3 November 2026
Voters were already frustrated before the RBA’s fifth rate hike. Labor will be hoping its luck hasn’t run out

Tuesday’s RBA decision will add more pain for households and Pauline Hanson and Angus Taylor stand to benefit if voters keep punishing Labor Labor had a lot of luck before the last federal election. As well as vastly out-campaigning the Coalition, Anthony Albanese was buoyed by an historically unpopular opponent in Peter Dutton and intensifying dislike of Donald Trump.
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