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Vested interest 'cartel' killing Aussie housing dream

Treasury officials appear to be at odds with a former head of their department over contentious tax breaks for property investors.

AAP · Feb 24

Luminary wants brave choices to halt Australia's slide

A former Reserve Bank governor has called for courageous decisions from Australia's leaders on the nation's budget, economy and strategic interests.

AAP · Oct 28, 2025

Morning Mail: Trump ‘would love’ third term, RBA chief hints at rate hold, Hurricane Melissa threatens mayhem in Jamaica

US president says he has his ‘best numbers ever’ but will rule oput VP tilt; Michele Bullock signals borrowing costs won’t be cut until next year

The Guardian - AU · Oct 27, 2025

The Reserve Bank doesn't need an overhaul, Australia needs fairer policies, says former governor

Former governor Bernie Fraser says the Reserve Bank of Australia's attempt to improve the welfare of all Australians has been undermined by decades of neoliberalism.

ABC News · Mar 29, 2023

Alan Kohler: RBA defence of interest-rate mallet highlights the truth about inequality

The first thing is that inequality is worsened by the responses to both low inflation and high inflation; it’s a lose/lose.

The New Daily · Feb 19, 2023

Experts want stage three tax cuts revised

More than 100 economists and tax experts have signed an open letter urging Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to reconsider the stage three tax cuts.

AAP · Dec 13, 2022

Only one way to go on stage three tax cuts: Two wise men to PM

'Strikingly inappropriate: One hundred economists are calling on the federal government for its stage three tax cuts to be dumped.

The New Daily · Dec 13, 2022

In defence of RBA Governor Philip Lowe: an easy scapegoat for record interest rate rises

Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe is getting terrible press, most of it undeserved.

The Conversation · Nov 8, 2022

Stage-three tax cuts in the spotlight as global gloom weighs on federal budget

Amid warnings global monetary tightening might give way to worse, Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the upcoming budget will not be immune.

The New Daily · Oct 6, 2022

Labor attacked by former RBA governor Bernie Fraser for sticking to ‘dodgy’ stage-three tax cuts

Fraser says Albanese government should repeal stage three as the tax cuts are ‘even more unfair’ due to falling real wages

The Guardian - AU · Oct 6, 2022