PoliticsNow: Families 'doing it tough', Anthony Albanese says, as RBA lifts cash rate by 50bps to 1.35pc
Anthony Albanese points to Labor's childcare and energy policies as he looks to ease cost of living pressures, as the official rate rises to 1.35 per cent.
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‘Disability reform timeline hasn’t been agreed yet’: states
Foundational supports were meant to start with a phased rollout from July 1, but states are waiting until the federal government ticks off a five-year hospital funding agreement.
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PM tries to dig himself out of strife
Anthony Albanese has been warned of a revolt in key Labor-held NSW seats stoked by fears among tens of thousands of mine workers and suppliers that the government is anti-mining and too close to the Greens.
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