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The Coalition frontbencher Melissa McIntosh has called for the prime minister to convene an urgent meeting of national cabinet after several alleged antisemitic attacks in Melbourne at the weekend.
But Victoria’s opposition police spokesman David Southwick, who is Jewish, said there was no need for another “talkfest”.
People on low and modest incomes have borne the brunt of interest rate rises and desperately need relief. The economic conditions clearly support a rate cut.
Low unemployment should be celebrated, not feared. There is no evidence that our current unemployment rate is driving inflation. In fact, inflation continues to fall even with unemployment at these levels.
We should be supporting job creation, not deliberately trying to push people out of employment to meet an arbitrary unemployment target.
We need an urgent increase to JobSeeker and other social security payments to lift them to a liveable level.
We also need further investment in social housing and home energy upgrades for low-income renters to bring down energy bills.
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Author : Jordyn Beazley
Publish date : 2025-07-06 21:24:00
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