Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell says “we are a day closer” to Phillip Lowe departing his position as Governor of the Reserve Bank after changes by Treasurer Jim Chalmers were proposed.
Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell says “we are a day closer” to Philip Lowe departing his position as Governor of the Reserve Bank after changes by Treasurer Jim Chalmers were proposed.
“Treasurer Jim Chalmers again repeated today, as he did on Sunday Agenda a couple of months ago, that he would make a decision in the middle of the year on whether Phil Lowe would be reappointed in September.”
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