Motorists are forking out well over $2 a litre for fuel in parts of the country because of spiking oil prices and a weakening Australian dollar. In some parts of the nation, petrol prices have overtaken the highs of last year after the conflict in Ukraine...
Find out about what records to keep and for how long for rental properties and holiday homes. How long to keep rental records You need to keep records for 5 years. Depending on your situation, that is 5 years from the date: you lodge your tax return of your last claim for...
Australia will step up its pursuit of foreign talent to help develop a nuclear submarine workforce, as the defence force buys over a $1 billion worth of surveillance aircraft to upgrade its anti-submarine capability. Discussions are taking place with AUKUS partners in the US and the...
Electric cars are already cheaper to run than petrol vehicles and will become less expensive to buy than fossil fuel equivalents within three years. According to a report by researchers at the UK’s University of Exeter, price parity for battery-electric vehicles is as little as one...
Australia is likely to remain in a per capita recession for the next year based on a lacklustre set of forward-looking indicators. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute leading index, which collates eight economic indicators that predict the direction of the Australian economy, remains stuck in negative territory. The six-month...
Australians are still throwing away too many unused vegetables, despite buying less in their weekly shop as the cost of living bites. About 32 per cent of people are binning fresh vegetables at least once a week, even though more than half are buying fewer items,...