Follow the day’s news live. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Rising unemployment, stubbornly high inflation and a looming interest rate hike are piling misery onto Australian consumers, but Labor insists better days are on the horizon, Australian Associated Press reports. The pinch of optimism comes as mortgage holders brace for the Australia" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="3046" data-entity-type="organization">Reserve Bank of Australia to lift the official interest rate to a near-15-year high of 4.6% on Tuesday, an outcome money markets are treating as largely a foregone conclusion. Continue reading...
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Australia news live: Chalmers and Gallagher to present final budget outcome; RBA interest rate hike looms
Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Finance Minister Katy Gallagher are set to present the final budget outcome. Meanwhile, Australian consumers are facing increasing hardship due to rising unemployment and persistent high inflation.
Nick VisserThe Guardian - World NewsFiled 2026-09-27 · 21:30 GMTLean · Center-LeftRead · 1 min
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Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Finance Minister Katy Gallagher are set to present the final budget outcome. Meanwhile, Australian consumers are facing increasing hardship due to rising unemployment and persistent high inflation. The Reserve Bank of Australia is widely expected to raise the official interest rate to 4.6% on Tuesday, a move that would bring it to a nearly 15-year high. Despite these economic challenges, the Labor party maintains that improved conditions are anticipated in the future. Mortgage holders are preparing for this anticipated interest rate increase.
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Mortgage holders brace for the Reserve Bank of Australia to lift the official interest rate to a near-15-year high of 4.6% on Tuesday.
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Money markets are treating the interest rate hike as a largely foregone conclusion.
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Chalmers and Gallagher to present final budget outcome.
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Rising unemployment, stubbornly high inflation, and a looming interest rate hike are piling misery onto Australian consumers.
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Labor insists better days are on the horizon.
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