Interest rates and Labor's spending, and the Greens look to Mamdani

By The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age

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Anthony Albanese is back from the United Nations in New York to a slump in his approval rating and more economic pain. On Tuesday, the Reserve Bank raised interest rates to a 15-year-high due to continued inflation pressure. So what's driving inflation? How much is government spending contributing to this issue? (https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/rba-hikes-interest-rates-to-4-6-per-cent-in-15-year-high-20260929-p6119t.html?utm_source=omny&utm_medium=podcast_notes&utm_campaign=the_morning_edition&utm_content=&utm_term=newsroom) Also this week, the Greens elected a new leader. NSW senator David Shoebridge is far more confrontational than former leader Larissa Waters and comes from the party's hard-left faction. His election may signal a shift in strategy from the party, (https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/the-greens-need-to-let-the-sunshine-in-or-risk-stagnation-20261001-p611xe.html?utm_source=omny&utm_medium=podcast_notes&utm_campaign=the_morning_edition&utm_conten