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Just about everywhere you look, there are worsening signs that Australia is no longer the lucky country.From record-high rents to skyrocketing mortgages, a cost-of-living crisis to the alarming emergence of a ‘working poor’ population, the…

The stories about the rental crisis are terrifying. Renters are facing big price hikes from their current landlords, and anyone entering the rental market is looking at even bigger price hikes. When a landlord gets new tenants, they tend to…

Retail trade was flat in February, rising just 0.2 per cent according to the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), off the back of a 1.8 per cent rise in January.The Retail Trade report, released on Tuesday morning,…

The total number of dwellings approved fell 6 per cent last month, following an 8.1 per cent drop in September, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.“The result was driven by private sector dwellings, excluding houses, which…

Australia was one of just a handful of countries which experienced a boost in life expectancy during the first two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, Australia Bureau of Statistics data has revealed.We now have the third-highest life…

What will hurt you if you put it in the trolley? Time for our regular inflation check!The ABS has put out its latest official inflation numbers for the months of July, August and September and they confirm that prices are going up faster…

Retail sales overall are continuing to rise, but some parts of the sector are struggling, according to new data.Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing recorded its largest fall this year, down 2.3 per cent (-$68.1m) in August…