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Israel's defense minister has described the stabbing of a pilot on a flight to Tel Aviv as a jihadist terror attempt.

Headline inflation has jumped again, although the new figures aren't as bad as economists had expected.

The Reserve Bank has delivered its fourth interest rate rise this year, taking the cash rate to a 15-year high.

The Treasurer, is spruiking new data, which shows the latest federal budget came in 6 Billion dollars better than expected, but tomorrow the Reserve Bank is expected to hike up interest rates.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has used a 20-minute address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York to advocate for Australia to secure another term on the Security Council - arguing middle powers had a vital role to play in a changing world order.