Chris Higgins

Grattan on Friday: Cost-of-living crisis is the dragon the government can't slay

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Jeudi, octobre 26, 2023

No, she said, highlighting the importance of alliances and reassuring that the president could handle more than one thing at a time.

Key Points: 
  • No, she said, highlighting the importance of alliances and reassuring that the president could handle more than one thing at a time.
  • Of course, when an Australian prime minister is invited to Washington, he or she has to go.
  • The bank is usually Delphic about its intentions, and new governor Michele Bullock is showing herself a master at that game.
  • The board would receive more information before its meeting that would be important for this assessment, she said.
  • The point is, however, that whatever the government has done is for the average household only at the margin.
  • As the final treasurer in the Whitlam government, Hayden pursued budgetary rigour (in his case in the most difficult circumstances).
  • If it starts to consume the government’s support, it could eat a lot of political capital very quickly.


Michelle Grattan does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.