Younger customers are feeling the pinch,but one generation is trying to get ahead

Younger customers are feeling the pinch,but one generation is trying to get ahead

Consumers are continuing to cut spending as inflation pressures persist,but one generation is moving towards savings accounts more than the others.

  • byMillie Muroi

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Labor to pledge more help on energy costs

Labor to pledge more help on energy costs

Deals with Woodside and Esso to increase gas supply;new subsidies for household bills to be considered at key cost-of-living meeting.

  • byDavid Crowe andRachel Clun
Water companies soak up millions in debt – and pump it into state budget

Water companies soak up millions in debt – and pump it into state budget

Melbourne’s publicly owned water authorities have been forced to take loans and pay interest just to prop up Victoria’s state budget,in a move experts say is aimed at improving the appearance of Victoria’s budget.

  • byRachel Eddie
Election in 2024 unlikely,cost-of-living help on the way:Albanese

Election in 2024 unlikely,cost-of-living help on the way:Albanese

The prime minister began his year with an appeal to return the treasured baggy green cricket caps of retiring batsman David Warner.

  • byPaul Sakkal
Loyalty or laziness? Whatever you call it,the banks are cashing in

Loyalty or laziness? Whatever you call it,the banks are cashing in

Australians are being done over by electricity providers and banks that bet we won’t call it a day. And it’s costing us billions of dollars a year.

  • byShane Wright
Wealth reaches record levels but households can’t meet daily bills

Wealth reaches record levels but households can’t meet daily bills

The turnaround in the property market has boosted Australians’ wealth levels. But the cost of living means they are spending more than they earn.

  • byShane Wright
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Please,ABC,can you allow The Drum to beat again?

Please,ABC,can you allow The Drum to beat again?

The Drum was one of the best programs ever produced by the ABC and a very short-sighted decision has now been made,presumably in another futile attempt to attract a younger audience.

Why Albanese probably won’t win majority government at the next election

Why Albanese probably won’t win majority government at the next election

Through no fault of his own,Anthony Albanese has had to grapple with the worst cost of living surge in decades. The backlash may cost Labor majority government.

  • byRoss Gittins
A downbeat Christmas looms amid cost-of-living crunch

A downbeat Christmas looms amid cost-of-living crunch

After 18 months under acute cost-of-living pressures,thousands of NSW families will have no choice but to limit spending this festive season.

  • byThe Herald's View
Customers urged to switch as power companies charge more for loyalty

Customers urged to switch as power companies charge more for loyalty

Electricity retailers are only offering price discounts to a select group of households,Australia’s consumer watchdog says.

  • byMike Foley
Perth commuters’ early stocking filler:free summer public transport

Perth commuters’ early stocking filler:free summer public transport

It’s a Christmas bonus to address the soaring cost of living and encourage people who don’t usually use public transport to give it a shot,the government says.

  • byHamish Hastie