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The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) calendar for 12 November 2026 included a speech by Marnie Baker AM, a member of the Monetary Policy Board, at the ARCA Credit Summit on the Gold Coast. The entry now carries a short note: "Unfortunately, unforeseen family …

The negative gearing change is ENACTED law under the Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 1) Act 2026.

Central bank calendars can look like dry lists of dates. Read in sequence, they tell a story about how information reaches the public. The Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) website calendar for the second half of November 2026 is a good example. Over roughly …

The Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 1) Act 2026 is ENACTED law. Among its measures, it raises the threshold for accessing the small business 50% active asset reduction from $2 million to $10 million.

Nobody outside the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) can know what theMonetary PolicyBoard will decide at its next meeting, and the RBA itself does not pre-commit. What can be done is to read what the Board has said matters, and then line that up …

• Deputy Governor Andrew Hauser argued that public trust is part of howMonetary Policyworks.

The case, Commissioner of Taxation v Merchant; Merchant v Commissioner of Taxation [2026] HCA 39, involved appeals and cross-appeals on two parts of the general anti-avoidance provisions in Part IVA of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936.