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RBA Glossary definition for Cash Rate

Cash Rate – The interest rate which banks pay to borrow funds from other banks in the money market on an overnight basis. The cash rate is the Reserve Bank of Australia's operational target for the implementation of monetary policy. It is also an important financial benchmark in the Australian financial markets. It is used as the reference rate for Australian dollar Overnight Indexed Swaps (OIS) and the ASX 30 Day Interbank Cash Rate Futures. The Reserve Bank of Australia is the administrator of the cash rate. The cash rate is calculated as the weighted average interest rate on overnight unsecured loans between banks settled in the Reserve Bank Information and Transfer System (RITS). The Cash Rate is also known by the acronym AONIA in financial markets.

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Australian Money Market Divergence: Arbitrage Opportunity or Illusion?

1 Sep 2019 RDP 2019-09
Belinda Cheung and Sebastien Printant
Note: (a) Discounted variable rates on owner-occupier housing loans; spread to cash rate. ... Subsequently in 2019, net returns in all these money markets declined as the spread between money market rates and cash rate expectations narrowed.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2019/2019-09/full.html

Sensitivity Analysis

13 Sep 2019 RDP 2019-09
Belinda Cheung and Sebastien Printant
In the first instance, we make the deliberately extreme assumption that investments can be funded at the overnight cash rate target. ... Notably, even when funded at the cash rate, foreign exchange swaps directed into USD were not profitable for the
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2019/2019-09/sensitivity-analysis.html