Strengthening the RBA’s Payments Infrastructure
In January 2023, the Reserve Bank of Australia commissioned a comprehensive review of the operating environment supporting the Reserve Bank
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WA Premier Mark McGowan quits in shock announcement, declaring he is ‘exhausted’
WA Premier Mark McGowan has announced his shock decision to step down, saying he is ‘exhausted’ after six years as premier and more than 26 years as a state Labor MP. …
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Grattan on Friday: Labor’s national conference looms but the party’s rank and file has lost its bite
The Labor Party will hold its national conference in Brisbane. Coincidentally, the venue is in the electorate of Griffith, which Labor lost to the Greens in 2022 …
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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Labor’s Julian Hill on employment, AI, Julian Assange and TikTok
In this podcast, Labor MP Julian Hill joins Michelle Grattan to discuss the job market and getting people into work, artificial intelligence, Julian Assange, and TikTok. …
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Payments System Board Update: May 2023 Meeting
At its meeting today, the Payments System Board discussed a number of issues, including: The Banks targeted assessment of Australias
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Dutton condemns Voice as symptom of ‘identity politics’, as Burney says it will bring ‘better outcomes’
As debate on the historic referendum legislation, Dutton claimed the Voice would ‘re-racialise our nation’. …
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View from The Hill: Quad without hoopla still worked, while China visit will require delicate diplomacy
Jonathan Ernst/Pool/AP Anthony Albanese now has a firm promise of a state visit to the United States this year, and
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Grattan on Friday: Albanese governs on softly-softly catchee monkey formula. Would Plibersek or Chalmers have been bolder?
Like Albanese, Plibersek is pragmatic, but probably hasn’t moved quite so far to the centre as he has. If she were running things, would this Labor government have a more radical tinge? …
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Grattan on Friday: Peter Dutton warns of threat to ‘working poor’ in budget reply lacking a big picture
The bar was always too hard for Dutton. This week’s budget, whatever criticisms can be made of it, has been an elusive target for the Liberals …
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The day after the night before – Chalmers and Taylor on the budget
In this podcast, @michellegrattan canvasses the budget with Treasurer @JEChalmers, Shadow Treasurer @AngusTaylorMP and The Conversation’s politics + society editor @amandadunn10 …
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