NSW government backflips on takeaway coffee cup rules after café backlash
Environment Minister Penny Sharpe has moved to give small venues ‘certainty’.
Cost of living
Getting cash out at the supermarket just got harder
With cash demand surging after the surcharge ban, shoppers are running into new checkout rules.
Aussies shoppers learn the hard way cheapest isn’t always best
What consumers are starting to do instead as the cost of living crunch continues.
How 60 per cent of Aussies plan to survive the Christmas cost-of-living crunch
And the popular strategy that may actually backfire.
One in three households going hungry as ‘food insecurity’ piles pressure on families
The number of Aussie households struggling to feed themselves has jumped to 3.6 million, a new report shows.
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Price of power in Australia ‘among cheapest in the world’
It may be just a crumb of comfort for households, but Australian wholesale power prices are now among the world’s cheapest, new research shows.
A looming fuel shortage could smash Australia – and no, it’s not petrol
It’s not a good time for experts to be warning the worst effects of the US war in Iran and Russia’s war in Ukraine may be yet to come.
Beloved Sydney café owner reaches breaking point over cost increases: ‘You’re punished for working hard’
‘You lay awake at night tossing and turning.’
Australian lamb prices surge as national flock slumps to 100-year low
Why this dinner staple has turned from a weeknight dinner into a luxury item.
Amazon Prime hikes Australian prices by 30 per cent
Here is when the new charges kick in.