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Police patrol Northland shopping centre in Preston the day after a wild machete brawl forced bystanders to intervene.

‘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

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Home buyers could have hundreds of dollars extra in their pockets in time for Christmas as expectations grow of a string of interest rate cuts.

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
Reserve Bank Governor Michele Bullock.

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
Ben Wrigley from Bendigo.

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
Chris Nunn has all but eliminated energy bills.

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
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Power prices

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
Water Minister Rose Jackson said the state can’t tackle the affordability crisis without dealing with anemic housing supply.

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
Vikesh Ajith and Rachael Hewitt found their former home available for short-term stays.

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
Brisbane inflation.

Cost of food, fuel and housing is soaring in Brisbane. The graphs prove it

It is getting significantly more expensive to fill a shopping trolley in Brisbane, where food prices have been climbing more than any other Australian capital city.

  • William Davis

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