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Bullock optimistic about jobs market
The Reserve Bank governor, Michele Bullock, says she is upbeat about the country’s labour market and expects Australia to hang on to recent job gains.
Bullock, who took over as governor in September, told a conference in Melbourne she was pleased how the country had drawn people into the workforce, some of whom weren’t previously employed.
“Women and youth in particular have benefited immensely from this,” Bullock said at the Australian Securities and Investments Commission conference in Melbourne.
I’m really optimistic that we can keep these gains.
The RBA is releasing its November meeting minutes later this morning, which will provide context behind the board’s recent decision to raise the official cash rate to 4.35%, marking the 13th rise since May last year.
Australia’s unemployment rate is at a historically low 3.7% but has been rising amid persistent inflation and higher borrowing rates.
The Reserve Bank of Australia governor, Michele Bullock. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAPUpdated at 18.53 EST35m ago18.25 ESTAlex Greenwich’s defamation case against Mark Latham to be heard next year
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New South Wales MP Alex Greenwich’s defamation case against fellow MP Mark Latham will be heard next year after the parties failed to reach an agreement in mediation outside of court.
The trial is expected to take five days and will centre on the impact of a homophobic tweet and subsequent media comments by the former NSW One Nation leader Latham earlier in the year.
During a brief appearance on Tuesday morning, Justice Anna Katzman described the initial tweet from Latham as “notorious”.
Alex Greenwich and Mark Latham. Photograph: Flavio Brancaleone, Dan Himbrechts/AAP
A lawyer for the independent Sydney MP told the court he would argue Latham “unleashed a torrent of really despicable homophobic and other abuse on Mr Greenwich” when he made his comments.
He told the court that if Latham had apologised and withdrawn his comment that it “likely would have been the end of the matter” but further comments were then made to a journalist at the Daily Telegraph and then printed which added to the…
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