Central bank signals more hikes to come – as it happened
by Josh Taylor and Natasha May (earlier) from World news | The Guardian on (#66H7D)
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Shorten confident solution will be found well before Christmas'
The national cabinet meeting was supposed to see the federal government negotiate with the states on an acceptable intervention on soaring energy prices.
It will be delayed just a few days. The fact of the matter is all options are on the table.
It's no secret with the premiers, the challenge is Putin's war in Ukraine has flowed through to coal and gas prices all around the world and it's affecting Australian families.
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