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No smiling matter: Chalmers’ inflation reprieve is hiding some economic frowns
Inflation figures this week have probably stopped the Reserve Bank from further interest rate rises, but the economy on Jim Chalmers’ watch is still struggling.
- by Shane Wright
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PM says passion still burns, but Price accuses him of grandstanding
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will return to the Garma festival with a speech long on hope and short on policy proposals.
- by James Massola and Paul Sakkal
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Australia’s super-sized mortgages climb $154 a day to record high
NSW’s average mortgage lifted to $780,000 last financial year, while Victoria’s rose to $604,300.
- by Shane Wright
The latest illustrations from artist Alan Moir
The Sydney Morning Herald’s political cartoonist, sketches the political unreality.
Death of Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom result of Israel’s ‘procedural failures’
An Australian special adviser has handed down a report into the death of aid worker Zomi Frankcom, who was killed in Gaza in April.
- by Olivia Ireland
‘It’s not an inner-city thing’: Bowen reveals the suburbs leading the charge to EVs
Nearly one in 10 cars sold in Australia in the 12 months to the end of April was an electric vehicle. But Australia still has a long way to go to catch up to the global market.
- by Mike Foley
Legal twist in CFMEU scandal leads to bid for power to sack officials, confiscate property
The Fair Work Commission has moved to install a leading silk with sweeping powers to take over the CFMEU’s construction branches in four states.
- by Nick McKenzie, David Marin-Guzman and Ben Schneiders
Greens demand changes to back key Labor housing policies in the Senate
The Greens’ Max Chandler-Mather is already ramping up pressure on Labor’s new housing minister, Clare O’Neil, just days after she was given the role.
- by James Massola
Best of cartoons, August 2, 2024
The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
The latest illustrations from artist Simon Letch
Gallery of illustrations by the Sydney Morning Herald artist.
