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As the cost-of-living increases in Australia, residents are doing their best to spend less in basic services like electricity. This week, Australia became the first country in the Southern Hemisphere to release a new generation of solar batteries, hoping to cut costs on electricity. Solar batteries store the generated power from solar panels during the …
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Australians are losing trust in major supermarkets Coles and Woolworths as prices have soared in the cost of living crisis. A recent research by Roy Morgan shows Coles plummeted 221 places from being the 5th most trusted brand to 9th least trusted in Australia over a period of months. The people surveyed cited “price gouging” …
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This cost of living crisis is confirmed by research done by the OECD which shows that wages growth is amongst the worst surveyed Australia is one of 60 member countries whose real incomes have gone backwards since 2019. Image: Image: Shutterstock – fiskes Produced By: Abhranil Hazra Featured In Story: Professor John Quiggen – School …
A new report launched today in Brisbane, quantifies the economic and social value of volunteers across Queensland. The second State of Volunteering in Queensland Report found there’s a 10 percent decline of volunteering over the last 3 years because of the rising cost of living. The value of volunteering has increased with a $4.70 return …
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Australia’s fertility rate during the baby boom years were remarkably higher than it is today. The peak of this rate was 3.55 babies per women in 1961. According to the Australian Institute of Family Studies, the total fertility rate fell sharply after the contraceptive pill became available in 1961. The fertility rate had a steep …
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With the rentals at an all-time high and the cost-of-living increase, owning and building a home has become an impossible task. The added construction pressures and no guaranteed things will be ready by move in time, is raising question marks for people wanting to build. The Wire’s Renu Tiwary speaks to Manish Malhotra a property …
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With community concern about the cost of living the release of an ACTU report into the impact of price gouging could see some of Australia’s largest corporations put under the spotlight. Today this saw former chairman of the ACCC Allan Fels argue for the implementation of improved competition policy and greater price monitoring powers because …
Perth residents have just said farewell to a month of free public transport, but the WA government has decided to keep offering free trips on its local network for school students and on Sundays. Some political parties in other states want to follow suit, but policy makers believe this is not the way to go. …
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