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Prince of Penzance has won the Melbourne cup at Flemington-with Michelle Payne becoming the first female jockey to win the country's biggest race.

Prince of Penzance held off second placed, Max Dynamite with criterion coming in third.

Three-time runner-up Red Cadeaux failed to finish and is now recovering after surgery.

The reserve bank has left the official interest rate on hold at the historic low of two per cent.

Most economists had bet the central bank was unlikely to hand down a cup day rate cut but said it was a very close call.

The RBA last cut interest rates in may.

Virgin Australia and Jetstar have cancelled all of today's flights to and from Bali because of concerns about volcanic ash.

The airlines said meteorologists and the volcanic ash advisory centre had deemed it unsafe to fly around Denpasar airport due to the eruption of nearby mount Rinjani.

冠军良驹彭赞斯王子在弗莱明顿赢得了墨尔本杯，而米歇尔·佩恩则成为赢得该国最大规模赛事的首位女骑师。

彭赞斯王子一开始处于第2名,而大轰动”(Max Dynamite)和“模范驹”(Criterion)则牢牢紧随其后。

而3次比赛亚军未能完成比赛的红色卡迪奥克斯(Red Cadeaux)现在术后正在恢复。

澳大利亚储备银行一直维持着2%的历史最低官方利率。

大多数经济学家相信,央行不太可能会在杯赛日正式宣布降息,但却表示将会很快会有此举措。

澳大利亚央行去年5月份曾宣布降息。

澳洲维珍航空公司及捷星航空两家公司由于担心火山灰问题于今天取消了所有巴厘岛进出的航班。

这两家航空公司表示,气象学家及火山灰咨询中心均认为附近润加尼山的火山灰喷发使得登巴萨机场航班起降不安全。