'Fuel added to the fire': Aussies braced for cost-of-living triple whammy
Aussie mortgage holders are being told to brace for an interest rate rise, with the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) looking to keep on top of rising inflation.
Chris Kohler is Finance Editor across the 9News network.
You'll see Chris nightly in all states and territories covering financial markets, interest rates, property markets and household finance issues.
Before joining Nine, Chris was a reporter and presenter for Sky News Business and Your Money, and has extensive experience as a property and financial markets journalist with The Australian, and with The Age and Sydney Morning Herald newspapers via Domain.
Major breakthrough could offer new dawn in housing crisis
A construction breakthrough is being heralded as a potential new dawn for Australia's housing crisis, as the country's biggest lender opens the financial floodgates for high-speed prefabricated home building.
Could these solar panel windows change the way you power your home?
Windows that act as solar panels will be available to the public by the end of this year.
Aussies should pay $60 a plate, chef warns as Melbourne restaurant closes
Australians should be paying upwards of $50 for a main course meal at a restaurant if the industry is to remain solvent, according to a top Melbourne chef.
Worse to come for many households as 'mortgage cliff' looms
Economists warn that many are heading towards a 'mortgage cliff' with one in five mortgage holders yet to see the impacts of the rate hikes.
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Growing number of Australians raiding their super early
It's the retirement fund fast becoming an emergency piggy bank.
Australia's buried treasure: Cash hoarding reaching worrying new heights
Right now, per person, there are 18 $100 notes and 38 $50 notes in Australia, according to the Reserve Bank. About $4000 each when you add up the smaller notes and coins.
Los Angeles mansion expected to smash American property records
Named 'The One', the house comes with its own nightclub, putting green, hair salon and spa, bowling alley and cinema.
Melbourne mansion missing major features being sold for $7.7 million
Incredible home built in the 1880s.
Coles' posts $560m half-year profit as own-brand products boom
Almost a third of what you buy in Coles is now home brand.
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Spending surges as people drop cash for taps during pandemic
Cash has become a major coronavirus casualty, with the shift away from bank notes and coins speeding up amid transmission concerns.
People 'panic withdraw' cash amid coronavirus crisis
The same panic that stripped supermarkets bare has caused a spike in cash withdrawals, according to official RBA data, as people hoard their life savings at home.
Spending boom for DIY and booze during restrictions
Isolated Australians were interesting in two things during their time in lockdown last week – home improvement and a drink.
What the new property auction ban means for buyers and sellers
Almost 2600 on-site auctions had been scheduled around the country this weekend. All are now being cancelled.
Dire prediction for house prices with unemployment tipped to double
Australia's unemployment rate could almost double within six months, according to analysis of the Federal Government's latest budget projections.
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Quantitative Easing: Your two-minute guide to the RBA's hail Mary
As interest rates fall, the Reserve Bank could bring in 'Quantitative Easing' – but what does that mean?
RBA cuts rates to 0.75 percent
The official Australian interest rate has a zero in front of it for the first time ever - here's how it affects you.
Rates complacency costing Aussie homeowners hundreds every month
Bank loyalty is draining cash out of millions of Australian household budgets.
Uncontrolled subscription services costing Australians hundreds per year
Almost one in every two Australians