Cost of living
Brace yourself: Energy, internet and insurance price rises are coming
Telstra customers are set to experience their third price increase in 12 months.
- Jessica Yun and Frances Howe
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- Crime
‘Parasites’: How organised crime is feeding off the youth gang crisis
Gangland bosses are recruiting disaffected youths for “freelance” crime, and rewriting the rules of the underworld.
- Sherryn Groch
Reserve Bank could deliver shoppers plenty of pre-Christmas cheer
The expectation of an interest rate cut next month has soared in recent days. With more predicted cuts to follow, that could mean lots of Christmas cheer for the nation’s shoppers.
- Shane Wright
- Analysis
- Australian economy
Is the RBA a glass-half-full type of place? Its next rate decision will tell us
The national economy grew by a less-than-expected 0.2 per cent in the first three months of the year. At face value, the figure would seem to strengthen the case for a rate cut.
- Shane Wright and Millie Muroi
Three million workers are getting a pay rise. Here’s how it could affect you
About 180,000 people will see their hourly rate increase from $24.10 to $24.95 from July 1, but millions more workers on higher pay will also benefit.
- Olivia Ireland
Victoria’s first petrol price app could increase prices but is still worthwhile: report
The real-time fuel price disclosures from Victorian petrol stations might save customers only $5 a year, but the $2.4 million-a-year scheme would still be worthwhile, consultants say.
- Madeleine Heffernan
How to sell your house for $118,000 more than your neighbour
The price premium narrowed slightly while the property market was cooling last year, but the gap never disappeared entirely.
- Elizabeth Redman
Higher power bills to kick in from July
Price caps for the hardest-hit electricity regions will spike 9.7 per cent for the coming 12 months.
- Mike Foley
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- Bills
Sydneysiders were facing a 50 per cent water bill hike. That’s now been halved
Sydney Water had called for the increase to pay for much-needed infrastructure upgrades but the pricing regulator has limited the spike.
- Max Maddison
He was evicted. Then he saw his home on Airbnb
Fewer than 80 fines have been issued to dodgy landlords and agents by a renting taskforce, which some say barely scratches the surface.
- Jim Malo
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