This episode features some of the best conversations of 2023, ABC News Daily will be back on Monday 29th January, 2024.
We’re in a cost of living crisis and in 2023 we saw multiple interest rate hikes by the RBA, ballooning mortgage repayments for borrowers.
In this episode we explore whether rate hikes are the only way to fight inflation, and ask when our wages will finally catch up.
Featured:
Michael Janda, ABC senior digital business reporter
Gareth Hutchens, ABC business and economics reporter
Louise Milligan on male violence
Hugh Grant, Murdoch and phone hacking
Elon Musk’s ‘free speech’ fight with Australia
The pricing trap doubling some power bills
Donald Trump and the politics of abortion
How a uni student got blamed for Bondi
Mental health and the Bondi killer
‘Terrorism’ at a Sydney church
The rape ruling against Bruce Lehrmann
Making sense of the Bondi Junction attack
Zan Rowe on what’s killing music festivals
Was Israel’s strike a ‘tragedy’ or a war crime?
Sex, drugs and Lehrmann’s paid interview
Will we really run out of gas next winter?
Will your next car be a Chinese EV?
The Ozempic craze and risky replicas
Is Israel targeting aid workers?
Youth crime and a curfew in Alice Springs
Can we beat inflation and keep jobs?
Looking for Modi – Humble beginnings
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