Forgotten victims of housing crisis
One group of Aussies, largely forgotten in the housing crisis and potentially facing very precarious situations, need to be taken care of before it’s too late.
Cost Of Living
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On the breadline: Students need feeding at 174 Qld schools
A school in Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s electorate is one of 174 in Queensland where students are turning up with stale or no lunches.
Savvy way renter cut power bills by 80 per cent
This clever tenant has revealed how he slashed his electricity bills by getting his landlord to make a vital concession.
Top buying tactics to help you score your dream home
In a challenging market for buyers, knowing the tricks of the trade and how to use them in your favour could be the difference between scoring your dream home, and not.
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House prices outpace incomes for past 18 years inquiry hears
THE cost of buying a home has risen by six times its price in the past 18 years.
Electricity bills roll out without carbon price
GLADSTONE residents receiving electricity bills from Ergon Energy this week will pay an amount that doesn’t include the carbon tax.
Pay up or get out: Council’s rates dodger crack-down
SOME Coast property owners will be in for a nasty shock this week.
Expect to get your half-year rates notice this week
SUNSHINE Coast Council half-yearly rates notices will start to arrive in letterboxes and email boxes for 130,000 properties this week.
Warwick’s fuel is the cheapest in the state
WARWICK motorists have benefited from the cheapest unleaded petrol prices in Queensland, according to the state’s peak motoring body.
POLL: What’s hard to save money on when grocery shopping?
MARIE and Leonard Mahon can still remember the days when there was a corner store in every suburb.
Budget shows ratepayers to be hit with 5.87% hike
GLADSTONE ratepayers will cop an average 5.87% rates rise in the Gladstone Regional Council’s $273 million budget, announced this morning.
Low-rent holiday over for social housing tenants
SOCIAL housing tenants earning more than $900 a week but paying just $84 in rent can expect a rent hike.
Family shares secrets to slashing power bill
TOOWOOMBA mum Angela Knee believes cutting a household’s electricity bill can be easy. You’ve just got to be switched on.
Rocky prices reasonable with careful budgeting
Rocky groceries are 7% more expensive than Brisbane but mums say they manage with careful budgeting
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