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Video podcast: What’s Making Headlines – controversy with the Help to Buy scheme

By Annie Kane• 15:38 PM, 5 Dec 2025•5 min read

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Controversy around the new Help to Buy scheme.
Why another major bank thinks this is the end of rate cuts.
RACQ Bank offloads its retail banking arm.

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