Glenn Hampson

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…

Social justice advocates have hit back at Ben Fordham over his stoush with unemployed Melburnian Jez Heywood, accusing the 2GB host of “bullying” and “scapegoating” the less fortunate.Fordham last week told the 47-year-old to “get a job”,…

Hundreds of thousands of Australians could be about to score an increase to their welfare payments in Tuesday’s federal budget.In recent days, reports emerged that the budget would likely include an increase of $3.70 a day to JobSeeker…

The NSW Government has vowed to drop fines for speeding and other minor driving offences if re-elected at the upcoming state election.NSW residents will head to the polls on March 25, with current Premier Dominic Perrottet hoping to defeat…

The Australian economy took a whopping $5 billion hit last year as a result of floods, which also contributed to fruit and vegetable prices soaring by 16 per cent, adding to the cost of living crunch.Treasury estimates revealed the economic…

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…