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What does the Reserve Bank of Australia review mean, and how will it affect interest rates and mortgage payments?

A scathing review of the Reserve Bank of Australia is set to deliver a shake-up of the central bank not seen in a generation. Here's what it means for interest rates, your mortgage, and RBA governor Philip Lowe.

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Afternoon Update: Lowe responds to RBA shake-up; rare solar eclipse in images; and K-pop star dies at 25

RBA governor welcomes review of central bank as treasurer announces all 51 recommendations will be implemented

The Guardian - AU

Philip Lowe welcomes RBA review but says description of board ‘far from the reality’

Reserve Bank governor says board challenges him and does not ‘sit there meekly’ but calls overall report ‘kind of excellent’

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Lowe says he would stay at RBA helm as reforms unfold

The governor of the Reserve Bank agrees the institution needs to evolve and is willing to lead the reform of the central bank if his tenure is extended.

The New Daily

RBA boss concedes central bank ‘needs to change’

RBA boss Philip Lowe has welcomed the wide-ranging review of the central bank, admitting it "needs to change".

The New Daily

Treasurer appoints two new Reserve Bank board members

Former workplace umpire Iain Ross and corporate director Elana Rubin have been appointed to the board of the Reserve Bank of Australia.

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The RBA review ignores the global failure of inflation management to prevent financial chaos

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RBA shake-up promises board representation for workers, with focus on full employment and fighting inflation

Sweeping changes to Reserve Bank of Australia give equal weighting to employment and inflation, and mandate greater transparency

The Guardian - AU

RBA overhaul to put board members in spotlight

A major overhaul of the Reserve Bank will see a new board for setting interest rates that's more accountable and holds fewer meetings.

The New Daily

Reserve Bank revolution: how Jim Chalmers will recraft the RBA for the 21st century

The review into the Reserve Bank of Australia has just been published by Treasurer Jim Chalmers, and it’s a blockbuster.

The Conversation

Reserve Bank set for biggest overhaul in decades after review calls for more external leaders

The Reserve Bank is set for its biggest overhaul in decades, with a review into the central bank finding it needs major changes to ensure it is "fit for the future".

ABC News

Lowe prepared to stay on as RBA governor after Treasurer releases critical review; ASX finishes flat — as it happened

It was a monumental day for Australian finance with a review leaving the RBA facing its biggest shake-up in decades. But the share market was left unruffled, finishing broadly flat. This is how the action unfolded.

ABC News

ACTU will not push for spot on RBA board as review released – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Reserve Bank shake-up, spy warning, ‘carbon capture’ microbe

Review of RBA’s operations recommends establishing a separate rate-setting panel; Asio warns that foreign agents are ‘aggressively selling secrets’

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The New Daily

Massive overhaul of Reserve Bank to change how rates are set

The Reserve Bank of Australia is facing a major overhaul that would change how interest rates are set after a review into its future.

AAP

Reserve Bank renovation to split responsibility

Two separate boards will be responsible for governance and interest rates in a major overhaul in response to a review of the Reserve Bank of Australia.

The Guardian - AU

RBA to have separate rate-setting panel but inflation target expected to remain

First full review for decades recommends raft of changes including splitting the board into two to enable more focus on how interest rates are decided

The Conversation

Reserve Bank to have two boards after overhaul by inquiry

The long-awaited independent review of the Reserve Bank commissioned by Treasurer Jim Chalmers will be released on Thursday, with the treasurer already flagging in-principle agreement with all its recommendations.

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Labor to announce in-principle support for RBA review's recommendations, establish two new boards

Treasurer Jim Chalmers is set to release the highly anticipated review into the Reserve Bank of Australia on Thursday and to announce that the government has given in-principle support to all of its recommended changes.

ABC News

Jim Chalmers is a man on many missions. Here's what the treasurer's been up to ahead of the budget

Will Treasurer Jim Chalmers be able to please everyone with his May budget? He's certainly trying very hard to cover a lot of economic ground beforehand.

The New Daily

Michael Pascoe: The darling buds of May promise the flowering of reforms

There are drums beating in the policy jungle that the first days of May might see Australia commit to taking on necessary economic reform.

The New Daily

Reserve Bank minutes divide experts amid optimism and pessimism on rate hikes

"Anyone who thinks the RBA will hold rates at 3.6 per cent have some cause for concern following the release of RBA April minutes".

The New Daily

Westpac Group expands fee-free ATM network amid mass retreat

Westpac Group is expanding its fee-free ATM network to almost 7000 locations as banks continue to pull away from physical branches.

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Coalition reshuffle promotes voice opponents; RBA hints at rate rises; and Ablett Sr sues AFL over concussion

Liberal leader Peter Dutton signals determined approach to thwart voice after parachuting Jacinta Price into shadow cabinet

The New Daily

‘Very tight’ jobs market fuelled case for April hike

Inflation that is still far too high and Australia's red-hot jobs market were the key arguments for another interest rate hike in April.

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