Politics latest: Albanese says there was 'nothing new' in Chalmers's RBA comments
Anthony Albanese has continued to bat away suggestions that Labor is attempting to shift blame for sluggish economic growth onto the Reserve Bank after Jim Chalmers’ said its rate hikes were 'smashing the economy'.
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Whistleblower’s fresh claims on CFMEU’s missing $30m
Anthony Albanese is under pressure to explain why he and no-one else acted when he was first warned in 2014 by a CFMEU whistleblower that the union was being infiltrated by criminals.
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