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Late at night, when the house is quiet and the stress creeps in — ask yourself:

Why does full-time work still leave so many of us struggling to live?

It’s not because benefits are too high — it’s because wages are too low.

And that’s no accident.

#WorkShouldPay #EconomicJustice #VoxPolitical #CostOfLiving
voxpoliticalonline.com/?p=9899

Vox Political · How much can YOU pay? A&E charges would speed NHS privatisationBy Mike Sivier

Air quality in Tasmania's second city exceeded healthy limit this week
By Emily JB Smith

As tourists are urged to come to Tasmania "for air", pollution in Launceston is forcing some locals to leave. Experts say if wood heaters are used properly, it could help improve air quality.

abc.net.au/news/2025-07-11/lau

ABC News · Launceston air pollution reaches unhealthy levels as council vows to act on delayed strategyBy Emily JB Smith

Former top RBA official accuses central bank of lacking confidence
By David Taylor

Former RBA assistant governor Luci Ellis describes the decision by the monetary policy board to wait before cutting rates again as "uncharitable".

abc.net.au/news/2025-07-10/for

ABC News · Former top RBA official says it risks falling into persistent policy error on interest ratesBy David Taylor

Former top RBA official accuses central bank of lacking confidence
By David Taylor

Former RBA assistant governor Luci Ellis describes the decision by the monetary policy board to wait before cutting rates again as "uncharitable".

abc.net.au/news/2025-07-10/for

ABC News · Former top RBA official says it risks falling into persistent policy error on interest ratesBy David Taylor

As rents pass $1,300 per week, it's cheaper to buy a house in the Pilbara
By Kimberley Putland and Mietta Adams

Pilbara suburbs dominated a recent report detailing communities across Australia where a mortgage is a cheaper option than weekly rent.

abc.net.au/news/2025-07-09/pil

ABC News · Pilbara rents more expensive than mortgages across every single suburbBy Kimberley Putland

Australians squeeze multiple generations in to combat housing crisis
By Julia André

Two families in this coastal city design their homes to squeeze adult kids, grandparents, and great-grandkids inside.

abc.net.au/news/2025-07-09/hom

ABC News · Multiple generations squeeze under one roof to combat housing, cost-of-living crisisBy Julia André

Alan Kohler hits the nail on the head, yet again with flawless logic in a compeling argument for Govt funded social housing:

“… if affordability is to be improved, housing can't be a good investment.

To keep the current level of (un)affordability — that is, with house prices at nine to 10 times incomes, residential real estate has to be a poor investment, providing a return of no more than 3-4 per cent per annum, including rent, so incomes can keep pace.

To return to the affordability of 25 years ago — a house price to income ratio of four times, it would have to be an absolutely rubbish investment for 20 years with zero return.

That means private capital can't do it — only the government can.”

Govts have had this kind of advice thrown at them for decades yet… If that doesn’t convince you collusion between #LandDevelopers #LocalCouncils #RealEstateInvestors #Landlords and the govt is alive and thriving, then nothing will.

The only way to nreak curtail this rort for the rich is for govt to break away from business as usual. What are the odds?

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abc.net.au/news/2025-07-07/hou?

ABC News · Australia's focus on housing supply isn't enough to solve this crisisBy Alan Kohler

Record 25 per cent rate increase to hit households in Queensland region
By Nikki Sorbello, Tayla Larsen, and James Taylor

A cash-strapped Queensland council is slugging its residents with a record rate rise and home owners don't know how they're going to pay for it.

abc.net.au/news/2025-07-07/nor

#LocalGovernment #CostofLiving #NikkiSorbello #TaylaLarsen # #JamesTaylor

ABC News · North Burnett Regional Council hands down Queenland's biggest rate increaseBy Nikki Sorbello

Cost of living: Which are the cheapest and most expensive countries in Europe?

Prices vary significantly between countries in Europe. Significant differences exist even between neighbouring countries such as Austria and Hungary — or Germany and Poland.

But how can we best compare prices across Europe? And what are the most expensive and cheapest countries across the continent?

mediafaro.org/article/20250706

People in a supermarket. | Copyright 2022 The Associated Press.
Euronews · Cost of living: Which are the cheapest and most expensive countries in Europe?By Servet Yanatma

Here are options if you think you can't keep working until pension age
By Fiona Blackwood

Australians have told the ABC that a lifetime of manual labour is making it difficult to work until pension age. An expert says there are some options for people who want, or need, to retire early.

abc.net.au/news/2025-07-05/pen

ABC News · What if you can't continue working to pension age? Experts say there are optionsBy Fiona Blackwood

Extreme weather expected to increase insurance premiums even further
By Toby Hemmings and Charles Rushforth

Policyholders have claimed more than $1.8 billion on insurance due to extreme weather in the first half of this year alone, with the rising cost of cover almost certain to be passed on to consumers.

abc.net.au/news/2025-07-05/hom

ABC News · Home insurance premiums set to rise after $1.8b in payouts for extreme 2025 weatherBy Toby Hemmings