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Minister warns on rate rises

4 August 2009

CANBERRA has begun preparing the way for higher interest rates, declaring that the present low rates "can't stay that way forever" and expressing sympathy for banks such as Westpac that have already begun pushing up fixed-term mortgage rates... read full story

Party snoozes off during Ruddfest

1 August 2009

I am writing this column in the press room at the Australian Labor Party's 45th national conference. It's like the hospital scene from Gone With the Wind in here. Wave after wave of injured journalists reel in, bleeding from the ears, nursing their heads and moaning from dreadful tedium-related injuries... read full story

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