interest rates

The ‘can’t have it all’ narrative creates a false dichotomy that suggests women have a choice to make between a home, family and career.

Tuesday’s 0.25 percentage point cash rate rise to 4.35 per cent is the first from the Reserve Bank under its new governor, Michelle Bullock.

Although she has been with the bank four decades, the past two have been in areas remote from the setting of interest rates, meaning she won’t feel compelled to defend the mistakes of the past.

The cost of childcare isn’t even the biggest issue we’re facing as a family. The bigger problem is that we can’t access it properly.

The Reserve Bank has increased interest rates for the first time in over a decade, lifting the rate to 0.35 per cent on Tuesday afternoon.