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Cost of living crisis

July 2024

  • Are things getting better or worse, quiz 2024 pixie

    First Dog on the Moon
    Do you think things are generally getting better or worse? Are you a Pollyanna or a Misery Kevin?

  • Composite image showing a map of Australia with inset imagery of houses, someone breaking into a car, doctors, and people catching a train

    Full Story
    Newsroom edition: has life for Australians become harder, or does it just feel that way? – Full Story podcast

  • Greg Jericho

    Grogonomics
    Australian workers’ living standards have been destroyed – and there is little good news ahead

    Greg Jericho
  • Anthony Albanese

    Anthony Albanese tightens purse strings for ministers as Labor turns focus to next election

  • The bank of mum and dad is making the Australian dream of home ownership come true – for some

  • Australia news live
    PM says protests at electorate offices have ‘crossed the line’ – as it happened

  • Australia news live
    PM accuses Dutton of pulling Liberals further to the right; jail sentence for second Blockade Australia protester – as it happened

  • First Dog on the Moon
    Cozzie livs! It’s out of control, what can we do? Here are some terrible ideas!

  • Uber is cutting fares before Australia’s minimum gig work standards take effect, drivers say

  • Queensland Greens unveil plan to cap grocery prices and ‘smash up’ Coles and Woolworths duopoly

  • First Dog on the Moon
    Send your pets to work! And other cost of living hacks you can use every day

  • Full Story
    How high inflation has changed what we eat – Full Story podcast

June 2024

  • Irvine and Patricia Somerville standing outside their home

    ‘Bad landlords’: families face eviction as Queensland government hits Fig Tree Pocket tenants with rent hikes

  • Labor senator Fatima Payman leaves the chamber after crossing the floor to vote with the Greens in the Senate on Tuesday.

    Fatima Payman indefinitely suspended from Labor caucus – as it happened

  • A train at a station with the Sydney Harbour Bridge in the background

    Are Australia’s public transport discounts for seniors too generous? Are they fair?

  • A woman and a cat warming themselves in front of an electric heater

    If you’re cold and miserable this winter in your freezing Australian home, try this fun game

    Deirdre Fidge

  • Lift prices, find your niche or shut: Australian cafes face tough choices as inflation bites

  • Australia’s inflation rises to 4%, stoking concern interest rates could increase again

  • Australia news live
    Labor says ‘no mandated sanction’ after senator crosses floor – as it happened

  • Australians choosing KFC over restaurant dining as cost of living bites

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