CurrentAffairs_0131Jan2026 with PK

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Across
  1. 2. Jobs-market measure watched alongside inflation
  2. 3. Rental market topic frequently paired with housing stress
  3. 5. Import taxes reshaping trade assumptions in commentary
  4. 12. Measure of price rises that dominated early‑Jan economic talk
  5. 13. Markets fear of overvaluation in a hot tech theme
  6. 15. Major household pressure repeatedly flagged by commentators
  7. 17. Another word lit on the harbour during the tribute
  8. 21. Hatred directed at Jewish people; a central post‑Bondi policy focus
  9. 23. Term for police presence/operations around major events
  10. 25. Sydney location name tied to the December attack discussed into January
  11. 27. What a trade conflict becomes
  12. 29. Another term for official investigation activity
  13. 30. Stock-exchange shorthand often used in Australian market talk
  14. 33. The policy level the RBA sets for overnight money
  15. 34. Formal process likely to follow major incidents
Down
  1. 1. What the nation observed in remembrance
  2. 4. Term for bringing communities together after a traumatic event
  3. 6. Country often referenced in Indo‑Pacific security tensions
  4. 7. Public New Year spectacle in Sydney described as sombre
  5. 8. Domain of concern when violence shifts political priorities
  6. 9. what borrowers fear when policy tightens
  7. 10. Indo‑Pacific security partnership involving Australia, UK, US
  8. 11. Symbol projected during Sydney NYE commemoration
  9. 14. Government financial plan at the centre of cost‑of‑living trade‑offs
  10. 16. Broad descriptor for global flashpoints affecting markets
  11. 18. Underlying CPI gauge often referenced by economists (“___ mean”)
  12. 19. Infrastructure at the heart of large-scale AI build‑out
  13. 20. Word lit on the harbour during the tribute
  14. 22. Portfolio linked to fiscal settings and policy trade‑offs
  15. 24. Region central to Australia’s strategic discussion
  16. 26. Island whose status is a recurring flashpoint
  17. 28. Economic concept closely tied to central-bank decisions
  18. 30. Broad term for shares, bonds, property people “pile into”
  19. 31. A major domestic issue alongside inflation in early‑Jan political outlooks
  20. 32. Central bank (abbr.) watching prices and jobs closely