Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the government would reform competition rules for supermarkets to drive down prices and address claims of market manipulation.
Inflation may no longer trending upwards,but cost of living issues are still taking a toll across Australia.
NSW residents could save $1.1 billion and the equivalent of 1 million tonnes of CO₂ emissions a year by swapping gas for electricity.
Homes and businesses will start to feel relief from soaring electricity bills within months.
Electricity prices are tipped to fall across the eastern seaboard,but small price increases are coming for large pockets of the country.
Paying tolls has become as synonymous with Sydney as Bondi Beach and the Harbour Bridge. For motorists like Vanessa Viscontini,changes to the system can’t come soon enough.
A majority of Sydneysiders support building up – as well as building out – suggesting the state government is convincing some voters of its plans.
What’s likely to happen to premiums in the year ahead,and what’s on the cards if they don’t slow down?
Record amounts of renewable energy are driving coal from the power grid,cutting emissions and electricity costs.
Changing the controversial stage three tax cuts would leave the federal government open to Coalition criticism that it broke an election promise.
Labor MPs will gather on Wednesday to be briefed on the government’s plans for cost-of-living relief.