cost-of-living pressures

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Treasurer Jim Chalmers will hand down their second budget on May 9, with Labor warning of “incredibly weak” economic growth over the next five years.Mr Chalmers this month said the May budget would have…

More Aussie businesses are collapsing now than before the pandemic as “zombie companies” are flushed out of the system — and experts warn it will “get worse before it gets better” as consumers tighten their belts.The latest insolvency…

Tasked with ending the Coalition’s 12-year streak in government and leading the Labor party to victory, one of Chris Minn’s greatest hurdles to becoming the next premier of NSW could come from his very own electorate of Kogarah.The southern…

Australians are in shock after discovering their usual supermarket bills were significantly more expensive at the checkouts this week. Both Coles and Woolworths announced prices had been “dropped and locked” on hundreds of grocery staples…

Australians are increasingly turning to homelessness support as the cost of living and housing crises hit hard. Nearly 100,000 Australians experienced such financial hardship in 2022 that they needed to seek specialist homeless support, an…

One of the big banks is warning Australians to be extra careful of scams in the lead up to the silly season, after this year’s Black Friday sales went crazy. Westpac said over the sale weekend, the bank facilitated over 32 million customer…

Millions of Australians will see the cost of their prescriptions fall from January as the budget seeks to ease cost-of-living pressures through access to cheaper medicines.Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ first budget handed down on Tuesday will see…