The RBA's final meeting for 2024 saw the central bank leave interest rates on hold once again, but talk increased of a possible rate cut in February, as the ASX lost ground.

Close to 200,000 households are either already breaching their mortgage contracts, or risk doing so, as the surging cost of home insurance forces many to dump their policies.

The nominees for the 2025 Golden Globe awards have been announced with Emilia Pérez and Wicked both receiving multiple nominations.

About 70 per cent of SA's oyster breeding lines have been lost along with large numbers of fish at an SA research facility, leaving growers "desperately scrambling" to salvage their program.

A major clean-up is underway across parts of NSW after wild weather over the weekend. Some houses have been left uninhabitable in the state's south while hundreds remain without power in the north.