Real estate myths buyers and sellers need to ignore
The current real estate market is challenging enough without putting faith in debunked myths. This is what you need to ignore when buying or selling a home.
Cost Of Living
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Unprecedented demand as many seeking help for first time
Queensland charities are experiencing unprecedented demand, with inflation, rate rises and the housing crisis hitting the vulnerable.
‘Where’s our PM?’: Aussies shocked as Joyce unleashes
Barnaby Joyce has slammed the Labor government for being out of touch, after Aussies have vented their fury after it was revealed families are inundating food banks for help.
Two million homes in the red if RBA raises rates again
More than two million Aussie households will be in the red if the RBA raises interest rates, as expected, this week, shock new research has revealed.
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Our readers have their say on how to fix economy
INGENIOUS solutions abound in the local community as our readers put their heads together to think of ways to boost the Fraser Coast economy.
Letters: Pension change another broken promise
‘NO CHANGE to pensions’, was the Coalition’s promise before the 2013 election.
Budget bites with record $55m spend
HOME owners will feel hip pocket pain as rates and charges rise by about $100 in this year’s Council Budget, which has the region’s highest infrastructure spend in its history.
Council freeze fees, levies and charges to help ratepayers
COUNCIL will freeze all fees, charges and levies for the next 12 months, in a concerted effort to tackle cost of living expenses for the region’s ratepayers.
Homeless are cold as winter chill bites
DONATIONS of warm clothes and blankets are being accepted at the Hervey Bay community centre, to help comfort the homeless this winter.
YOUR STORY: Kids shouldn’t go without breakfast
STARTLING new figures which showed three Sunshine Coast children in every classroom go to school without breakfast has ignited a debate about the rising cost of living.
POLL: Residents backs to the walls
IF YOU have three main meals each day, can pay all your living expenses and have money left over for leisure activities, you are one of the lucky ones.
YOUR STORY: Rental demands put pressure on living costs
THE high cost of renting a house on the Sunshine Coast is leaving some residents with as little as $10 a day to survive on.
WE SAY: Those doing it tough have a face
SOMETIMES it’s easy to forget there are people doing it tough on the Sunshine Coast.
Times are tough on Gympie’s own ‘struggle street’
A GROWING number of Gympie region families live in poverty and are forced to seek help from The Salvation Army, a new survey reveals.
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