Treasurer Jim Chalmers has committed to dumping the policy for which “old Labor” legends John Curtin and Ben Chifley fought hardest—democratic control of the central bank and the banking system.
Australians smashed by interest rate rises are paying the price for decades of the Reserve Bank of Australia ignoring its lawful mandate in favour of a policy dictated by neoliberal think tanks.
The RBA is recklessly ignoring the mortgage stress of households that were lured into mortgages to prop up the bubble; Australia needs a foreclosure moratorium now!
The primary purpose of Scott Morrison’s plan to give first home buyers access to their superannuation is not to help young Australian afford a home, but to keep the big banks ringing up profits from mortgages.
