Every thought you had about the Melbourne Cup when Flemington was bathed in Derby Day sunshine became almost redundant on ...

It’s the race that stops the nation, but let’s be honest, for a lot of Aussies the real attraction of Melbourne Cup lies in the fashion – and some of it is more memorable than others.

Justin Baldoni’s $400 million ($A612 million) defamation and extortion countersuit against Blake Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, has been officially ended by the judge overseeing the case.

Barefoot Investor Scott Pape is warning that the RBA could hike rates on Tuesday, after shock inflation numbers threw a dampener on expectations of further relief this year.