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Hi, over there. He Monday, August 1st, and you’re reading The Loop, today’s news summary. One thing to know: Australian house prices are falling, and fast A new report from analytics firm CoreLogic has found that house prices in Australia are down at the fastest pace since the global financial crisis in 2008 and market conditions are “likely to worsen” as interest rates continue to rise. Data showed the country’s median property value fell 2 percent since early May to $747,182 (including homes and apartments). But the numbers vary depending on the location, so here’s a breakdown of what’s happening in the big cities: Property prices in Sydney, Melbourne and Hobart fell sharply in July. ( Core Logic ) Economists expect Australian house prices to fall between 12 and 20 percent after recently hitting record highs. Today we heard a lot about China’s influence in the Solomon Islands Big investigation by Four Corners has revealed details of how money from Beijing has helped keep the con

Chaotic scenes emerge from the popular NSW music festival as heavy rains wreak havoc on attendees. Participants traveled to North Byron’s beautiful four-day festival, Splendor in the Grass, yesterday to start at 5pm. But bad weather has drenched the area, with some people forced to choose between sleeping in flooded campgrounds or in their cars. Tents were submerged in water, with some residents forced to seek alternative accommodation. ( ABC News: Tobias Loftus ) Load Others complain of waiting in long queues just to get into the site. Some frustrated ticket holders have taken to social media to raise their grievances. “Already in the car queue for 8.5 (hours), still potentially three hours to get to camp,” Harry Nicol wrote on his Twitter after midnight. Load Alex Gubbings told ABC News it took him about 12 hours to enter the Splendor page. “I think we were in line at about 4.30pm and we only got in at 4am,” Gubbings said. “It’s not moving, that’s for sure. I don’t think I’m going i

While on a journey across Australia, Oli Firth finds himself in a place he never thought he would end up: In prison. Mr Firth’s journey was cut short in the dusty NSW outback after he was caught on drugs and sent to the Broken Hill Correctional Centre. “It was the toughest time of my life,” he told ABC’s RN’s Life Matters. But while behind bars, Firth is involved in a program called Songbirds that teaches inmates songwriting. That changes it. “[Music] is a real beacon of light for me. It was the only thing that got me through it.” And Mr Firth is not alone in seeking entertainment through music in prison. Into the forest Murray Cook is a musician (as well as a marine biologist) who has played with Midnight Oil, Mental as Anything and Mixed Relations. But for more than 20 years, Mr Cook has also run music classes in various NSW prisons, including stints as a music teacher in the psychology ward at Sydney’s Long Bay Correctional Center. He is currently program director for Songbirds, a

On a night where Mitchell scored one of the most brilliant solo attempts of the season, pushing good mate Josh Addo-Carr out of the way at the end of a brutal 40-meter jump, Rabbitoh edged a little closer to the last eight. against a team of brave Bulldogs. And that’s all good about Mitchell, and only a little bit bad. He threw one of those passes that only came naturally to the most talented for Junior Tatola to level the score late in the game, and also cut Addo-Carr in the face which led to the Bulldogs effort. But the sight of Mitchell galloping past the Bulldogs defenders after Kodi Nikorima was taken down, intent on destroying anyone in his path, is one of the noblest, and scariest, sights for any rugby league fan. Missing NSW regulars Cameron Murray and Damien Cook, Mitchell also provided the final pass for an attempted win five minutes from full time as Alex Johnston scored another Accor Stadium hat-trick. Mitchell didn’t even have to look where his winger was. A field goal

Kalyn Ponga , Ben Hunt , Daly Cherry-Evans and Harry Grant being lauded for the wonders of Queensland’s third game, but Fa’asuamaleaui represents the fundamental difference between the two teams. His presence rocked the Blues, who nervously fumbled their way through the second half, sabotaging every chance they had of winning. He also took advantage of the NRL’s inconsistent attitude to dirty play – and got away with it. Maroon enforcer Tino Fa’asuamaleaui puts a headlock at the center of NSW Matt Burton in Origin III. Credit: NRL .’s photo The NRL insists the same rules apply to Origin as regular competition matches, though few believe it. It also insisted there was no room for thuggery but then invited it on the night of a draw by introducing a preference for fines over suspensions for representative matches. As a result, Fa’asuamaleaui received two fines for his indiscretion involving Burton instead of time beside the Titans. NSW coach Brad Fitler lamented that Burton had sin

For Queensland, central midfielder Daly Cherry-Evans will do 90 percent kick while Ben Hunt will do bit by bit when needed, from a dummy or five-eight, depending on where the coach is Billy Slater decided to play it. Lost monsters Cameron Munster has been sidelined after testing positive for COVID-19 and this is truly a shame for everyone, even NSW. You want to play your opponent at full strength. To place a number on it Queensland will cost 12 to 14 points. In the second game, he tried to score. In the first game, he set up an experiment. Load You can’t stop or you can’t plan what Munster brings. It made a huge hole for Slater to fill now that he was sidelined. Did they go with Hunt, who had started the prostitute, or Tom Dearden who is in the 17 man squad? I’ll start with Hunt in jumper No.6. Dearden is only 49 games in his NRL career. In his mind, Dearden would ask if he was ready to play at this level. Starting him on the bench would be a better option. The key to both is