The Shadow Treasurer says Labor policies are behind the Reserve Bank’s decision to raise the cash rate to 4.1 per cent at its meeting on Tuesday.
“It is coming as a result of a cocktail of policies that we have seen from Labor …
which are combining to create an inflationary fire,” he told a press conference on Tuesday.
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