Inflation to set rates; Bluescope looks for buyers; the “pilot” scoring free flights

Tuesday 27 January 2026

Local investors are hoping for a benign inflation reading this week, amid all the global turmoil. But if they don’t get one, then a rate hike next week is likely. 

• Australia’s largest steel company, Bluescope, shops itself around 
• The push to replace Liberal leader Sussan Ley intensifies 
• Protests mar Australia Day across the nation
• The story of a former flight attendant who conned his way onto hundreds of free flights by posing as a pilot

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