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Australia’s oil and gas industry continues to help drive the national economy amid record export earnings, a new report says. Resources and Energy Quarterly shows LNG exports were revised upwards to a record $92 billion over the past financial year, as part of a $460 billion...

Australia’s minister for early education says she can’t just snap her fingers to create a universal childcare system, but her government does seek to relieve costs on families. The maximum childcare subsidy rate was lifted to 90 per cent on July 1, with 1.2 million families...

When Alex Ho was weighing up his options in his final year of high school, he didn’t expect he would soon be almost 2000km away driving tractors, playing Aussie rules and donning three blankets in a South Australian winter. Mr Ho is one of many Australians...

FAST FACTS FROM THE REGIONAL AUSTRALIA INSTITUTE’S LATEST REPORT: * Three in five Australian city workers say their current salary isn’t enough to keep up with the rising cost of living * Cost pressures are hitting hardest in Perth, with nearly 90 per cent of people saying...

A program helping low-income families access vehicles will be offered for another year after demand for the scheme soared more than 30 per cent. The federal government announced it would invest another $500,000 in the pilot program run by Good Shepherd Australia to fund no-interest car...