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‘Interest rate pain will pile up’: Expert warns Australians of dire consequences to Labors spending
May 21, 2026
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Sky News Business Editor Ross Greenwood blasts Labor’s spending spree, warning mounting debt and Reserve Bank pressure will deepen Australia’s economic pain. “The government, in a tight time, when the Reserve Bank is urging restraint from the government, is this year increasing its spending by 5.4 per cent,” Mr Greenwood told Sky News host Peta Credlin.
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