Insurers are charging Australians more than $3000 a year for home cover in some cities, as three main factors push premiums to new highs.
Cameron Micallef
Coles has announced a major shot at supermarket rival Woolworths, unveiling a new Flybuys scheme and a potential $100 saving.
A woman who won a $15m luxury apartment block through a charity lottery could not be contacted about her new fortune during Telstra outage.
Emma Kirk
In the latest cost-of-living blow, motorists are being warned the price of fuel is set to soar, as the US takes on the role of “guardian of the Strait”.
Australian households have grown slightly more confident about their future, but a looming problem threatens to wipe out those gains.
Thousands of Australians will be refunded after a major electricity provider overcharged customers on a misleading plan.
Australians are paying more for medicines because a powerful lobby group has locked patients and public evidence out of negotiations, it is claimed.
The nation’s housing shortfall has blown out to 125,000 homes, and there’s a big reason why that won’t concern the majority of Australians.
The Albanese government has been dealt a fresh economic blow as a major global body downgrades its forecast for growth in the Australian economy.
A collectable children’s kit featuring an uncirculated $2 coin has been pulled from sale over concerns about possible inhalation risks.
Andrew Hedgman
New Zealand's continuing economic recovery has helped convince the central bank to raise the official cash rate to 2.5 per cent, as expected by economists.
Jacob Shteyman
The Reserve Bank is aiming to make its communications more accessible to a broader audience as it tries to ward off rising inflation expectations.
Australians say they are being gouged at the petrol pump just days after the temporary fuel excise discount was halved.
WiseTech’s billionaire founder will step down as the company’s executive chairman, saying allegations about his personal life are an “unnecessary distraction”.
Blair Jackson
A Sydney woman has won big in Saturday Lotto after almost missing a life-changing call while at work.
Josephine Quattrocchi
The waterfront and iconic venues suddenly shut down as the owners entered voluntary administration.
Indonesia has introduced tough new legislation targeting one particular group of travellers to Bali.
One of Australia’s biggest online gambling operators has been hit with an undertaking over ‘serious gaps’ in anti-money-laundering controls.
Ryan Johnson
Australia has recorded the second highest core inflation rate among advanced economies, adding pressure to the RBA to lift the cash rate again in August.
The money lessons children absorb at home can matter as much as the inheritance they eventually receive, as Australia enters a historic transfer of family wealth.
Young Aussies could be leaving $1.5 million on the table in retirement – and the fix requires just one small superannuation decision.
The PM branded opponents of his tax overhaul “barely coherent” despite broken election promise accusations and a One Nation “fire the liar” campaign.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
Analysis of more than two decades of cost-of-living changes has revealed a key driver many Australians are not aware of.
Nathan Schmidt
A new report has revealed Australians are turning down work to stay in public housing as the nation’s housing crisis worsens.
