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Dissent inside the RBA board about rate rise

November 3, 2026 · 4 min

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Point of Law won the Melbourne Cup by a country mile - and rates went up just as everyone expected them to. In fact the only surprise this afternoon is that three members of the Reserve Bank Board voted against putting the cash rate target up to 4.85 per cent, revealing some controversy inside the board about whether they can  slow inflation without wrecking the economy. Listen now to The Front’s afternoon headlines. 

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