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The Watchfloor · Lead · 29/09/2026

Four rises in 2026

On 29 September 2026 the Reserve Bank raised the cash rate to 4.60 per cent, unanimously: its fourth rise this year and the highest rate since 2011. Its reasons put a war and oil prices first. Its answer is to keep demand “subdued for a period”. This is the…

The Inflation Rort · Ongoing · four rises in 2026Read the investigation →

Fig. 01 /What The Inflation Rort turns on6 of 8 on file

0.25NAB’s variable home loan rise from 9 October 2026, the same as the Reserve Bank’s rise in the cash rate. Neither NAB’s release nor its customer notice states a larger rise for any home loan.NAB release and customer notice, 30 September 2026 4.60%Cash rate target from 30 September 2026: the fourth rise of 2026 and the highest since late 2011. The four 2026 rises total 100 basis points from 3.60 per cent. The decision was unanimous.RBA cash rate table; RBA Media Release 2026-27, 29 September 2026 0.8 pointsFuel's contribution to March 2026's 4.6 per cent headline inflation, on the Reserve Bank's own split. Inflation was already 3.7 per cent in February, before the war began on 28 February…RBA SMP May 2026; ABS CPI, 29 April 2026; IEA Oil Market Report, March 2026; RBA media conference, 5 May 2026 67%of supermarket grocery sales controlled by Woolworths and Coles, in a sector the ACCC describes as ‘oligopolistic’ with ‘limited incentive to compete vigorously on price.’ EBIT margins…ACCC Supermarkets Inquiry final report, March 2025 ‘Better suited’The government’s own 2026-27 Budget: fiscal policy is better suited than monetary policy to respond to supply shocks, such as the global oil shock. The RBA’s 29 September reasons put the…Budget Paper No. 1, Statement 3, 12 May 2026; RBA Media Release 2026-27; IMF WEO Update, July 2026 5 votes to 4The March 2026 rise passed by one vote. Votes are published the same afternoon, unattributed, and the Minutes attribute no votes, so how any member voted is not known. The four in the…RBA Media Release 2026-08; RBA Minutes, 16 and 17 March 2026

Fig. 01Source: case file · inflation-rort · 8 sourced exhibits on file, 6 shownAs of 2026‑10‑04Auto-assembled

Fig. 02 / Open cases

3 on THE PATCH →All 20 on the docket →

Four other cases with an article dated October 2026, in the archive’s own order.

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Open cases

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Sourced exhibits

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Investigations

Case 18CORPORATEThe Privacy Rort58 and 57 monthsHow long the Optus White Pages investigation and the Meta case each…13 exhibits in 3 articles Case 19CORPORATEThe Reporting Rort6 duties, 1 empty rowThe ledger this article builds runs from a Centrelink recipient's…17 exhibits in 4 articles Case 23POLITICSThe Surcharge Rort$1.6 billionCard surcharges the RBA estimates consumers paid in 2024/25 on the…7 exhibits in 2 articles Case 21CORPORATEThe Triple Zero RortNo known harmACMA member Samantha Yorke, in the same release: "While we are not…19 exhibits in 4 articles

Fig. 02Source: case register · latest article date per case · 4 of 4, in the archive’s orderAs of 2026‑10Auto-assembled

Fig. 03 / Every open case and what it turns on, in the archive’s own order

№CaseWhat it turns onEvidence

01Australia's Gas HeistCASE FILE · RESOURCESA$66 billionApproximate value of Australian LNG exports in the financial year just ended.65exhibits 02Media OwnershipCASE FILE · MEDIAA$13.27Min costs ordered against ACE alone. Stokes used his private company to bankroll a defamation…9exhibits 03The Inflation RortCASE FILE · CORPORATE0.25NAB’s variable home loan rise from 9 October 2026, the same as the Reserve Bank’s rise in the…18exhibits 04The Roads RortCASE FILE · CORPORATE1 to 6.5 weeksthe average length of a petrol price cycle in 2025: 1 week in Perth, 2.5 in Adelaide, 5 in…11exhibits 05The Airline RortCASE FILE · CORPORATE~5,000 membersThe Qantas Chairman's Lounge includes approximately 90 per cent of federal parliamentarians…24exhibits 06The Consultancy RortCASE FILE · GOVERNMENTA$968.6mTotal federal consultancy contracts in 2024-25, up about 48 per cent on the prior year's A$653m…6exhibits 07The Nature RortCASE FILE · ENVIRONMENT3 projects · 0 certificatesThe Nature Repair Market has three registered projects, all in NSW under the Replanting Method…9exhibits 08RandwickCASE FILE · LOCAL · EASTERN SYDNEYApproximately $950,000Clause (a)(i) of resolution 199/26 notes a community infrastructure contribution of…11exhibits 09ShellharbourCASE FILE · LOCAL · ILLAWARRA6 to 3On 25 March 2025, Shellharbour City Council resolved to expand its CEO review panel from four…7exhibits 10WaverleyCASE FILE · LOCAL · EASTERN SYDNEYA$250 millionThe Orosi four-site assembly at Rose Bay, reported at approximately A$250 million, was approved…7exhibits 11The Suppression RortCASE FILE · JUSTICE3 August 2026The Monday on which Carr's legal team abandoned the application to extend his suppression…9exhibits 12The Surveillance RortCASE FILE · JUSTICE27 June 2026The date from which age assurance for logged-in Google and Bing users has been in force in…12exhibits 13The Gambling RortCASE FILE · POLITICS$0Dollar figures in the explanatory memorandum for the levy that funds the register: none. The…6exhibits 14The Cartel SwitchCASE FILE · CORPORATE13 daysBill s1493 originated in the Senate, portfolio Treasury. It was introduced and read a first…6exhibits 15The Compliance MachineCASE FILE · POLITICSSection 6A"Under s 6A of the SSA Act, DEWR's secretary may arrange for the use of computer programs to…7exhibits 16The Pork BarrelCASE FILE · POLITICSA$5The cost of two years’ social membership at Marrickville Golf Club, as Albanese stated it in…3exhibits 17The Prison Contract RortCASE FILE · JUSTICE$500,000The charge to the operator for an unnatural death in custody, as the 2022 report states it…6exhibits 18The Privacy RortCASE FILE · CORPORATE58 and 57 monthsHow long the Optus White Pages investigation and the Meta case each ran, on this article’s…13exhibits 19The Reporting RortCASE FILE · CORPORATE6 duties, 1 empty rowThe ledger this article builds runs from a Centrelink recipient's fourteen days to an AI…17exhibits 20The SmearCASE FILE · POLITICSEightThe number of times the cartoon calls Andrew Hastie a “traitor”. It also calls him a “gutless…2exhibits 21The Triple Zero RortCASE FILE · CORPORATENo known harmACMA member Samantha Yorke, in the same release: "While we are not aware of anyone being…19exhibits 22The War TradeCASE FILE · POLITICSNo majorityThe Senate Select Committee into the taxation of Australia's gas resources tabled its report on…11exhibits 23The Surcharge RortCASE FILE · POLITICS$1.6 billionCard surcharges the RBA estimates consumers paid in 2024/25 on the eftpos, Mastercard and Visa…7exhibits

Not all of it is money. A date an obligation quietly took force, a vote that rezoned a suburb, a certificate never issued, a threshold lowered while nobody was reading. Each one is read from a filing, a regulator's own words or a court record, and each is counted here the same as a dollar.

Fig. 03Source: case register · lead exhibit sourced per case file · unrankedAs of 2026‑10Auto-assembled

Exhibits on this page3 figures

Fig. 01What The Inflation Rort turns on, in the units its own documents usecase file · inflation-rort · 8 sourced exhibits on file, 6 shown
Fig. 02Open casescase register · latest article date per case · 4 of 4, in the archive’s order
Fig. 03Every open case and what it turns on, in the archive’s own ordercase register · lead exhibit sourced per case file · unranked

An exhibit is anything this page asks you to believe — a chart, a map, a chain of decisions, a register of names. Each is citable by its number and the surface it sits on. Not every rort is denominated in dollars.