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A man has been charged after a NSW football referee was repeatedly punched and kicked in a post-match attack that sparked widespread condemnation and a police investigation.

Footage of the incident at the end of an amateur soccer match in Sydney on Friday night showed a sideline argument and a spectator shouting "hey ref, get out of there" before the experienced 45-year-old official was knocked to the ground.

His attacker punched Khodr Yaghi in the face at least three times and appeared to kick him, before a dozen people rushed in to separate the pair.

After being moved away, the younger man made a second run at the injured referee, arming himself with a plastic chair, but was intercepted by players and others on the sideline.

"He broke my jaw, he broke my jaw," the bloodied Mr Yaghi said as other players assisted him.

Mr Yaghi was later taken to hospital while his attacker, allegedly a suspended player, left the area.

After footage of the attack went viral, a 25-year-old man presented himself to Bankstown police on Sunday afternoon and was arrested.

Police late on Sunday night charged the man with wound person with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, and affray.

The incident, at the end of a men's match between Greenacre Eagles and Padstow Hornets, led the Eagles to withdraw from all remaining men's premier league matches in the 2023 season.

Its club committee pledged on Sunday to assist police and work with the association to impose appropriate sanctions.

"(We) reaffirm our position that all forms of violence have no place in our game and will continue to deal with such instances with the utmost seriousness," the committee said.

NSW Sports Minister Steve Kamper, a former president of Sydney Olympic Football Club, said the attack was "absolutely unacceptable".

"All referees and all players should feel safe wherever they're participating in local sport," he told reporters.

Premier Chris Minns noted the critical role that officials, often young, have in the success of amateur sporting organisations.

"It's appalling to hear," he told reporters.

"You cannot run these leagues that entertain, give our kids an opportunity to play as part of a team, get out of the house and play a team sport, unless people - often young people - agree to be referees in those games," he said.

Bankstown District Amateur Football Association said it would follow its judiciary regulations and processes, and reiterated its zero-tolerance policy to any form of violence at sanctioned events.

It was being supported by governing body Football NSW.

"Football NSW has zero tolerance for any antisocial behaviour from any of its participants at any time," Football NSW said.

Abuse has been cited as a core reason several football codes have difficulty in recruiting and retaining officials.

In a 2022 awareness campaign by Western Australia's governing body for AFL, a young female umpire detailed threats she'd received including "meet me at the bike racks after the game".

At the same time, Rugby Victoria launched its own anti-abuse campaign after referee numbers fell to a record low.

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Friends and family members looking to buy their first home together will be among many more Australians set to benefit from an expansion of three government housing schemes.

The first home guarantee and its regional and family home equivalents will have their criteria expanded from July 1, to help more Australians achieve home ownership.

The changes include altering the definition of a "couple" from meaning married or de facto relationships to "any two eligible individuals".

This opens up the criteria to include siblings, a parent and child, or two friends.

People who have previously owned a home will also be eligible, on the provision they haven't owned one in the last 10 years, in a bid to help those who had fallen into financial hardship.

Under the schemes, the federal government acts as guarantor which allows people to buy a house with a deposit as low as five per cent, and avoid paying costly lender's mortgage insurance.

Australian permanent residents will also be eligible for the schemes, rather than just citizens.

Housing Minister Julie Collins said the government was "moving to meet the times".

"We know friends and family members are already teaming up to secure their own place to call home," she said.

"Our actions will allow them to access vital assistance, just as couples have been able to previously."

In total, 35,000 first homebuyer spots are available each year, with 10,000 for the regional first homebuyer guarantee, and 5000 for the family home guarantee.

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Mortgage holders will be crossing their fingers this week for another month of interest rate relief.

The Reserve Bank board is due to meet on Tuesday for what's shaping up to be another close call between another 25 basis point hike or a second month of staying on the sidelines.

In April, the RBA kept the cash rate on hold after hiking 10 times in a row in its bid to chase down high inflation.

The central bank decided to pause to allow its increases to ripple through the economy, recognising that interest rate movements don't take effect immediately, but said it was prepared to tighten further if incoming data called for it.

The board has since observed still-hot but cooling inflation data, a robust March jobs report, ongoing resilience in the business sector, and a turnaround for home prices.

There's little consensus among economists in the wake of the quarterly consumer price index that resulted in inflation sinking to seven per cent annual growth from 7.8 per cent in the quarter prior.

Some are convinced the central bank has done enough but others are expecting a little more tightening next week or in the months ahead.

After the decision on Tuesday afternoon, RBA Governor Philip Lowe will likely provide more context for the decision during a speech in Perth later that evening.

Assistant Governor Luci Ellis will also deliver a speech in Western Australia's capital on Wednesday.

At the end of the week, the bank will release its Statement on Monetary Policy, which is released four times a year and outlines its view of economic conditions at present and where they might be headed in the future.

Earlier in the week, CoreLogic's home value index will likely dominate the agenda after it recorded an improvement in March - breaking a 10-month streak of declines.

Also on Monday, CommSec's state of the states report will be released, which ranks the economic performance of states and territories.

Melbourne Institute's inflation gauge will be closely watched on Monday.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics will drop a few important datasets this week, including retail trade on Wednesday, international trade data on Thursday, and lending indicators on Friday.

Plus, there's one more week to go before Treasurer Jim Chalmers hands down his second budget on May 9, so expect to see key measures dribbled out over the course of the week.

US stock indexes advanced on Friday after strong earnings updates from Exxon and Intel offset worries over Amazon's slowdown warning, while economic data reinforced expectations that the Federal Reserve would hike interest rates next week.

The S&P 500 gained 34.71 points, or 0.83 per cent, to end at 4,170.06 points, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 84.35 points, or 0.70 per cent, to 12,226.58. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 275.36 points, or 0.81 per cent, to 34,101.52.

Australian share futures rose 54 points, or 0.73 per cent, to 7372.

The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index on Friday finished up 16.5 points, or 0.23 per cent, to 7,309.2, while the broader All Ordinaries climbed 18.8 points, or 0.25 per cent, to 7,501.0.

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