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Aussie home prices hit dizzying new peak
Supercharged interest rates haven’t had the effect on Aussie home values many experts thought they would and this could be just the beginning of a new price cycle.
Sydney facing tradie exodus
A massive number of Sydney tradies are considering heading interstate, in a move that would send shockwaves across the industry and home build and renovation costs soaring.
$300 a year: Calls to cut excise again as petrol prices hit new highs
Bringing back the petrol tax cut should be considered as prices at the bowser hit new heights, MPs are calling for while hip pocket pain continues to grow.
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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.
We need a solution to rising electricity bills
OPINION: THE new certainty in life that should be added to death and taxes should be rising electricity prices.
Power bills hike set to shock households
THE city’s welfare agencies are preparing for a surge in demand on their services as the full effects of electricity price hikes filter through the community.
Hip pocket hit as budget costs families extra $600 a year
COST of living pressures for families may worsen, with expenses set to blow out by $600 more a year when the State Government hands down the budget.
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