Australia news live: banks pass on interest rate hike to customers; Sydney ‘globalise the intifada’ forum held in park

Lenders increase borrowing rates by 0.25%; pro-Palestine meeting barred from council venue goes ahead outside in Darlington. Follow updates live

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Good morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then Nick Visser will be your guide.

The “globalise the intifada” forum banned from taking place in a council venue on Monday night went ahead last night in a park in Sydney where participants discussed legal challenges to the ban on using the phrase, as well as the phrase “from the river to the sea”. More details coming up.