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Interest rates
The only certainty for your mortgage rate – Reserve Bank uncertainty
The Reserve Bank is supposed to have a handle on how the economy will perform over the next two years. Its minutes show it doesn’t.
- by Shane Wright
Dutton to supermarkets: Rein in prices, or we’ll force you to sell stores
Grocery prices have played a key role in the cost-of-living debate, prompting the Coalition to adopt an interventionist policy opposed by business lobby groups.
- by Paul Sakkal
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Exiled senator Payman advised by Ricky Muir’s former preference whisperer
Rogue Labor senator Fatima Payman is being advised by controversial election strategist Glenn Druery.
- by James Massola and Paul Sakkal
The latest illustrations from artist Alan Moir
The Sydney Morning Herald’s political cartoonist, sketches the political unreality.
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NATO
Dutton tells MPs to ‘be ready’ for early election after PM scraps Washington visit
Anthony Albanese was expected to attend next week’s summit marking NATO’s 75th anniversary but Defence Minister Richard Marles will now travel to the US in his place.
- by Rob Harris, Angus Thompson and James Massola
Albanese says he has shown ‘strength in restraint’ by not expelling rogue senator
The prime minister’s remarks came hours after senior minister Bill Shorten extended an olive branch to Payman, saying she could come back into the fold later.
- by Paul Sakkal and Josefine Ganko