25 Sep 2024

Australia: Phony discounts, no rate relief, miserable Aussies

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 25 September 2024
An image of air quality and inset of Lidia Morawska.

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Australia correspondent Karen Middleton looks at the legal action pending against the country's two largest supermarkets, which are accused of using fake discounts to lure customers. The Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has weighed in, and proposed a new grocery code of conduct.

The Reserve Bank has left the official interest rate on hold and a new Misery Index has found Australians are the most miserable they've been since the global financial crisis.

Karen Middleton is political editor of the Guardian Australia