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An internal audit found Queensland state schools failing to comply with procedures for charging parents fees, and the department not monitoring the situation.

‘Not always transparent and defensible’: Audit slams state school fees

Student Resource Scheme fees generated more than $100 million for state schools last year. But an audit by the Queensland education department found problems.

  • Sean Parnell

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Anthony Albanese has pledged to cut the cost of home battery installations by up to 30 per cent if Labor is re-elected.

Battery ‘bill buster’ for millions of households, but renters and cash-strapped may miss out

The Albanese government has made an election pitch to slash power bills and accelerate the grid’s shift to cleaner sources of energy.

  • Nick Toscano
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at a press conference in Longreach, Queensland on Saturday.

Labor to subsidise home batteries up to $4000 for households

The prime minister is doubling down on his clean energy ambitions in response to criticisms of soaring power bills.

  • Mike Foley

We asked Australians what they really think about this election. Here’s what they said

We spoke to 12 undecided voters and asked them how they felt about the May 3 election, what they thought the big issues were - and what they thought the result would be.

  • Angus Delaney, Nick Newling, Penry Buckley and Hannah Hammoud
Research showed Woolworths customers are paying as much as 3.7 per cent more for a basket of groceries than they were last year.

Why a bikini wax and a block of chocolate suddenly have a lot in common

We’ve all noticed the cost-of-living crunch in big things such as rent and mortgage repayments. But the micro-stings continue to bite.

  • Melissa Singer
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Labor’s gas plan will do far more to reduce costs than the Coalition’s.

Albanese calls Dutton a copycat but won’t say who he gets his ideas from

The accusation came as the prime minister and the opposition leader duelled over plans to bring down the price of gas and lower household power bills.

  • David Crowe
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Homes and businesses in NSW and Victoria are facing winter gas shortages by 2028.

Bowen fired up for election clash as Labor delivers gas supply boost

Energy Minister Chris Bowen is lashing out at the former Coalition government’s “bin fire” gas policy as he clashes with Peter Dutton on energy.

  • Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
Treasurer Jim Chalmers said there would be “meaningful and substantial” cost of living relief in the upcoming budget but remained coy on the details.

Budget will have ‘substantial’ cost-of-living relief – but don’t expect a spending spree, says Chalmers

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has killed speculation of a windfall in government revenue in the upcoming budget but left room for some election-trail announcements.

  • Shane Wright and Millie Muroi
How premiums for home insurance have climbed since 2020, by Sydney LGA.

The maps that reveal how climate disasters are driving up insurance premiums in Sydney

The accelerating risk of climate disasters including floods, bushfires and storms means Sydneysiders in some parts of the city are paying over three times more for home insurance than others.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Sydney businesses.

The hidden cost smashing NSW businesses

The state’s peak business body warns insurance premiums are spiralling out of control. It’s keeping some people up at night.

  • Matt Wade

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