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Mortgage increases a reality of a high-inflation world: Albanese

7 February 2023

SkyNews

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the drastic increase in mortgage repayments is the “reality of a world where there’s inflation”.

“I think Australians understand that there is a lot of upward pressure on interest rates at the moment, they’re not my words, they’re his – the Leader of the Opposition,” Mr Albanese said.

“The words of the Leader of the Opposition on the third of May, 2022.”

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