RBA Governor Philip Lowe’s appearance in Senate Estimates on Wednesday was a “smack in the face to the bullies”, according to Sky News host Andrew Bolt.
Mr Bolt said the media “chased” Mr Lowe down the street, called him “our most loathed banker”, and demanded his resignation after the RBA hiked rates nine times.
“But that is nothing compared to the outrageous way that Lowe’s been bullied by the Albanese government, and as I say, thank God the Reserve Bank Governor was defiant today when he was grilled by a Senate committee,” he said. “Let Labor threaten Lowe and also scapegoat him for their own failure to help fight inflation by cutting their spending. For their own failure to fight inflation by cutting power prices because of their global warming fantasies.Read More
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