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The November consumer price index figures will please treasurer Jim Chalmers and a few others.
Coming in at 4.3%, inflation was slightly lower than the 4.4% expected by economists, and well down from the 4.9% pace in October, the ABS said.
CPI in November was 4.3%, or the lowest since January 2022. (Source: @ABSStats ) pic.twitter.com/JhSPe2O00i
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Michelle Marquardt, ABS head of prices statistics, said housing costs continued to rise, up 6.6% from a year ago, while food and non-alcoholic beverages rose 4.6%, and insurance and financial services were 8.8% more expensive.
Excluding volatile items from the monthly CPI indicator, the annual rise in November was 4.8%, lower than the annual rise of 5.1% in October,” she said.
More needed, of course, but arrow is pointing in the right direction.
9m ago19.32 EST
November inflation was 4.3%, better than expected and the lowest since January 2022.
Updated at 19.33 EST18m ago19.23 EST
Pope’s comments on surrogacy spur two Victorian MPs to ditch morning prayer
Two Victorian Labor MPs have vowed to ditch the morning prayer on parliamentary sitting days in the wake of Pope Francis’ recent comments on surrogacy.
Frankston MP, Paul Edbrooke, and Tarneit MP, Dylan Wight, both took to X, formerly known as Twitter, on Tuesday to hit back at the pope, who called for a global ban on surrogacy, describing the practice as “deplorable” and a violation of the dignity of the woman and the child.
The duo both said they would no longer take part in the 105-year tradition of opening each sitting day with the Lord’s Prayer. Greens MPs already don’t take part in the practice.
Wight wrote:
[My brother] Jarrod was adopted at birth by my parents a couple of years before I came along. Whilst I understand adoption and surrogacy aren’t the same thing – families are formed in many different ways. The comments from the Pope are archaic and deplorable.
I have deep respect for those that practice a faith and strongly believe in their right to do so.
I don’t practice a faith, however the vast majority of my electorate that do, do not practice Christianity.
For these reasons I’ve decided to no longer participate in the prayer.
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2024-01-09 19:29:19
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