Australia news live: Nationals MP Colin Boyce to challenge David Littleproud for leadership; inflation climbs to 3.8% | Australia news

Australia news live: Nationals MP Colin Boyce to challenge David Littleproud for leadership; inflation climbs to 3.8% | Australia news

Colin Boyce to challenge Nationals leader David Littleproud Dan Jervis-Bardy The Nationals MP, Colin Boyce, will launch a challenge to overthrow David Littleproud in the fallout to the Coalition’s split. The Flynn MP said he would move a motion to spill the Nationals leadership at a meeting on Monday, claiming Littleproud was leading the party […]

News live: IMF forecasts Australia to experience ‘drawn-out’ inflation; measles alert for western Sydney | Australia news

News live: IMF forecasts Australia to experience ‘drawn-out’ inflation; measles alert for western Sydney | Australia news

Australia will see ‘drawn-out’ and ‘above-target inflation’, IMF says Patrick Commins The International Monetary Fund says Australia is “projected to see some drawn-out persistence in above-target inflation”, as economists and investors bet the RBA will be forced to hike interest rates this year. Unemployment figures on Thursday followed by consumer price data the following Wednesday […]

Most Americans say country is on the wrong track, blame Trump for inflation, disapprove of the president and say he is going too far to expand power of presidency

Most Americans say country is on the wrong track, blame Trump for inflation, disapprove of the president and say he is going too far to expand power of presidency

Two-thirds of Americans say that the country is “pretty seriously off on the wrong track,” while just under a third say the country is moving in the right direction, according to an ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll conducted using Ipsos’ KnowledgePanel. Overall, Americans seem unhappy and anxious, with a slim majority saying the economy has gotten worse since […]

Australia politics live: Labor votes against Pocock’s climate duty of care bill; Chalmers blames inflation rise on end of state energy subsidies | Australia news

Australia politics live: Labor votes against Pocock’s climate duty of care bill; Chalmers blames inflation rise on end of state energy subsidies | Australia news

Labor votes against Pocock’s climate duty of care bill and Liberal senator crosses the floor Labor have been put into a slightly uncomfortable position in the Senate, on David Pocock’s bill that would insert a duty of care to young people and future children into the Climate Change Act. The legislation would force decision-makers to […]