A snapshot of Australians' experience with health services over the past year reveals the cost of living crisis continues to influence how we access health care.
Canberra home values are declining — but it's only a buyers' market for those who can save a deposit
There are more sellers than buyers in the Canberra property market, as a new report finds home values declined over the last three months.
Photo shows An auctionerr, facing away from the camera, facing towards a man and woman.Why these couples packed up their lives to live in some of Australia's most remote areas
In a rising cost-of-living crisis, housing affordability and lifestyle factors are increasingly popular reasons why some people move beyond Australia's big cities.
Photo shows A couple in hats standing in the foreground, with red-dirt behind them and a bakery to the right.The US election is a warning sign for Anthony Albanese
Peter Dutton is posing Trump's "are you better off" question in Australia and hoping to tap into the same anger over cost-of-living amongst working-class voters.
Photo shows Donald Trump puts his finger in an aircraft shelterRBA not ruling out future interest rate rises after warning inflation 'remains too high'
The Reserve Bank of Australia has kept interest rates on hold at 4.35 per cent for its eighth-straight meeting despite inflation falling to its lowest level in almost four years.
Photo shows People walking past the outside of the Reserve Bank of Australia in Sydney.Government's plan to overhaul student debt repayments receives mixed reception from economists
Economists have welcomed the government's plan to raise the level of income people need to earn before they need to make student debt repayments, but argue that reducing the cost of higher education would have greater benefits than slashing existing debts.
Photo shows A silhouette shows graduate students wearing gowns and hats.Orange juice price-hike hard on shoppers' pockets but good news for Aussie farmers
There's a good reason the price of orange juice has risen and supermarkets are not to blame.
Photo shows Glass of orange juice with orangesWant food that is cheaper, healthier and fresher? Simple seasonal swaps will help
As families struggle with the cost of living, experts recommend seeking out seasonal produce to save money.
Photo shows A shopping trolley full of essentials items like fruit, water, and eggsHere's when the big four banks reckon interest rates will go down
Even though inflation is within the RBA's ideal range, economists are banking on high interest rates hanging around for a little bit longer.
Photo shows A graphic of a red up arrow next to a percentage sign, overlaid on a street view of a row of houses.The HECS threshold is being increased and debts are being lowered but repayment times will take longer for some under a new proposal
The federal government has proposed new changes to student loan repayments for cost of living savings. Here's what that could mean for you.
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Photo shows Mortar board sitting on a pile of moneyWhat's on the agenda for Queensland's new government?
Premier David Crisafulli and his team have a long list of priorities they hope to achieve, including reforming the public service, easing the housing crisis, improving cost of living stress, and strengthening Queensland's health system.
Photo shows David Crisafulli speaking into microphones, surrounded by his cabinet ministers.These shoppers are joining forces to buy in bulk — and say they're cutting their bills by up to a third
Many Australians are getting their groceries and household items using an arrangement known as "community group buying" that became widespread in China during its strict pandemic lockdowns.
Photo shows A woman holding up two egg boxes.House prices have risen again, but there are signs of 'erring towards a buyer's market'
Although national property prices increased again in October, the latest CoreLogic data suggests the housing market is cooling ahead of forecasted interest rate cuts early next year.
Photo shows A yellow open home flag attached to a yellow for sale sign outside an apartment complex.'Mystery shoppers' visited four Indigenous communities and found a 'stark' difference in prices for essentials
A CHOICE investigation across four remote First Nations communities has found grocery items cost more than double capital city prices, with calls for the federal government to introduce price monitoring tools and price caps on essentials.
Photo shows Two young people with a box of groceriesDamien has already seen many colleagues close their restaurants, but says the next 12 months 'could be disastrous'
An increasing number of Canberra restaurants are closing their doors, and the next 12 months is expected to get even worse.
Photo shows A man wearing a chef's outfit stands behind a bar in front of many bottles of wine.Price pressures ease with inflation at 3.5-year low but rate cuts expected to be further away
Prices rose by 0.2 per cent in the September quarter, according to the ABS, compared to the 1 per cent rise in the three months through June. Underlying inflation remains above the Reserve Bank's target.
Photo shows A person shopping at Australian grocery store, with a basket full of sparkling water, fruits and vegetables.Remote island residents say they can hold $300 worth of groceries in one hand
An Aboriginal elder who forks out more than 80 per cent of her income on groceries hopes the government can further subsidise the cost of transporting goods to her Gulf island community.
Photo shows A woman holds up a shopping docket. She is sitting near some shopping bags.Pregnant mother with 'guaranteed income' left homeless after almost 100 unsuccessful rental applications
Nicky has been living in a two-bedroom motel with her children after rental demand skyrocketed in south-east Queensland.
Photo shows A woman holds and looks down at a baby onesie while standing in a room.Prices have been dropping in Indonesia. It has some economists concerned
While Australia struggles to tackle the rising cost of living, other countries have the opposite problem. What is deflation and why can it be bad for the economy?
Photo shows A man sitting in a traditional shop in a market selling eggs, rice, oil.A former police officer who ended more than a century of Labor, and parliament's first Muslim woman among new Queensland MPs
The new dynamic is likely to include an advocate for victims of crime, and the youngest woman ever elected in the state's history.
Photo shows A collage of multiple Queensland politicians.'It breaks my heart': Remote residents appeal for help to feed their families as prices soar
In a remote Northern Territory community where lunch can cost $50, residents say youths are turning to crime to fill their bellies.
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