Airlines that love competition:Do you see pigs fly?
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Aviation

Airlines that love competition:Do you see pigs fly?

If travellers are wondering why they are feeling a bit of a back-pocket sting of late,the ACCC has found “best discount economy” airfares have increased by up to 95 per cent since Rex’s collapse.

  • byElizabeth Knight

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The mortgage or the baby? Fertility dropping to record low

The mortgage or the baby? Fertility dropping to record low

Births have fallen to a 15-year low and skyrocketing property prices are being blamed. Now there are calls for new policies to help people have children.

  • byShane Wright
‘Not asking enough’:Four ways Perth homeowners are underselling

‘Not asking enough’:Four ways Perth homeowners are underselling

One property strategist says Perth homes are underselling in up to 70 per cent of cases.

  • byClaire Ottaviano
How to survive the 35-year-old curse
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Ageing

How to survive the 35-year-old curse

The exact midpoint between 20 and 50 is a lonely place to be,where both TikTok fame and homeownership remain out-of-reach.

  • byThomas Mitchell
Albanese and Dutton both in the race to learn from Trump

Albanese and Dutton both in the race to learn from Trump

Labor and the Coalition can both see the biggest lesson from Trump’s victory:do not be distracted from the cost of living.

  • byDavid Crowe
You can blame Albanese for all our woes ... except the biggest one
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Opinion

You can blame Albanese for all our woes ... except the biggest one

The PM and his people have always known what needed doing. It’s just that,somewhere along the line,he seems to have lost his bottle.

  • byRoss Gittins
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Rural paradox:Surrounded by farms but eating poorly amid rising costs

Rural paradox:Surrounded by farms but eating poorly amid rising costs

Our rural communities are some of the best agricultural areas in the world. Why is it so hard for them to access fresh food?

  • byBenjamin Preiss
Labor to wipe 20 per cent of HECS debts in $16 billion move

Labor to wipe 20 per cent of HECS debts in $16 billion move

Tradespeople and university graduates will have a fifth of their student loans wiped in a striking Labor pledge to ease the debt burden on younger Australians.

  • byPaul Sakkal
Graduates to get early career reprieve from crippling student debts

Graduates to get early career reprieve from crippling student debts

The salary threshold at which student loans must be repaid will rise more than $10,000 a year under a federal Labor policy shift that will make the average HELP debt-holder $680 a year better off.

  • byJames Massola
Bill shock as Sydney residents asked to pay 50 per cent more for water

Bill shock as Sydney residents asked to pay 50 per cent more for water

Sydney Water says it needs money to invest in infrastructure as the city grapples with a quickly growing population.

  • byAnthony Segaert
Radical plan to slash student debts by tens of thousands of dollars
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Radical plan to slash student debts by tens of thousands of dollars

University debts could be slashed by up to 20 per cent under an Albanese government plan targeted at young voters.

  • byPaul Sakkal