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The world is changing, but don’t tell big business or its media cheerleaders

The changing world is not all that favourable to business. So businesses want governments to prevent workers from using their greater bargaining power.

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Afternoon Update: Labor stings RBA governor on wages remark; Friendlyjordies’ home ‘firebombed’; and the world’s oldest meal

RBA governor Philip Lowe says it is ‘best [to] avoid’ pushing wages up even as workers suffer real wage cut due to inflation

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Philip Lowe’s world of growing volatility — and why you, not those responsible, will pay the price

The Reserve Bank has recognised that the world is becoming more volatile and inflationary — but not how it will respond.

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Bridget Archer flags crossing the floor again on national integrity commission – as it happened

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Morning Mail: Australia’s exciting start to World Cup, scientists’ climate warning, problems at The Project

In today’s newsletter: the Socceroos score an early goal against France; Australia faces hotter, wetter climate; and Ten show exodus continues

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Not waving, drowning

Australia is 1.47C hotter now than it was in 1910 with extreme weather only going to get worse, a new report has warned, and interest rates are likely to have reached 3.1% by December.

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Michael Pascoe: Interest rates won’t work like they used to

The RBA board should be thinking very, very seriously about before lifting interest rates again, Michael Pascoe writes.

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Global shocks likely to drive more frequent interest rate changes, RBA says

Central banks will need to adjust rates more often to respond to unpredictable levels of inflation, Philip Lowe says

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RBA governor Philip Lowe warns Australians to brace for higher inflation, lower growth

The Reserve Bank governor warns the global economic conditions that helped central banks keep inflation low and stable are reversing, making for more economically volatile times, and potentially higher interest rates ahead.

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RBA leaves 50bp rate hike on the table

The Reserve Bank is prepared to do whatever is necessary to ensure the spike in inflation is only temporary and doesn't linger.

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Reserve Bank December rate rise on course

The central bank governor will give a major speech this week and could signal a pause in interest rate hikes is no longer on the table for this year.

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In defence of RBA Governor Philip Lowe: an easy scapegoat for record interest rate rises

Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe is getting terrible press, most of it undeserved.

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‘Wouldn’t want to trade’: Why Australia’s inflation battle pales in comparison to global woes

Times are tough in Australia right now, but Reserve Bank boss Philip Lowe doesn’t think you’d want to be anywhere else.

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Inflation nation: why Lowe and the RBA need to start using the r-word

Australians need greater clarity from the Reserve Bank about the measures it is prepared to take to get inflation back down.

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Solar flair

Rooftop solar power generation hit a bright spot in Queensland, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia this spring, and a third of Australia’s public companies paid not one cent in tax in 2020-21.

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Alan Kohler: Economists disagree on where interest rates are heading – shock

It’s hard to recall a time when the interest rate forecasts of economists were as widely, and wildly, different as they are now.

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What planet is Philip Lowe living on? Not the one Australian workers inhabit

Philip Lowe and the RBA are gaslighting Australian workers with their insistence wages are growing, when real incomes are being smashed.

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Crowds gather for national Cassius Turvey vigils – as it happened

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Morning Mail: RBA rate warning, thousands miss power bill rebates, four-day work week trial

In today’s newsletter: more than a third of households could be losing out on crucial cost-of-living relief; Unilever staff to trial shorter week; and why the BMI index might be bad for you

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Why the focus on energy prices? Inflation is more likely to be driven by surging housing, transport and food costs

Increases in electricity and gas prices are less to blame for the cost-of-living squeeze than many other components. Here’s why

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‘A lot of uncertainty’: RBA warning on rate hikes as inflation soars and jobs set to fall

Australia's inflation problem is going to get worse and last longer than it was previously feared, new RBA forecasts suggest.

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RBA boss does not rule out bigger interest rate rises if inflation stays hot over summer

Borrowers are being left on tenterhooks over summer, with the RBA boss warning the bank is prepared to hike rates aggressively again in the new year if it needs to.

The Guardian - AU

Interest rates to keep rising as RBA warns it will do ‘what is necessary’ to curb inflation

Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe says half percentage point increases to cash rate possible if economic conditions do not improve

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RBA sees the pain but says rates must rise

Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Philip Lowe has underlined his case for raising interest rates, warning that not doing so could have dire consequences.

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Reserve Bank ‘consulting’ with government on whether King Charles should be on $5 note

RBA governor Philip Lowe says ‘monarch has been on at least one banknote since 1923’ but decision won’t be made until talks with Labor are complete

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