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Independent Australia
1 day ago
Coverage of the recent Federal Budget proves standards of economic reporting are at an all-time low. Australia now has best-ever economy and worst-ever reporters ~
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Australia now has best-ever economy and worst-ever reporters
Coverage of the recent Federal Budget proves standards of economic reporting are at an all-time low.
https://buff.ly/ByEXvvq
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Nine charts that reveal who pays more under Labor's tax changes
Labor's capital gains tax changes have set off a firestorm of debate about the implications for small businesses, start-ups, share owners and plenty more. Here's who will really pay more.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-23/labor-capital-gains-tax-changes-explained-in-detail/106713208?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other
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RBA misreads the economy again as unemployment climbs to 4.5%
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) have long complained that too few people are unemployed. They will no doubt be happy then that unemployment in April rose to 4.5% - the highest level since 2021 ā a...
https://thepoint.com.au/off-the-charts/260521-rba-misreads-the-economy-again-as-unemployment-climbs-to-4-5
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Amy Remeikis
5 days ago
The worst thing this government can do is deliver more of the same
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PM's softly-softly just won't cut it ā this latest slip is proof
We are not in slow, steady or stable times. Anthonyy Albaneseās middle-of-the-road approach belongs in another world.
https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politics/australian-politics/2026/05/20/anthony-albanese-change-slowly
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Greg Jericho
5 days ago
Paul Keating with a strong support for the CGT changes and rips into Howard and Costello along the way
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Keating backs CGT reforms, says Howard changes made house prices "blast off"
Former Prime Minister Paul Keating has stepped into the debate on changes to the Capital Gains Tax (CGT) announced in last weekās budget with a full-throated defence of the Governmentās proposals.
https://thepoint.com.au/news/260521-keating-backs-cgt-reforms-says-howard-changes-made-house-prices-blast-off
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Greg Jericho
5 days ago
My column calling bullshit on the lies
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Death, taxes and scare campaigns: hereās the truth about Laborās budget changes | Greg Jericho
Conservative media is stoking unfounded fears on reform. If Albanese wants an easy win, he should prioritise a popular tax on gas exports
https://www.theguardian.com/business/grogonomics/2026/may/21/labor-budget-changes-death-taxes-scare-campaigns-truth
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Joanna Mendelssohn
6 days ago
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Saul Eslake pours some much needed cold water on the hysteria around the reforms in the Federal budget
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āDeath taxā, startups and a rent spike: itās time to correct misleading claims about Laborās budget | Saul Eslake
Jim Chalmersā budget has proved controversial. But who will really be affected and how?
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2026/may/19/death-tax-startups-and-a-rent-spike-its-time-to-correct-misleading-claims-about-labors-budget?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Greg Jericho
6 days ago
Bit worrying that a state premier does not understand how income tax works.
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Michael West
6 days ago
"Straight out of Mad as Hell". Former submariner
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on the eye-watering cost of extending Collins subs
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"Enhanced sustainment." Collins Class subs to fight on - the true Budget hit - Michael West
Buried (or sunk) in last week's Federal budget was another $6 billion to be spent extending the life of the Collins Class submarines.
https://michaelwest.com.au/enhanced-sustainment-collins-class-subs-to-fight-on-the-true-budget-hit/
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David Milner
7 days ago
Here's
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Where One Nation lies - The Shot
One Nation wants more victims, more people pissed off at political parties and big business so One Nation can build a big business and a political party out of them.
https://theshot.net.au/uncategorized/where-one-nation-lies/
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Russ Jones
7 days ago
The neverending story of Nigel, his house and money: š©Said he bought his Clacton house himself š©Then said he didn't need to do constituency work because security services told him not to š©Then claimed his partner bought the house
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Simon Rosenberg
7 days ago
That's the polite take. More accurately: 'Liberals' migration claims rely on racist lies, designed to inflame division and appeal to One Nation voters'.
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Liberal migration claims rely on outdated data | The New Daily
Jane Hume says more than half a million migrants have come to Australia annually under Labor, but current levels are nearly half that amount.
https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politics/australian-politics/2026/05/18/liberal-migration-misleading
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Guardian Australia
8 days ago
Toothbrushes, ice-cream and frozen pizza: data reveals how Coles and Woolworths switch promotions in sync
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Toothbrushes, ice-cream and frozen pizza: data reveals how Coles and Woolworths switch promotions in sync
Analysis shows in some cases the switch from promotional to full price happens almost simultaneously in Australiaās two biggest supermarkets * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Youāre looking to buy an electric toothbrush. Youāre in Woolworths and you see one of the Oral-B kits advertised for sale at $99.50. The product appears to be a half-price bargain, reduced from its usual price of $199, which also happens to be how much the same item costs at Coles. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/18/toothbrushes-ice-cream-and-frozen-pizza-data-reveals-how-coles-and-woolworths-switch-promotions-in-sync?CMP=aus_bsky
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Michael Spicer
9 months ago
it's real support from actual racists
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The Conversation U.S.
8 days ago
Yes, helmets really are important. As busy as your brain cells are, they are also incredibly soft and squishy. In fact, your brain has the consistency of jello. And like jello, it is very vulnerable, especially to physical forces, such as a fall or a sudden jolt.
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Amy Remeikis
9 days ago
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
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Focus on broken promise means we miss the real budget cruelty
Labor is having a fight where it feels it holds higher ground, and there has been less attention on parts of the budget that are not as fair.
https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politics/australian-politics/2026/05/16/budget-broken-promise-labor#google_vignette
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Alex Andreou
9 days ago
Sneaking a giant screen into the flagshagger march is one of the funniest things
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have ever done. "STAY HYDRATED" šš¤£š
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Simon Rosenberg
10 days ago
Angus Hanson. Superb from David Pope.
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Private Eye Magazine
11 days ago
100 years of David Attenborough From the new Private Eye, out now.
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The Australia Institute
11 days ago
Angus Taylor''s plan to bar migrants from accessing welfare until they become citizens ignores the fact that the vast majority of those people already face up to decades-long waits to access welfare. "It's just another bomb in the culture war."
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jackhsmit.bsky.social
11 days ago
He did. I suggest following Kos Samaras. He's usually right on target. --->>>
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Greg Jericho
11 days ago
My wrap of the week: Budget 2026: Celebrate the wins ā but keep fighting
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Budget 2026: Celebrate the wins ā but keep fighting
When a government does a good thing, we should take a moment to celebrate ā especially when it means a long and hard-fought fight has been won. The Australia Institute first attacked the possibility o...
https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/260515-budget-2026-celebrate-the-wins-but-keep-fighting
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Amy Remeikis
12 days ago
One of social media's new favourite thought games and what that tells us about ourselves:
www.thenewdaily.com.au/finance/news...
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Budget changes left us in real-world red/blue button dilemma
The response to overdue structural changes to housing tax concessions announced in the budget seems a real-world red/blue button question
https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/finance/news-federal-budget/2026/05/13/federal-budget-tax-broke-promises
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Greg Jericho
12 days ago
Chalmers has been talking up trying to reduce the difference between how much wage earners and investors pay in tax. The Treasury did some research to show just how big the difference is. I cover it in my column
www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
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Zarah Sultana MP
13 days ago
Please retweet.
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Emma Monk
12 days ago
Well, that Express headline was always going to raise a few eyebrows!š³ Starmer is responsible for embracing polygamy to appease Muslims, and so he's increasing their benefits?? That's the implication. After all, this "started in April", right? Wrong! š§µ1/25
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Guardian Australia
13 days ago
Jim Chalmersā budget doesnāt fix everything ā but itās an overdue first payment to future generations | Ken Henry
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Jim Chalmersā budget doesnāt fix everything ā but itās an overdue first payment to future generations | Ken Henry
The treasurer has shown economic reforms should not be left to the too-hard basket, and instead be pursued with a sense of urgency * Explore all of our 2026 Australia federal budget coverage * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Finally, a budget of economic reform. It has been too long coming. At this stage of the economic cycle, the budget should be in surplus. It should not be adding tens of billions of dollars every year to the mountain of public debt. Sixteen years after the release of the tax review commissioned by the Rudd government, our tax system should be supporting much better budget outcomes. It should be underwriting much stronger productivity growth. It should be delivering a much better deal for young Australian workers. And it should be delivering to Australians a much bigger share of the resource rents being extracted by the foreign multinationals exploiting our finite natural resources. So, this budget doesnāt fix everything. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2026/may/13/australia-budget-2026-jim-chalmers-economic-reforms-tax-changes-future-generations?CMP=aus_bsky
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Matt Golding
13 days ago
Budget 2026 terminology
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Greg Jericho
13 days ago
My column for DeepCut on the Budget
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People with disabilities the biggest losers in budget ā Greg Jericho
And profitable companies are the big winners.
https://open.substack.com/pub/deepcutnews/p/people-with-disabilities-the-biggest?r=1mpvgh&utm_medium=ios
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Greg Jericho
14 days ago
My annual graphy column on the budget
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The budget in seven graphs: no big surprises but this may be one of the most ambitious moves to fix Australiaās finances | Greg Jericho
With some long-awaited sanity on housing and taxes, including CGT and negative gearing changes, itās one of the most important for good ā but will still leave some out in the cold
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/grogonomics/2026/may/12/the-budget-in-seven-graphs-no-big-surprises-but-this-may-be-one-of-the-most-ambitious-moves-to-fix-australias-finances
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Michael West
14 days ago
Chalmers' budget aims to level housing playing field, takes investor froth out of investment property market. Harry Chemay reports
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Chalmers' budget. From landlord paradise to clever country? - Michael West
Hailed as biggest reform since the GST, Treasurer Chalmers promises more houses through first home buyer support and CGT changes.
https://michaelwest.com.au/chalmers-budget-from-landlord-paradise-to-clever-country/
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Robert Reich
14 days ago
Trumpās looming defeat in Iran is a personal and political crisis. My latest for The Guardian.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/08/trump-iran-defeat-personal-political-crisis
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Trumpās looming defeat in Iran is a personal and political crisis | Robert Reich
Trumpās ego cannot accept a humiliating loss, and we are already seeing the effects of his failure playing out
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/08/trump-iran-defeat-personal-political-crisis
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Mike Galsworthy
14 days ago
I wrote a Substack on it too. āHeart of Europeā means something to pro-Europeans, because itās *our* phrase. Starmer had better not be nicking our rejoin line in order to keep us outside the EU⦠ā¦in doing so heād be aggravating the very base heās trying to appeal to in order to save himself.
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Dear Keir, "Britain at the heart of Europeā cannot mean anything but full EU membership - so what's the plan?
Keir Starmer's speech today borrowed a stock phrase from European Movement UK's rejoin campaigning. Surely it wasn't just for 'vibes'. But if he really meant it, then where's the road map?
https://open.substack.com/pub/mikegalsworthy/p/dear-keir-britain-at-the-heart-of?r=al8g0&utm_medium=ios
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Guardian Australia
15 days ago
Woeful rabble v flag contenders: a tale of two AFL clubs in Western Australia
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Woeful rabble v flag contenders: a tale of two AFL clubs in Western Australia
The once-mighty Eagles are a shadow of their former selves while the Dockers are flying high; the contrast between them could not be more stark It might be only a third of the way through the AFL season, but the two Western Australia-based teams have never been more diametrically opposed in their pursuit of a premiership. The Fremantle Dockers are now bona fide flag contenders after beating the red-hot Hawks 12.16 (88) to 11.7 (73) at Optus Stadium on Thursday night, despite being down by 19 points early in the last quarter. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2026/may/11/afl-western-australia-teams-west-coast-eagles-fremantle-dockers-contrast?CMP=aus_bsky
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Byline Times
16 days ago
š§µ A postcard from the country that already crashed the car, sent with love and a small amount of nausea, to the cousins who are about to crash a bigger one. ā
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's warning from America šŗšøā”ļøš¬š§
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Rick Wilson's Warning From America: Nigel Farage Will Be Your Donald Trump, Unless You Act Now
The former Republican strategist and Lincoln Project founder has some hard lessons for Conservatives and Labour alike
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/05/08/rick-wilsons-warning-from-america-nigel-farage-will-be-your-donald-trump-unless-you-act-now/
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Marcus Chown
16 days ago
The great irony of the Welsh success of Reform, run by millionaire ex-public schoolboys, is that one the greatest Welshmen, & founder of the NHS, warned of this āHow can wealth persuade poverty to use its political freedom to keep wealth in power? Here lies whole art of Tory politicsā Aneurin Bevan
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Stephen Moran.
17 days ago
The Fix is In
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Graham Simpson
17 days ago
āThe old duopoly is dying before our eyes: these were bad results for the Conservatives as well as Labour. We are now in the era of seven-party politics, saddled with an electoral system designed for no such thingā says
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Starmer will hope heās dodged the axe for now ā but these elections leave Britain more fragmented than ever | Jonathan Freedland
Even if all the results were not as catastrophic as expected for Labour, the writing is on the wall for the old ways of doing politics, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/08/keir-starmer-2026-elections-britain-fragmented-results-labour-politics?CMP=share_btn_url
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Greg Jericho
18 days ago
Sorry ABC - 8m are not on "income support". My fact check for
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thepoint.com.au/factchecks/2...
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Factcheck: The ABCās claim that "8 million rely on income support" conflated paid sick leave with income support
The problem is, that the ABC article was not based on data from the Department of Social Services. Rather, it was based on research compiled for a life insurers lobby group, whose board are all CEOs o...
https://thepoint.com.au/factchecks/260508-factcheck-the-abcs-claim-that-8-million-rely-on-income-support-conflated-paid-sick-leave-with-income-support
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George Monbiot
18 days ago
No one expected Keir Starmer to solve our pressing problems overnight. But what we did expect ā and had every right to expect ā was that he would lay out a clear vision and roadmap for doing so. Instead, weāve had drift, appeasement and a startling absence of ideas, values and ambition. š§µ1/6
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Abul Rizvi
18 days ago
Neither Labor nor a Coalition Govt could have prevented ISIS brides & their children from returning. None of the 3 options for preventing return would have worked. Pretending otherwise is just playing politics.
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/05...
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Could the government have blocked return of Australian women and children from Syria?
The Australian Government has to manage the return of its citizens, except in very particular circumstances when citizenship can be cancelled, a passport denied or a temporary exclusion order issued.
https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/05/could-the-government-have-blocked-return-of-australian-women-and-children-from-syria/?utm_source=Pearls
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Greg Jericho
19 days ago
"A tragic birth, and death, in a tent ā and still our poorest must pay"
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A tragic birth, and death, in a tent ā and still our poorest must pay
An Indigenous woman, living in one of the wealthiest countries in the world, gave birth to twins in a tent last week - because the waiting list for social housing in her area is up to seven years. And...
https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/260508-a-tragic-birth-and-death-in-a-tent-and-still-our-poorest-must-pay
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Rick Morton
19 days ago
neither here nor there but i keep hearing this dudeās name to the tune of š¶Jason Deruloš¶ and thatās about the best to be said of his contributions, of which I have more to say here
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Immoral Rearmament
That terminated Department of Home Affairs secretary Michael Pezzullo thirsts for war quite as desperately as he does is confusing for, however much he fancies himself the master of whispers and strat...
https://rick-morton.ghost.io/immoral-rearmament/
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Greg Jericho
19 days ago
Rumours that the govt are about to to target family discretionary trusts in the Budget is a very good thing. My column
www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
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In this budget, all eyes are on CGT. But Laborās rumoured family trust tweaks might also help fight tax inequality | Greg Jericho
If Albaneseās newest budget can tame discretionary trust tax dodging, it will be a good step in ensuring the rich are treated the same as the rest of us
https://www.theguardian.com/business/grogonomics/2026/may/06/in-this-budget-all-eyes-are-on-cgt-but-labors-rumoured-family-trust-tweaks-might-also-help-fight-tax-inequality
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George Monbiot
20 days ago
The media forensically dissects the pasts of people who challenge the status quo, such as Polanski and Corbyn. Fair enough, up to a point: we should know about our representatives. But it's far less inquisitive about those who defend power, however great their misdeeds, such as Nigel Farage.š§µ
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Greg Jericho
20 days ago
In which I have a fricken, off the long run, coming in steaming, rant about the RBA
@thepointau.bsky.social
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RBAās decision to raise rates hurts Australians for no reason
The Reserve Bank of Australiaās (RBA) decision to raise the cash rate to 4.35% was bad enough, but RBA Governor Michele Bullockās explanation in her press conference on Tuesday afternoon saw her abdic...
https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/260506-rbas-decision-to-raise-rates-hurts-australians-for-no-reason
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