The Greens’ demands on the RBA make for bad economic policy. Is it also crazy politics?
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
When the Greens tell Labor they’re ready to negotiate, what they usually mean is they’re preparing to make populist demands that can’t or shouldn’t be met.
So it is with their “ask” on the Reserve Bank legislation.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers wants to split the Reserve Bank board into two, one to run monetary policy...





