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A quick test.
A bat and a ball cost $1.10 together.
The bat costs exactly $1 more than the ball.
How much does the ball cost?
Most people answer too quickly.
+$576 a month.
That’s how much more a $730K, 30-year mortgage costs now vs January.
The RBA just hiked for the 5th time this year. Cash rate: 4.85%, the highest since 2008. Variable rates that started 2026 around 5% are now near 6.25%.
That’s ~$6,900 a year out of one household budget. Before Christmas.
And the vote was 6–3, so a third of the board wanted to hold. The next move is not a sure thing either way.
Fixed, variable, or refinancing? What are you doing? 👇
Two people earn $200,000 a year.
One owns three properties and has almost no savings.
The other earns the same amount, owns one modest home and has $500,000 invested.
Who is actually richer?
Income is not wealth. And lifestyle is not financial security.
The most reliable way to manipulate voters is to convince them that criticism of their political leader is an attack on their identity.
Once politics becomes personal identity, accountability becomes almost impossible.