Michele Bullock didn’t cut rates on Tuesday. Bernie Fraser is sure she should have

Michele Bullock didn’t cut rates on Tuesday. Bernie Fraser is sure she should have

The Reserve Bank’s most iconic governor says businesses are going bust and the RBA is too focused on only one factor in its charter.

  • byPeter FitzSimons

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No ‘super nerds’ to set rates:Revolt over Reserve Bank reforms

No ‘super nerds’ to set rates:Revolt over Reserve Bank reforms

Former treasurer Peter Costello told a Senate inquiry that parliament would surrender its sovereignty if the treasurer lost the power to overrule the bank.

  • byShane Wright
Grafton goes Hawaiian
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Grafton goes Hawaiian

At least that email wasn’t spam.

Croatian holiday virgin on the ridiculous
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Croatian holiday virgin on the ridiculous

And a monarch on the highway to hell.

Peter Dutton warns he would not support ‘tainted’ choice for next RBA governor

Peter Dutton warns he would not support ‘tainted’ choice for next RBA governor

Former Treasury secretary turned RBA governor Bernie Fraser says it would be “nonsense” to exclude former senior public servants from the bank’s top job.

  • byRachel Clun
Three key contenders for the Reserve Bank’s top job

Three key contenders for the Reserve Bank’s top job

Speculation has been building about who might be the next governor,with the treasurer expected to make an announcement on Friday.

  • byMillie Muroi andRachel Clun
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‘Sound judgment,integrity’:Pivotal RBA governor Bob Johnston dead at 98

‘Sound judgment,integrity’:Pivotal RBA governor Bob Johnston dead at 98

Bob Johnston,RBA governor under Paul Keating and pivotal to some of the nation’s most important financial reforms,has died at the age of 98.

  • byShane Wright
Top economists urge government to rethink stage three tax cuts
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Top economists urge government to rethink stage three tax cuts

An open letter to the prime minister signed by 100 economists and financial experts warns the $254 billion in tax cuts pose a risk to the budget and will push up inflation.

  • byShane Wright
Treasurer acknowledges internal debate on tax cuts Bernie Fraser calls ‘dodgy’

Treasurer acknowledges internal debate on tax cuts Bernie Fraser calls ‘dodgy’

Jim Chalmers has refused to shut down debate on controversial tax cuts that former RBA governor Bernie Fraser labelled “unfair and unwarranted”.

  • byRachel Clun
Don’t ‘pussyfoot around’:Fraser says RBA has to start lifting rates now

Don’t ‘pussyfoot around’:Fraser says RBA has to start lifting rates now

Former RBA governor Bernie Fraser says the central bank can’t wait until after the election and should start lifting interest rates at its meeting on Tuesday.

  • byShane Wright
A budget reckoning:How the tax system is failing Australians
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A budget reckoning:How the tax system is failing Australians

Top economists,former Treasury officials and ex-politicians are warning that Australia is fast approaching a fiscal nightmare.

  • byJennifer Duke andShane Wright