When the Reserve Bank board meets on Melbourne Cup Day next week to consider what would be the fifth interest rate rise this year, Anthony Albanese will be as far away as is humanly possible.
The prime minister’s travel schedule is always brutal at this time of year due to the so-called summit season, a rolling festival of acronyms that includes PIF, UNGA, COP, ASEAN/EAS, APEC and the G20.
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