Colin Brinsden
Domestic factors driving inflation, RBA boss warns
Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe does not expect Australia to fall into another recession as a result of raising interest rates to...
RBA’s Philip Lowe to detail his latest thinking on rates and inflation
Philip Lowe undertook a rare television interview for a Reserve Bank governor last week, perhaps indicating the enormity of the challenges Australia...
Employment Minister Tony Burke scoffs at notion higher pay will drive inflation
Employment Minister Tony Burke does not believe wages growth is about to further fuel inflation, saying pay rates have suffered a decade...
Labor stands by election pledge to tame soaring electricity prices
The Labor government is standing by the modelling it took to the May federal election promising to slash electricity bills by $275...
Unemployment rate unchanged at 3.9 per cent
Australia’s labour market continues to tighten with a further 60,600 people finding a job in May, keeping the unemployment rate at a...
RBA’s Lowe warns of even higher inflation
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe has warned inflation could reach 7 per cent by the end of this year and...
Expect higher interest rates, says RBA’s Lowe
Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe has warned Australians to be prepared for higher interest rates, saying inflation must be brought under control....
Defence minister meets with Chinese counterpart
Defence Minister Richard Marles has met his Chinese counterpart General Wei Fenghe while attending an international forum in Singapore. Mr Marles said...
Richard Marles: Coalition was nowhere near making peace with France over scuttled submarine deal
Defence Minister Richard Marles has scoffed at suggestions that the Coalition was anywhere near agreeing to a compensation package with France after...
Bill Shorten plans to target National Disability Insurance Scheme fraudsters
Government minister Bill Shorten says reports that crime gangs are defrauding the National Disability Insurance Scheme are “despicable”. News Corp newspapers report...