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Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton.

Albanese lays down challenge for Dutton over wages

Labor will urge the workplace regulator to order a real increase in pay for 2.6 million workers after the RBA chose to keep interest rates on hold.

  • David Crowe and Millie Muroi

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RBA governor Michele Bullock said it was a consensus decision to keep rates on hold.

Job losses not RBA’s priority as bank keeps rates on hold

Asked about the impact of incoming US tariffs, RBA governor Michele Bullock said inflation remained the bank’s main focus as it held interest rates steady at 4.1 per cent.

  • Shane Wright and Millie Muroi
The Australian dollar posted one of its best weeks in a year.

Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ overshadows Reserve Bank’s rate call

The US president’s threat to treat Australia’s 10 per cent goods and services tax as a trade impediment has been branded as ‘ridiculous’ by economists.

  • Jacob Shteyman
Have voters been better off under Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers?

Has three years of Albanese left you better off? One number says no

Peter Dutton asks voters if they are better off under Anthony Albanese. From the cost of bananas to the value of your home, the answer is not easy.

  • Shane Wright
Australia’s 47th parliament recapped.

Albanese started his prime ministership on a high. Then in one month, things started to unravel

A record-breaking election and one month that changed it all: we recap the highs and lows of the 47th parliament.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Big crowds at the Australia-India test series helped lift the ecoomy through the December quarter.

Australia’s longest per capita recession since WWII comes to an end

A record seven quarters of falling GDP per person has finally ended, with new figures showing the economy improving in late 2024.

  • Shane Wright
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Markets are sticking with rate cut predictions despite RBA caution.

Reserve Bank prepares for Trump tariff turmoil

The RBA says rates could rise again as it reveals growing concern about the fallout from Donald Trump’s tariff plans.

  • Shane Wright
Governor Michele Bullock will take the Reserve Bank into its biggest change since it started in 1960.

Reserve Bank overhaul will touch lives of borrowers everywhere

Membership of the RBA board and how it decides interest rates has been unknown to the public for 75 years. It’s all about to change.

  • Shane Wright
House values have risen across the country but rents are easing, according to new data.

Rates fall, house values lift and rents start to ease

The RBA’s first rate cut in almost five years has put a floor under the nation’s property market, but rents continue to ease.

  • Shane Wright
The Reserve Bank, which is led by governor Michele Bullock, last week cut interest rates but made it clear it wasn’t sure it should have cut.

RBA is lost in the frightening territory of full employment

The central bank’s bizarre behaviour last week is a sign that it has lost its bearings and isn’t sure what’s happening in the economy or where it’s headed.

  • Ross Gittins

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