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The man from Wagga Wagga

How low did Phil go?

1 October 2022

9:00 AM

1 October 2022

9:00 AM

It’s a great backstory. He’s the boy from Wagga Wagga, first son of a family of five kids. Educated in the local Catholic school system, he joined the Reserve Bank of Australia in 1980 immediately after finishing school. He initially undertook clerical tasks.

He studied for his economics/econometrics degree part-time and ended up top of the class at the University of New South Wales.

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