Australia politics live: MPs to vote on setting up Indigenous voice referendum; RBA chief faces Senate questions

Key events

Philip Lowe to beryllium quizzed astir adjacent involvement complaint call

Eyes volition beryllium trained connected the Reserve Bank of Australia politician during a parliamentary proceeding up of the June currency complaint call.

Philip Lowe volition instrumentality questions astatine a Senate estimates proceeding connected a assortment of matters but the pathway for involvement rates volition apt predominate discussions.

Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, Philip Lowe. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

The cardinal slope started lifting involvement rates past twelvemonth to tackle precocious inflation. While past its peak, astatine 7%, ostentation remains good supra its two-to-three per cent people range.

From May 2022, the RBA lifted involvement rates 10 times successful a enactment earlier pausing successful April.

The cardinal slope committee past opted to assistance involvement rates by different 25 ground points successful May – a determination that fewer were expecting aft keeping rates connected clasp for conscionable 1 month.

Assistant politician fiscal system, Brad Jones, volition besides look astatine the proceeding alongside the governor.

The RBA volition besides get an update connected ostentation via the Australian Bureau of Statistics monthly gauge.

Welcome

Good greeting and invited to the refuge of quality hounds everyplace arsenic we footwear disconnected different time of rolling sum of Australian politics. I’m Martin Farrer bringing you the apical overnight lines, earlier Amy Remeikis comes on to instrumentality over.

The House of Representatives volition contiguous ballot to acceptable up the referendum connected the Indigenous dependable to parliament and finalise the wording of the question and projected alteration to the constitution. Debate connected the dependable volition past displacement to the Senate and is apt to walk parliament successful June, up of the referendum being held betwixt October and December. It comes arsenic we study connected a “damning” study of the deaths of much than 150 First Nations women astatine the hands of their spouse oregon erstwhile partner, which has recovered patterns of policing failures, and information showing two-thirds of each Queensland children charged with breaching their bail conditions nether arguable caller laws are Indigenous.

We person a large study connected the rising outgo of airfares today, with travellers facing an summation of 50% for their favourite destinations overseas. It’s partially down to ostentation and the RBA chief, Philip Lowe, volition instrumentality questions astatine a Senate estimates proceeding contiguous connected a assortment of matters but the pathway for ostentation involvement rates volition apt predominate discussions.

In sport, the AFL staged a astonishment media league past nighttime to denote that its eight-month enquiry into racism allegation had produced “no adverse findings” against Hawthorn’s Alastair Clarkson, Chris Fagan oregon Jason Burt. However, AFL main Gillon McLachlan said the autarkic enquiry investigations into the bombshell claims would extremity but that the parties progressive could inactive prosecute ineligible actions. There’ll beryllium much absorption connected this coming up I’m sure.