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RBA interest rates: Reserve Bank lifts cash rate to 4.60 per cent at September meeting

7NEWS Bryce Luff

29 Sept 2026 14:30 AEST Summary

From the report

Australian mortgage holders have copped a fresh whack after the Reserve Bank lifted the cash rate to its highest level in 15 years.

How outlets headlined it

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7NEWS RBA interest rates: Reserve Bank lifts cash rate to 4.60 per cent at September meeting plain
The Sydney Morning Herald Reserve Bank tipped to lift interest rates today plain
The Canberra Times Mortgage holders brace for highest interest rates since 2011 plain
The Guardian Australia RBA interest rates: Reserve Bank raises cash rate to highest level in 15 years and warns of more hikes ‘if needed’ plain

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How it is written

Niral Score 9.4 · calm mundaneloaded

10 more readings adjectives, repeated words, sentiment, jingoistic and 2 more and 4 at zero

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inflation15rate10cash8spending8board6government6rates6mortgage5prices5target5fuel4further4high4higher4another3conditions3customers3financial3growth3household3loan3period3pressures3rise3since3variable3above2available2average2back2basis2bring2capacity2data2decision2demand2economist2economy2extra2fallen2find2four2fresh2get2global2goods2highest2highlighted2hike2hikes2holders2home2households2keep2know2lender2level2lifted2looking2meeting2and 12 more

Sentiment -0.3 hostilefavourable Jingoistic 5.1 reports to a readerwrites from a camp Sourcing 72 unattributednamed sources Mood 49.6 sorrowjoyful

4 read zero: political diction, generational, gender, religious

Political diction 0 left-codedright-coded Generational 0 harder on the oldharder on the young Gender 0 no gendered framingframing throughout Religious 0 not invokedovert

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Measured on 7NEWS’s report as filed, which is all we may publish of this one.

How each outlet filed it

Also covered by The Sydney Morning Herald, WAtoday, The Age, Brisbane Times, The Canberra Times. We hold only their summary of it, not the report, so there is nothing of theirs to measure here.

Outlet	Niral Score	Adjectives	Sourcing	Sentiment	Happiness
7NEWSas they published this story	9.4	16	72	-0.3	49.6
The Guardian Australia	11	6	28	-0.4	38.2

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The same event elsewhere

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The Sydney Morning Herald Reserve Bank tipped to lift interest rates today Niral 4.2 · calm political 0 WAtoday Reserve Bank tipped to lift interest rates today Niral 4.2 · calm political 0 The Age Reserve Bank tipped to lift interest rates today Niral 4.2 · calm political 0 Brisbane Times Reserve Bank tipped to lift interest rates today Niral 4.2 · calm political 0 The Canberra Times Mortgage holders brace for highest interest rates since 2011 Niral 10.6 · mostly calm political 0 The Guardian Australia RBA interest rates: Reserve Bank raises cash rate to highest level in 15 years and warns of more hikes ‘if needed’ Niral 11 · mostly calm political 0