Australia news live: Chris Bowen travels to Pacific for Cop31 push; Coalition frontbencher calls for national cabinet after Melbourne attacks

Follow the latest updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastACOSS is calling on the Reserve Bank of Australia to cut interest rates again tomorrow after the latest inflation data show that price pressures are continuing to ease.“With inflation well within the RBA’s target and decreasing, there is no reason to keep interest rates high,” said ACOSS acting CEO Jacqueline Phillips.People on low and modest incomes have borne the brunt of interest rate rises and desperately need relief. The economic conditions clearly support a rate cut.Low unemployment should be celebrated, not feared. There is no evidence that our current unemployment rate is driving inflation. In fact, inflation continues to fall even with unemployment at these levels.We should be supporting job creation, not deliberately trying to push people out of employment to meet an arbitrary unemployment target.We need an urgent increase to JobSeeker and other social security payments to lift them to a liveable level.We also need further investment in social housing and home energy upgrades for low-income renters to bring down energy bills. Continue reading...

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