Costs

HOUSEHOLDS to get extra family payments and pension increases as early as next May after carbon tax legislation was passed.

INTERACTIVE: We’re as mad as hell about the cost of living, our survey is showing – and the best solution is a shopping splurge.

HOUSING costs are hitting the young hard, and they need more help than the interest rate cut will provide.

READERS of yourmoney.com.au share their plans and financial tips for Christmas this year.

BIRTH rate rises to new heights, with record 297,900 babies born last year. But average age of first-time dads rises to 33.1.

GROCERY shopping’s a costly chore, but just because prices go up, it doesn’t mean they’ll break the bank.

PETROL prices soared 20c a litre yesterday, a leap experts blamed on lack of competition since supermarkets began selling fuel.

PET owners have been slugged with a 500 per cent hike in vet fees in two years.

NATIONAL auto clubs want laws to force makers to share information with companies other than their own dealers to stem rising car servicing costs.

DRIVERS are buying dud cars that break down within hours of being picked up.

THE most expensive part of buying an inkjet printer can be the ongoing costs, but there are ways to drastically cut ink costs.

FAMILIES are set to save hundreds of dollars a year on meat bills in the latest supermarket price war.

FALLING Aussie dollar is good news for some. But motorists are going to feel the squeeze at the bowser.

MORE than 14,000 energy customers can’t pay their electricity bills and are up to $1650 in debt.