Leader Isobel Redmond says the South Australian Government needs to sort out its leadership mess as soon as possible.More » MP admits authorising escort payments Gillard hails 'biggest change since Medicare' Health reform deal gets green light US politicians to vote on last-minute debt deal Sport More Sport » Sharpe 'too valuable' to miss Cup Nathan Sharpe will make Australia's World Cup squad despite his shock Bledisloe Cup dumping, according to Western Force coach Richard Graham. More » Lyon offers short-term help to Demons Kewell not in good shape: Osieck Crows lose Davis to GWS Young back to help slumping Dragons Science and Technology More Science and Technology » NASA gets close look at asteroid Vesta The first close-up pictures of an asteroid that dates back to the early days of the solar system reveal a surprisingly diverse terrain.More » Half of European men 'share King Tut's DNA' Alleged LulzSec spokesman charged in UK Farmer sues neighbour over GM contamination Watery grave awaits space station Environment More Environment » Carbon tax protesters march in Sydney About 1,000 people rallied in central Sydney on Sunday to show their continuing opposition to the Federal Government's proposed carbon tax. More » British PM praises Gillard's carbon tax Call to overhaul Wivenhoe rule book Rare rock wallabies returned to outback Germans get on their e-bikes About this email You received this email because you are subscribed to ABC News email alerts. 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