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AustralianPolitics.com Tuesday, March 19, 2024 - 14:42 Source

The Reserve Bank has left the cash rate unchanged at 4.35%, in a decision announced today.

The cash rate has now been held at 4.35% for the past four months.

In a statement released today, the RBA board says that inflation has moderated but is still high. It says the “outlook is highly uncertain”.

Watch RBA Governor Michele Bullock’s press conference (39m):

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Left Focus Friday, March 8, 2024 - 16:08 Source

 

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Digitopoly Friday, March 8, 2024 - 13:01 Source

Large language models (LLMs) have overrun commercial markets, more like a tsunami than a normal technical wave of interest. The topic is everywhere –news stories, blogs, podcasts, startup investments, analyst reports, hackathons, and government announcements. A virtual frenzy surrounds it.

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AustralianPolitics.com Tuesday, February 27, 2024 - 15:03 Source

Scott Morrison, the former Prime Minister (2018-22), has delivered his valedictory speech to the House of Representatives.

Morrison will resign as the Liberal member for Cook later this week.

First elected to parliament in 2007, Morrison was re-elected five more times. He served nearly six years in opposition before becoming a Cabinet minister upon election of the Abbott coalition government in 2013. Becoming prime minister on August 24, 2018, Morrison won the 2019 election, but was defeated at the election of May 21, 2022.

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AustralianPolitics.com Tuesday, February 6, 2024 - 15:02 Source

The Reserve Bank of Australia today made no change to the cash rate, leaving it at 4.35%.

The 4.35% rate has been in force since November 2023.

The bank’s decision is its first in a restructured process. As part of the new processes, the Governor of the Reserve Bank, Michele Bullock, held a press conference an hour after the bank’s decision was announced.

Watch Michele Bullock’s press conference (45m)

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AustralianPolitics.com Tuesday, February 6, 2024 - 14:18 Source

The coalition will support the Albanese government’s tax cuts, the Opposition Leader, Peter Dutton, confirmed today.

Flanked by the Shadow Treasurer, Angus Taylor, and the Shadow Finance Minister, Senator Jane Hume, Dutton said “the coalition is not going to stand in the way of people who are doing it tough”.

With repeated references to “the liar in The Lodge” and the government’s “egregious lie”, Dutton said the coalition would take “a significant tax policy” to the next election.

Watch the Dutton-Taylor-Hume press conference (35m)

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AustralianPolitics.com Monday, January 29, 2024 - 12:01 Source

Greg Combet, a former minister in the Rudd-Gillard governments, has been appointed Chairman of the Future Fund.

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Greg Combet, new Chairman of the Future Fund

The Treasurer, Jim Chalmers, made the announcement at a press conference today.

Combet replaces Peter Costello, the Future Fund’s founder and current Chairman.

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AustralianPolitics.com Saturday, January 27, 2024 - 20:44 Source

This is the video of Governor-General David Hurley’s 2024 Australia Day Address.

The Address was shown on ABC television at 6.55pm on Australia Day.

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AustralianPolitics.com Tuesday, January 23, 2024 - 14:59 Source

The former prime minister, Scott Morrison, has announced that he will retire from parliament at the end of February.

Morrison made the announcement in a statement posted on Facebook. He said he would “take on new challenges in the global corporate sector and spend more time with my family.”

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AustralianPolitics.com Friday, January 19, 2024 - 14:55 Source

This is the official timetable of key dates for the Dunkley by-election on March 2, 2024.

The dates show the election is being conducted within the minimum timeframe whereby polling day must be no less than 33 days from the issue of the writ.

2024 Dunkley By-Election Timetable

Event
Date
Explanation

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AustralianPolitics.com Friday, January 19, 2024 - 12:19 Source

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has issued a “country report” on the Australian economy, warning that growth is weakening and inflation remains persistently high.

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AustralianPolitics.com Monday, January 8, 2024 - 14:26 Source

As 2024 starts, a reminder that across the nine federal, state and territory jurisdictions, there are eight Labor governments.

Current Australian Heads of Government & Opposition Leaders – from December 21, 2024

No.
Jurisdiction
PM/Premier/
Chief Minister
Age
Party
Since
Opposition Leader
Age
Party
Since

1.

AUSTRALIA

Anthony Albanese

62

ALP

23.05.2022

Peter Dutton

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AustralianPolitics.com Saturday, January 6, 2024 - 14:05 Source

On the eve of the third anniversary of the January 6, 2021, Capitol Hill insurrection, President Joe Biden has made a swingeing attack on his putative Republican opponent in this year’s election, former President Donald Trump.

Speaking in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, Biden told his audience: “Democracy is on the ballot. Freedom is on the ballot.”

Watch Biden’s speech (33m):

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Digitopoly Saturday, December 23, 2023 - 13:25 Source

It is time to review the year in digital technology. Oh, what fun! As with prior reviews, we will arrange this review like an award ceremony.

There are three criteria for an award:

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