Last week, Labor hack turned lobbyist Stephen Conroy called deputy Reserve Bank governor Andrew Hauser “a failed ideologue”, “wrong”, and “a wanker”. Or a “tosser”, he added, translating for the British recruit.
This childish tirade was sparked by a spicy speech in which Hauser lamented the “extraordinary certainty” of the “gurus and charlatans, geniuses and buffoons” quoted on the path of interest rates.
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Myriam Robin is a senior writer based in the Melbourne newsroom. She has previously been a Rear Window columnist and editor, and before that reported on financial markets and media. Connect with Myriam on Twitter. Email Myriam at myriam.robin@afr.com
