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Cost Of Living
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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.
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.
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Mother of two concerned about Mackay’s economic future
JAIME, 34, and her husband Jason, 39, have a savings strategy.
20-year-old has no particular savings plans at present
TAHLA has always been a saver, but has no particular savings plan at present.
Senior citizen says nothing left to save after paying bills
RON has been retired for 10 years, and he said after covering expenses such as gas, rates, and electricity, there was nothing left to save.
Elderly are struggling to pay way
IPSWICH pensioner Arthur Edwards has been so short of money that he could not afford to put petrol in the tank of his car.
Life’s pretty neat at Pete’s for a Rocky pensioner
YEARS ago Kevin Parsons wouldn’t dare go outside his room after 9pm.
Coles beats Woolies on perception of low prices
NEARLY half of Coles customers believe the supermarket has low prices, a likely result of the grocery chain’s Down Down campaign.
Inquiry: Electricity price rises due to network gold-plating
MASSIVE rises in the electricity costs came down to spiralling network costs and flaws in government regulation, a Productivity Commission inquiry has found.
Get ready for a council rate rise as budget pressures mount
DE-AMALGAMATION, rising costs and pressures on revenue will force the Sunshine Coast Council to increase rates in the upcoming budget.
State Budget: More hip-pocket pain for Toowoomba families
TOOWOOMBA residents Nadia and Ben Horner are not sure how much more pain to the hip-pocket families can take.
Power price rise will hit struggling dairy farmers hard
A STAGGERING 22.6% rise in electricity prices could cripple our struggling dairy industry – and add more cost of living pain to battling Gladstone families.
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