Home boom dream hit by harsh reality check
This state’s plan to build its way out of a housing crisis has been hit hard by what actually needs to be done to meet targets.
Cost Of Living
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Festive feast tops Christmas wishlist as cost pressures bite
A traditional with a feast with family and friends looks to be a higher priority than gift-giving this Christmas as families struggle with cost of living pressures.
‘Worst thing’: Aussies regret buying homes
Buying a home is a dream for many people, but for one couple home ownership has turned into a nightmare, and they are not alone.
$5m gap: brutal homeowner truth exposed
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Expense pressure soars for Tweed residents
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Power prices ‘up the sh–‘: Mackay man lives alone, pays $300
$300 bill, but he’s got no washing machine, no microwave and barely watches TV
Bald-faced banana benders eye NSW businesses
THOSE thick-as thieves up in Queensland have launched a shameless campaign to steal businesses away from New South Wales.
Coles fires a trolley volley
Coles is stepping up the price game by marking down the prices of 150 products by 25% and moving 1000 products to its “every day low pricing” range.
Surging power bills to rise $200 a year
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NSW withholds $350 million in child education funding
NEW South Wales has the most expensive childcare in the country.
Is it the end of the five cent coin cluttering our wallets?
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