$519 flights: Qantas, Virgin sale to overseas holiday hotspots
Aussies can score huge savings on return airfares to international holiday destinations including Bali and Fiji.
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$109 flights: Qantas’ 72-hour sale
Aussie holiday makers looking to travel interstate these school holidays and in 2025 can score huge savings on flights. See how and where.
Power bill warning removed from major energy report
In an extraordinary move, the energy regulator has changed a major report to remove a warning that household electricity and gas bill debts are escalating even more than it anticipated.
Help farmers feed nation by cutting emissions red tape
SA’s $18.5bn agriculture industry should be given some exemptions from onerous carbon emissions reporting, say the Liberals.
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Postcode privilege: SA suburbs topping NDIS autism payments
People with autism in some South Australian suburbs fork out tens of thousands of dollars more for NDIS services than others. See map to compare.
Aussie songwriters fear $500m hit from AI song ripoff
Does the world need an AI Jimmy Barnes or Missy Higgins? Aussie songwriters would prefer that didn’t happen and demand AI platforms pay for scraping their music.
Aussie mum’s top tips to feed family for $3 a serve
As grocery prices soar, knowing the best route to take your trolley through a supermarket could be crucial in saving thousands. Find out the latest shopping tips here.
Mali’s nuclear blast: Technology might make power economic
Premier Peter Malinauskas says technology change might make nuclear power economical for Australia.
Grim reality of Aussie life no one can escape
Australians living in the bush have revealed their biggest concerns, many of which reflect those of their city-slicking cousins.
Considering a tree change? These are the biggest challenges facing the bush
South Australians living in the bush have revealed their biggest concerns, many of which reflect those of their city-slicking cousins.
We’ve found Australia’s most expensive supermarkets
Soaring prices and lower incomes means living a healthy lifestyle is no longer affordable for some Australians living in these communities.
‘Low-rent gimmick’: Experts’ blistering attack on Miles fuel plan
Premier Steven Miles’ extraordinary promise to build state-owned service stations isn’t backed by research or modelling, with economists labelling the plan a crude, populist, low-rent gimmick.
‘Sweet spot’: Surprising car beats out Toyota
A test of Australia’s best hybrid SUVs shows there is more competition than ever for motoring families.
Life insurance hit by cost-of-living crunch and advice crisis
Surging living costs threaten the affordability of life insurance for millions of Aussies, as confusion and misunderstandings hurt too.
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