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How to buy a house in the week before Christmas
Christmas can have a strange effect upon a lot of things, including the housing market. This is how to make sense of it all.
Home boom dream hit by harsh reality check
This state’s plan to build its way out of a housing crisis has been hit hard by what actually needs to be done to meet targets.
Festive feast tops Christmas wishlist as cost pressures bite
A traditional with a feast with family and friends looks to be a higher priority than gift-giving this Christmas as families struggle with cost of living pressures.
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Woolies shares ‘brilliant’ bread hack
Woolworths is doing its bit to prevent food waste, sharing the “brilliant” hack one store is using to give a second life to old bread.
Why you should care about ASX bloodbath
It has been a horror week for the Australian stock market – and there are glaring reasons why we should all be concerned by the crash.
Now even caravan parks are feeling the rental squeeze
Families are being forced to spend months living in caravans as the state’s holiday parks reveal they’re being flooded with cries for help from homeless South Aussies.
Coles boss reveals gamechanging 80c item
As Australia’s cost of living crisis ramps up, the nation’s top supermarket bosses have shared their best affordable grocery hacks.
One stock surging in stock market misery
The Australian stock exchange is falling again today, but there’s one major stock that is massively outperforming the market.
Salaries revealed: SA workers get honest about their wages
As the cost of living surges, workers from doctors to gardeners have revealed what they really get paid – and some might surprise you.
Rolling blackouts may hit SA amid calls for calm
SA faces a series of blackouts to protect the power grid – but the federal Energy Minister is confident there’s enough electricity “for the foreseeable future”.
Coles shopper’s insane meat haul stuns
A mother-of-three who decided to go to her local Coles store on a “whim” was shocked to learn how much meat products had been reduced.
Pics expose desperate supermarket move
Shoppers feeling the pinch of the surging cost of living have reportedly adopted a sneaky tactic to cut the cost of their groceries.
Schnitty times: Lettuce stop the pub grub waste
Your classic pub schnitzel may be undergoing a transformation as the rising cost of salad vegies hits hotel kitchens.
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