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Inflation is rising, interest rates are going up – and Labor’s economic woes could be One Nation’s gain | Tom McIlroy

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Anthony AlbaneseJim ChalmersInterest RatesOne NationPolitics

Headline inflation rose to 4% in the year to August, up from 3.5%, while trimmed mean inflation held steady at 3.6% for a third month.

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Headline inflation rose to 4% in the year to August, up from 3.5%, while trimmed mean inflation held steady at 3.6% for a third month.

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One of the three things this headline claims did not turn up in the report.

  • “Tom McIlroy” is named in the headline. We could not find it in the report.

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The Guardian Australiaas they published this story 13.8

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