All eyes are watching for the Reserve Bank of Australia today, which will set the new interest rate.
If the rate goes up for the first time in more than a decade, it will spell a second blow for the Prime Minister's campaign strategy, defined by claims of the Coalition being the better economic managers for Australians. The first blow was an inflation rate that confirmed what Australians were already seeing: just how much the cost of living has gone up.
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Scott Morrison says "it's not about politics". He's concerned about what people pay on their mortgages. But the one message he wants everyone to know, it won't be his government's fault if Australians do pay more on their loans.
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Hannah Neale
Hannah is a general reporter with The Canberra Times. She is currently covering the early breaking news shift and is ready to chase your morning headlines. Hannah started as a journalist with The Southern Highland News and The Goulburn Post before moving to the ACT. Twitter: @neale_hannah
Hannah is a general reporter with The Canberra Times. She is currently covering the early breaking news shift and is ready to chase your morning headlines. Hannah started as a journalist with The Southern Highland News and The Goulburn Post before moving to the ACT. Twitter: @neale_hannah
Harley Dennett
I'm the federal politics bureau chief for the Canberra Times, via a career that's taken me from rural Victoria to Washington DC. Telling the stories of my local LGBTI community brought me to political journalism, where I've covered seven federal budgets, four national elections in two countries, Defence, public service and international governance.
I'm the federal politics bureau chief for the Canberra Times, via a career that's taken me from rural Victoria to Washington DC. Telling the stories of my local LGBTI community brought me to political journalism, where I've covered seven federal budgets, four national elections in two countries, Defence, public service and international governance.
