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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Peter Hannam

What key numbers should Australian politicians – and voters – know and care about?

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is suffering its sixth mass coral bleaching on record. All have occurred since 1998.
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is suffering its sixth mass coral bleaching on record. All have occurred since 1998. Photograph: Brett Monroe Garner/Getty Images

On the first official day of the 2022 election campaign, Labor leader Anthony Albanese notably stumbled over Australia’s jobless rate and the cash rate.

What numbers should politicians – and voters – know and care about besides the price of a litre of milk or petrol, or a loaf of bread?

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