From the Guardian · · 1m
Interest rates, bank profits, cost of living all rising
First Dog on the Moon cartoon shows three linked crises: interest rates up, bank profits up, cost of living up, with a plea to Prime Minister Albanese.
In brief
First Dog on the Moon cartoon shows three linked crises: interest rates up, bank profits up, cost of living up, with a plea to Prime Minister Albanese. A cartoon argues that Prime Minister Albanese refuses to take obvious steps to ease voters' lives as interest rates, bank profits and cost of living all rise together…
Three crises converge
Interest rates are up. Bank profits are up. Cost of living is up. The cartoon presents these three trends as a connected problem facing Australian voters.
“Interest rates up, bank profits up, cost of living up”
Albanese's doom looms
Prime Minister Albanese faces political trouble as these crises mount. The cartoon suggests his political position is deteriorating under the weight of these pressures.
“Albanese's doom looms”
Obvious solutions ignored
The cartoon argues Albanese simply will not do the obvious things that will make voters' lives easier. The piece questions why he refuses to take these steps.
“he simply won't do the obvious things that will make voters' lives easier. Why?”
In short
A cartoon argues that Prime Minister Albanese refuses to take obvious steps to ease voters' lives as interest rates, bank profits and cost of living all rise together.
