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Former RBA governor Bernie Fraser says a cartel that includes politicians and existing home owners don’t want to see prices fall.

Tax change would help first timers get a home: Treasury

Former Reserve Bank governor Bernie Fraser also told the inquiry a cartel “including politicians” was opposed to anything that would cut house prices.

  • Shane Wright

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RBA archives exclusive: Bernie Fraser, Bob Hawke, Paul Keating and Sir Peter Abeles.

The inside story of the recession we didn’t have to have

As Australia deals with Donald Trump’s tariff turmoil, secret documents show the Reserve Bank board had its own plans to deal with economic disaster in the early 1990s.

  • Shane Wright

Michele Bullock didn’t cut rates on Tuesday. Bernie Fraser is sure she should have

The Reserve Bank’s most iconic governor says businesses are going bust and the RBA is too focused on only one factor in its charter.

  • Peter FitzSimons
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No ‘super nerds’ to set rates: Revolt over Reserve Bank reforms

Former treasurer Peter Costello told a Senate inquiry that parliament would surrender its sovereignty if the treasurer lost the power to overrule the bank.

  • Shane Wright
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Grafton goes Hawaiian

At least that email wasn’t spam.

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Croatian holiday virgin on the ridiculous

And a monarch on the highway to hell.

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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton during a Q and A with IPA Deputy Executive Director Daniel Wild at an Institute of Public Affairs event at the Fullerton Hotel in Sydney on July 7, 2023. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer

Peter Dutton warns he would not support ‘tainted’ choice for next RBA governor

Former Treasury secretary turned RBA governor Bernie Fraser says it would be “nonsense” to exclude former senior public servants from the bank’s top job.

  • Rachel Clun
RBA governor Philip Lowe will be speaking on Wednesday.

Three key contenders for the Reserve Bank’s top job

Speculation has been building about who might be the next governor, with the treasurer expected to make an announcement on Friday.

  • Millie Muroi and Rachel Clun
Bob Johnston, RBA governor under Paul Keating, was pivotal to the economy’s change through the 1980s.

‘Sound judgment, integrity’: Pivotal RBA governor Bob Johnston dead at 98

Bob Johnston, RBA governor under Paul Keating and pivotal to some of the nation’s most important financial reforms, has died at the age of 98.

  • Shane Wright
Allan Fels, Miranda Stewart, Bernie Fraser and Bruce Chapman are among 100 prominent economists and financial experts calling for the government to overhaul the stage three tax cuts.

Top economists urge government to rethink stage three tax cuts

An open letter to the prime minister signed by 100 economists and financial experts warns the $254 billion in tax cuts pose a risk to the budget and will push up inflation.

  • Shane Wright