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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Antoun Issa

Afternoon Update: Lowe says struggling Australians could work more; Fraser Island renamed K’gari; and the origins of masturbation

Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Philip Lowe delivers an address at the Morgan Stanley Australia Summit
The RBA governor Philip Lowe’s remarks on the cost-of-living crisis have come amid scrutiny of the central bank’s decision to lift the cash rate yet again. Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP

Happy hump day! A few eyebrows might be raised upon hearing the Reserve Bank governor’s comments about Australians struggling with rising interest rates and cost-of-living pressures: if they can work more hours and cut spending, they may get “back into a positive cash flow position”.

Philip Lowe also warned against the idea that all workers should be compensated for inflation, saying “we have to make sure that higher inflation doesn’t translate into higher wages for everybody”.

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