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
What US political chaos means for Putin’s war
What you need to know about the Voice
Interest rates under a new look RBA
The Airbnb crackdown
Should ‘special schools’ be shut down?
TikTok’s role in this referendum
Pezzullo, politics and the public service
Lockdowns and the legacy of Daniel Andrews
How a controversial autism treatment was exposed
How an oil cartel is pushing up petrol prices
Russell Brand’s conspiracies and his defenders
Surviving the extreme heat this summer
What taking on the tax office cost a whistleblower
What China wants with Australian greyhounds
How 100,000 migrants are testing New York
Putin, Kim and the dictators’ deal
Summer blackouts and our slow energy switch
Why your slice of the economic pie is shrinking
What to expect this bushfire season
No simple answers on the Voice in remote Australia
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