Today on Pearls and Irritations
Inflation and interest rates up. Who's to blame?
The RBA has lifted rates to 4.6 per cent, concentrating much of the pain of fighting inflation on younger households with mortgages. A tighter budget could spread the burden more fairly, but serious spending cuts would mean poorer services.
Why Britain cannot deliver SSN-AUKUS on schedule
The price of pork has hit $23 billion
Netanyahu asked UAE leader to deny October 7 warning report, source says
Labor’s Left has won the party. So what happened to the Left?
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