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Australia's Reserve Bank has got a lot right, but there's still a case for an inquiry

Treasurer Jim Chalmers is about to commission an independent review of the Reserve Bank of Australia. Refreshingly, his election promise was bipartisan – both sides of politics want it.

The Conversation

Dutton, set to become Liberal leader, wants people to see 'the rest of my character'

Peter Dutton has declared there is more to him than his tough side, as he formally announces he will stand for the Liberal leadership.

The Conversation

Leaders bump heads over housing policy

Both sides of politics are clashing over housing policy as Scott Morrison refuses to speculate on his plans in the event of a Coalition defeat.

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PM’s super home deposit plan criticised

The federal government and Labor are going head to head on housing policy after the coalition proposed allowing people to access their super for a deposit.

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Future Fund battling challenging markets

The Future Fund has delivered positive returns and exceeded its targets despite challenging markets, its chair Peter Costello says.

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Hell hath no fury like the last days of Australia’s 46th parliament

The derangements of party factionalism, the mean girls and bullyboys, were finally punctured by the gravitas of Volodymyr Zelenskiy via videolink

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Fierravanti-Wells opens up the weeping sore of NSW Libs’ factional warfare

Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells is leaving no one in two minds about her views of the NSW Liberal Party. What will the press gallery do?

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Paul Bongiorno: Expensive, temporary and targeted – and likely to fail

The death rattle of sinking governments is billions of dollars being shovelled out the door in an attempt to buy the votes of an unimpressed electorate.

The New Daily

Record high employment… and the horrible, ugly fight it portends

Low unemployment rates should be a time for celebration, not something to mix with the toxic politics of migration.

Crikey

A final budget, and one last chance to fix two glaring fiscal loopholes

In all the budget babble there’s a deafening silence about two of Australia’s biggest tax rorts. And that’s bad news for first-homebuyers.

Crikey

Michael Pascoe: Morrison’s gone, cynical Frydenberg trying to save the furniture

Scott Morrison is gone. Anthony Albanese will win the election. Josh Frydenberg is fighting to save some of the furniture. There, it’s been said.

The New Daily

Scott Morrison and Brian Houston: paying the wages of sin

For years Scott Morrison has publicly praised Brian Houston and cultivated links with Hillsong. Now that the Pentecostalist leader has been forced out in disgrace, the PM has nowhere to hide.

Crikey

Michael Pascoe: Guess what? The RBA does not run the economy

You could be forgiven for thinking the only thing that matters for growing the economy is what the RBA board eats on the first Tuesday of the month.

The New Daily

Candidates, take note: those Costello kids are coming. Ignore them at your peril

The baby bonus of 2004 led to a surge in Australian births, and now those babies are reaching voting age.

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Costello warns of challenging times ahead

The Future Fund, which was set up in 2006 to cover future liabilities of public servants, has surpassed $200 billion for the first time.

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