Introduction

Mint Mobile is cutting the price of Mint Unlimited from $30 a month to just $15 a month. The poll saw a big increase in respondents saying the country is going in the wrong direction, and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's approval has fallen to its lowest level since the 2022 election. We'll be discussing whether this was weighed down by economic indicators and parliamentary conflict after a week in which the coalition and Greens teamed up in the Senate to delay the government's $10 billion housing Australia Future Fund until October.