Where to Find the RBA's Latest News, Announcements and Upcoming Events

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The Reserve Bank of Australia publishes all of its news, announcements and forward events calendar on its homepage at rba.gov.au, in the News & Announcements section. That section is split into two tabs — Latest News and Coming Up — and each tab has a "More" link that opens the full listing. Use it if you want media releases, Board meeting minutes, publication releases and officials' speaking engagements in one place; use the dedicated pages linked from each item if you need the underlying document.

What the News & Announcements section contains

The section sits below the Bank's mission statement and key statistics (cash rate target, inflation, exchange rates). It is organised as a tabbed feed:

Tab What it lists Example items shown on the page
Latest News Recently published releases and reports, newest first, with date and time (AEDT/AEST) Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Report 2026 (15 October 2026); Appointment of Chief Risk Officer media release (14 October 2026); Minutes of the September 2026 Monetary Policy Board Meeting (13 October 2026); Summary of Submissions to the Review of Payments System Regulation Issues Paper (6 October 2026); Financial Stability Review – October 2026 media release and the Review itself (1 October 2026)
Coming Up Scheduled releases, speeches, interviews, conference appearances and panel sessions, with date and time Overview and draft papers presented at the RBA 2026 Conference – 'Monetary Policy Trade-offs' (16 October 2026); interview with Christopher Kent, Assistant Governor (Financial Markets), News 24 with Ross Greenwood (18 October 2026); fireside chat with Christopher Kent at the Commonwealth Bank Global Markets Conference, Sydney (19 October 2026); fireside chat with Ellis Connolly, Head of Payments Policy Department, at the AFIA conference, Sydney (20 October 2026); appearance by Deputy Governor Andrew Hauser at Citi's Australia & New Zealand Investment Conference, Sydney (21 October 2026); panel participation by Brad Jones, Assistant Governor (Financial System), at the AFR Super and Wealth Summit, Melbourne (26 October 2026)

Two practical details from the page: items carry an explicit publication or start time (for example, "2.00 pm AEDT"), and the Coming Up entries note when material was pre-recorded (the Kent interview was pre-recorded on 13 October). Both help you judge whether you are looking at live or delayed content.

How to browse beyond the first few items

  1. Open rba.gov.au.
  2. Scroll to News & Announcements.
  3. Switch between the Latest News and Coming Up tabs using the arrow controls.
  4. Select More news and announcements or More upcoming events to open the complete list.
  5. Select an individual item to open the media release, minutes, report or event details.

Expected result: the first few items give you the current cycle of releases and engagements; the "More" pages give you the archive and the full forward calendar.

Where the key statistics sit relative to the news

The same homepage block above the news feed carries the figures most readers come for, each with its own effective date and next update:

  • Cash rate target: 4.60%, effective 30 September 2026, next update 2.30 pm, 3 November 2026.
  • Inflation (CPI, annual change): 4.0% for the August month 2026, next update 28 October 2026.
  • Exchange rates: Trade-weighted Index 64.6, USD 0.6955, CNY 4.6546, JPY 109.86, EUR 0.6201, as at 4.00 pm, 15 October 2026.

If your question is "what changed and when," read the news feed; if it is "what is the current setting," read the statistics block. The dates on both tell you how fresh the answer is.

Common sticking points

  • Times are Sydney time. Releases are timestamped AEDT or AEST, so convert before planning to check a 2.30 pm update from another time zone.
  • "Coming Up" is a schedule, not a promise of content. A listed speech or panel produces material only when the Bank publishes a transcript or remarks; the homepage also links a Transcript heading for that purpose.
  • Some items are summaries, not the document. For example, the Summary of Submissions to the payments system review is distinct from the submissions themselves; follow the item to see what is actually available.
  • The feed mixes genres. Media releases, Board minutes, statutory reports and event notices appear in the same list, so filter by type using the item title rather than expecting separate sections.

For background on the Bank itself, the same page links an About the Reserve Bank of Australia section and a plain-language explainer, How Higher Interest Rates Lower Inflation, which is useful context when reading monetary policy announcements.