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22/04 Deadly drugs find new Aussie market

Deadly drugs that have killed young people across the country have been found by Northern Territory health workers for the first time.

18/04 ‘Beware’: Single man no woman wants to date

There are over 330,000 more women than men in Australia – but despite the dating pool inequity, there’s a growing number of single guys women will never pursue.

13/04 Dutton WFH backflip highlights divide

Peter Dutton’s backflip on working from home has further entrenched the issue with the general public, as the gap between worker and employer expectations continues to widen, new research finds.

09/04 ‘Australian nightmare’: Crisis we can’t ignore

Whether you’re for it or against it, it’s undeniable that by virtually any metric, Australia is in the midst of an unprecedented experiment with mass immigration.

26/03 As more employers push for an end to working from home, a major issue is emerging – their offices aren’t ready

It’s the thorny election issue no-one saw coming – the growing push to scale back working from home allowances.

22/03 ‘We know’: Expert’s huge MH370 call

It has been 11 years since Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 signed off from Malaysian air traffic control with the now-infamous words: “Good night Malaysia three seven zero” as the Boeing 777 crossed into Vietnamese airspace.

20/02 Major issue could sway Aussie voters

Voters are looking for increased support for homelessness services, as more than 120,000 Australians facing homelessness reveal they’re not getting the support they need.

19/02 ‘Uncharted territory’: Gold price surges towards record high of $US3000

Big banks are flying billions of dollars worth of gold bars on commercial planes across the Atlantic.

18/02 Shock age group at risk

New data shows young driver deaths have halved but older motorists are now the most vulnerable.

29/01 Huge chunks of Australia’s biggest cities wouldn’t exist without Chinese cash

Vast parts of Australia’s biggest cities wouldn’t exist if not for the flood of foreign money pumped into the real estate sector over the past few decades, particularly by cashed-up Chinese investors.

25/01 Insane new bikini trend making you look old

It should go without saying that wearing sunscreen, and more importantly avoiding sunburn, is a must. Especially in Australia.

04/01 More Aussies will retire with a mortgage

As house prices remain stubbornly high, it’s becoming more likely Australians will be paying off their mortgages into their 70s and won’t be able to retire on time.

02/01 Key thing Aussies ditching as cost crisis bites

Cash-strapped Aussies will ditch little luxuries like takeout and coffee, and even travel in a bid to save an extra bit over 2025 as the cost of living crisis continues to bite.

25/12 Royal Caribbean halts travel to Manzanillo due to high murder rates and kidnappings

Royal Caribbean cruise ships have stopped setting sail to a Mexican city after federal officials placed the tropical destination under a travel advisory due to high murder rates and kidnappings.

20/12 The one thing Aussies complain about most

The number of Aussies dobbing in neighbours and strangers for illegal parking surged by 50 per cent in some places this year, according to new data from an online reporting platform.

20/12 ‘What we’ve lost’: Restaurant closure exposes trend

A 25-year-old restaurant has become the latest business to sell or shut down in Sydney’s “Little Italy”, with locals saying it’s another example of the city losing its soul.

18/12 The uncertain future of cash in Australia

The number of bank branches and ATM terminals across the country has halved in the past seven years, as access to cash becomes harder and harder.

11/12 ‘Devastating’ proof Australia is broken, with the rise of the ‘working homeless’

Startling new data has revealed a “devastating” emerging trend from Australia’s continuing cost-of-living and housing crises, which experts say governments are failing to address.

08/12 Popular drink that’s worse than a Big Mac

Research suggests the average Aussie will gain at least a couple of kilos during the silly season.

03/12 NSW to trial glow-in-the-dark road markings

Motorists could soon be seeing a new feature on the NSW roads — glow-in-the-dark line markings.

07/11 Completion rates doubled 5 times in two years... Amazing information and scenes from Al-Faw Port (video)

Al-Sumaria News - Local Data shows the great progress in the completion rates in the large port of Al-Faw, which is Iraq's gateway to the world and its gateway to a new economy, where in just two years from October 2022 the beginning of taking over the government until October 2024, the completion rates increased exponentially by about 5 times.

24/09 Uber change coming to major Aussie airport

Rideshare behemoth Uber has secured a new dedicated kerbside pick-up zone at Sydney Airport’s international terminal.

24/09 ‘No one talks about how hard it is to be hot’

A group of self-described “beautiful” people have exposed the disadvantages of being incredibly good-looking.

24/09 Gen Z are battling a grim work ‘phenomenon’

Australia is the most “burnt out” nation in the world, according to a new global study.

18/09 Grim detail in Aussie mortgage snapshot

The number of investor mortgages in Australia is growing at five times the rate of loans being given owner-occupiers – with one housing critic claiming it’s easier for “hoarders” to own homes they will never live in.

13/07 52% of recipients of social welfare salaries in Iraq are children

Al-Sumaria News - Local Government data show that nearly half of those receiving social protection salaries are children, which means that half of those receiving social protection salaries do not receive money in their hands.

07/05 Australia ‘on the cusp of genuine recession’ after figures show alarming drop

Australian mortgage holders have let out a nationwide sigh upon the Reserve Bank’s announcement that interest rates will be staying put for the time being, at a 12-year high of 4.35 per cent.

04/05 Horrific moment after daughter hangs up phone

Two years ago when Katie Blinoff was around 30 weeks pregnant, she thought a call to her father was the last phone call she was ever going to make.

02/05 New study dispels gender pay gap ‘myth’

A new study into the gender pay gap has revealed discrepancies between men and women within their chosen occupation is the leading contributor to the pay divide.

01/05 Over half of Australian women will consider quitting their job in the next year and a half

A majority of women in the Australian workforce will consider quitting their jobs in the next 18 months, according to research.

17/04 ASX flat on new inflation narrative

The Australian sharemarket edged lower on Wednesday, giving up an intraday bounce as investors accepted a “higher for longer” narrative on inflation and interest rates.

09/04 ‘Free house’: Renter advocate and social media star encourages struggling Aussies to become squatters

Social media users have taken aim at stars of The Project after an appearance by a renter advocate who’s encouraging those struggling with the housing crisis to squat in empty homes.

02/04 Aussie banks on ‘backfoot’ in scam fight

Australian banks are hampered by muddled troves of data in their pursuit of protecting customers from scams, a leading Australian and New Zealand tech company says.

02/04 The new Sydney: Unlikely city crowned Australia’s hottest property market

Within hours of being enlisted to sell a modest three-bedroom home recently, real estate agent Paul Curran had found a buyer for it – an investor from thousands of kilometres away, who snapped it up sight unseen.

30/03 ‘In a hole’: Barefoot Investor on housing crisis

Barefoot Investor Scott Pape has addressed criticism over his comments about how Australia’s immigration intake was impacting the housing market.

29/03 Surprising item Aussies are splurging on

Bakeries across Australia are bucking the cost-of-living crunch with consumers spending 8 per cent more at their local bread and pastry shops compared with last year, data from one of the big four banks has revealed.

28/03 $354 charge that broke Perth woman Imogen Blow

A Perth woman has shared a viral video that exposes a huge problem a growing number of Australians are grappling with.

27/03 How bad cold and flu season is in your state

The early cold and flu season is bringing tens of thousands of confirmed cases across the country.

26/03 Aussie bank gears up AI in incessant scam struggle

Westpac has introduced an AI-based questionnaire to combat the hundreds of millions of dollars siphoned from Australians through scams each year.

25/03 Shocking flu season tipped for Aussies

The forthcoming flu season is forecast to be just as bad or worse than 2023, with one-in-three people tipped to get a cold or influenza.

22/03 One in four Aussie flights running late

About one in four domestic flights taking off in Australia are either arriving or departing late, new transport data shows.

21/03 The one state Aussies are fleeing in droves

Aussies continue to pack up and ship out of New South Wales for other Australian states, new data reveals.

21/03 65 gang members arrested 10 times

A core group of 244 Victorian youth gang members repeatedly arrested in 2023 are driving spikes in aggravated home burglaries and car thefts.

19/03 Aussies waiting the longest for Centrelink

Australians across the country last year waited up to twice as long as the standard wait time for their social services claims to be processed, but the government agency says things are improving.

12/03 The suburbs where buyers are paying cash

Surfers Paradise, Melbourne and Mosman are among the suburbs which lead cash purchases for residential property across Australia’s east coast housing market, new industry data shows.

11/03 ‘It doesn’t have a future': The plan to save Sydney from itself

Sydney has a major problem.

01/03 US government data shows a huge increase in federal debt every 100 days

US government data shows a huge increase in federal debt every 100 days

29/02 ASX hits record high on inflation, retail data

The Australian sharemarket surged to a near record high on Thursday as investors expressed confidence the Reserve Bank of Australia had likely ended its rate hiking cycle.

28/02 Worrying new trend for Aussie women

A new survey has found that young Australian women are using illicit drugs at the same rate as men for the first time, with an uptick in binge drinking leading experts to call for an “urgent” investment into harm prevention.

28/02 It declined by 82% in 60 years...a historical review of the Iraqi per capita share of agricultural land

Al-Sumaria News - Special: Data on the global per capita share of agricultural land in each country shows a significant decline in the Iraqi per capita share of agricultural land area, meaning arable land or those used for pastures, as it declined from 1.2 to 0.22 hectares per person during the past 60 years.

20/02 ‘Dangerous’: Bank-owned and fee-free ATMs are disappearing – and that’s a worry

The number of bank-owned and fee-free automatic teller machines has more than halved in the past seven years, replaced with privately operated devices that slug users up to $4 per transaction.

05/02 The once-vibrant Sydney suburb critics say is now ‘boring’ due to rich NIMBY boomers

A newspaper article characterising an affluent inner-Sydney suburb as “boring” and controlled by NIMBY boomers has sparked fury online.

04/02 Disturbing problem spread over the US

Syphilis cases have soared to their highest level in more than seven decades, according to disturbing new data from the United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

28/01 Indecent baby name banned by New Zealand Government

A list of baby names which parents were blocked from using last year has been released by the New Zealand government, including one sexually suggestive moniker.

23/01 Concerning trend for Aussie workers

Bosses are expected to be handed more power over their employees as a slowdown in the jobs market – spurred on by soaring interest rates – tips the scales away from workers, new analysis has revealed.

22/01 Proof the Aussie dream is officially over

Australian parents will have to shell out increasingly large sums of money to help their children buy homes or risk them never making it onto the property ladder.

11/01 Rental shortage eases in December

Australia’s chronic shortage of rental properties eased slightly in December, yet the number of homes available remains near record lows.

09/01 The Great Australian Dream of homeownership has become a nightmare for millions – and is only set to get worse

The so-called ‘Great Australian Dream’ of owning your own home has become a nightmare for millions of people – and is only set to get worse this year.

08/01 Major restaurant company closes in Aus

Global online restaurant booking and review platform TheFork will close its operations in Australia at the end of March.

08/01 Why more businesses are going cashless

A Melbourne McDonald’s and NSW bakery are among many businesses which have made the decision to ditch cash, as experts predict Australia will become “technically cashless” in one to two years.

05/01 Average cost of Australian homes in 2023 revealed

Australian property prices rose by 8.1 per cent in 2023.

04/01 How much money Aussies need to earn in order to feel rich has been revealed

New research has revealed exactly how much money Australians need to make before they feel rich – and it’s no small sum.

23/12 Shameful stat shows Aussie industry on the brink

Shocking new statistics show that creditors owed money from a company collapse have no choice but to write off their losses completely in the overwhelming majority of cases.

20/12 Macca’s exposes 4am Aussie eating habit

McDonald’s has exposed the eating habits of Australians, revealing a “late-night” order many of us are guilty of.

18/12 Treasurer Jim Chalmers slammed for his ‘things will be better next year’ remarks as cost-of-living pressures worsen

Treasurer Jim Chalmers is facing criticism for remarks made in an interview about the cost-of-living crisis and painful pressures facing millions of Australians.

13/12 Why hordes of people are fleeing Sydney

Living in Sydney has become a financial nightmare and the ever-rising cost of housing, food and bills is forcing more and more people to call the city quits, new data shows.

07/12 Google data shows Aussies keen to use AI

Australians appear ready to be on the forefront of artificial intelligence tools, according to the latest trend data from internet powerhouse Google.

06/12 Urgent plea to keep more Aussies in housing

Services helping struggling Aussies are at “snapping point” amid a possible funding shortfall of $73 million when a national support agreement comes to an end next year.

04/12 Horror illness a million Aussies are battling

A young man whose life was destoyed by an eating disorder has revealed how it acted like a “weed” taking over his life, as new data shows that there are one million Aussies struggling with similar issues.

01/12 Landlord’s wild attempt to sting tenants over missing key

An Aussie landlord has been roasted after posting a question to a Facebook group about his recently departed tenants.

30/11 Why Aussies using negative gearing are ruining it for everyone

ANALYSIS

30/11 This stunning aircraft radar image exposes major fails by Qantas and Virgin

Analysis of domestic flight data in the United States puts the performance of Australia’s two largest airlines to shame and reveals passengers are being treated as mugs, experts say.

30/11 A simple change to how frozen food is stored and transported could help Earth avoid a climate ‘hell’

A simple and modest change to how frozen food is stored could drastically slash carbon emissions, equating to taking 3.8 million cars off the road annually.

28/11 Tragic reason Dutton breaks down in parliament

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton shed tears while reading aloud a heartfelt letter penned by a grief-stricken police chief after his 18-year-old son was killed in an alleged hit-and-run incident.

21/11 Data shows Qantas worst performed airline

Budget partner Jetstar has outperformed Qantas in the latest domestic reliability ratings with one in three Flying Kangaroo flights landing behind schedule, and more than ten services cancelled a day.

21/11 New data shows Gen Z and Millennials cutting back on essentials as Boomers indulge

A new report has revealed that Baby Boomers are on a spending spree, with travel and dining out leading their indulgences, while younger Australians are cutting back on essentials as rent and mortgage costs soar.

15/11 Struggling Aussie forced into roadside tent

Aussies are being forced into desperate living situations – like living in a roadside tent – as the country’s housing crisis spirals further out of control, according to a new report.

09/11 Liverpool winger’s father freed from guerillas as 250 soldiers storm jungle

The father of Liverpool star Luis Diaz is finally free 12 days after he was taken by a guerillas in Colombia.

09/11 Covid fears ahead of Christmas

Aussies are being warned to keep taking Covid seriously, as cases sparked by a multitude of variants rise across the country, with experts predicting an eighth wave of the virus ahead of summer.

09/11 Alarming rise in STIs among Gen Z

Calls to massively overhaul the sex education system in Australia are likely to become louder on the back of new data showing sexually transmitted diseases are spiking.

08/11 Covid strain that could ruin Christmas

With Aussies planning their end of year holidays, there are concerns an eighth Covid wave could see cases soar due to Christmas travel.

08/11 Reason Aussies won’t live as long as before

Life expectancy has fallen for the first time in a generation, ending nearly three decades of increasing lifespans, due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.

08/11 ‘It’s a train wreck’: Millions of Aussies doomed by the latest rate hike, now spending more than they earn

The latest rate hike by the Reserve Bank means more than two million Australian households are spending more than they make each month, shocking new analysis reveals.

03/11 ‘A joke’: Landlord’s shower question roasted

An Aussie landlord has been blasted by fellow investors after he asked for advice on whether his tenant was responsible for replacing a broken shower head.

02/11 ‘Ugly’ sign housing crisis will get worse

“Ugly” building approvals data released on Wednesday suggest Australia’s housing crisis is set to continue as the country faces record low rental supply amid an unprecedented surge in immigration.

30/10 Terrifying graph reveals big red flag

Dozens of ASX-listed companies are on the brink of collapse and in need of drastic change to turn things around, with potential investors warned to be on the lookout for ‘zombie’ firms.

26/10 Aussie location more popular than Tuscany

It’s hard to imagine anything more beautiful than the picturesque and divine landscape of Tuscany, with its manicured fields, rustic farms and cypress-lined driveways.

21/10 Sign Meghan Markle’s new project is doomed

COMMENT

20/10 Aussies cutting back on eating out, holidays

Australians are cutting back on coffees and holidays as they grow accustomed to the ongoing cost of living crunch and are making deliberate spending trade-offs, new research from NAB shows.

20/10 Waleed Aly’s new take on why Indigenous Voice failed

TV personality Waleed Aly has expanded on his verdict of why the Indigenous Voice to Parliament resoundingly failed after widespread backlash from his claims less educated Aussies voted No in the referendum.

17/10 ‘We’re not dumb’: Backlash over Waleed spray

A Western Sydney mayor has launched a blistering attack on TV host Waleed Aly over comments he made on The Project on why people voted No.

17/10 Kamahl reveals final Voice stance

Famed singer Kamahl who repeatedly flip-flopped on the Voice to Parliament throughout the campaign has revealed he wrote a “definite No” on his ballot on Saturday.

13/10 Call to end ‘problematic’ seats on planes

Airlines need to address “significant problems” posed by weight gain in Australia that could cause travellers to turn away from their services and run up fuel costs.

03/10 Major change to Australian Open format makes history

Australian Open director Craig Tiley says event organisers have listened to “players and fans” after confirming the first grand slam of 2024 would start a day earlier to avoid marathon night sessions that stretched into early morning.

02/10 Huge change makes Australian Open history

Australian Open director Craig Tiley says event organisers have listened to “players and fans” after confirming the first grand slam of 2024 would start a day earlier to avoid marathon night sessions that stretched into early morning.

27/09 New Aussie habit emerges amid crisis

Australians have changed the way they’re clothes shopping in response to the cost of living crisis, new data has revealed.

26/09 Error in The Project star Hamish Macdonald’s slap-down of Kamahl on $40bn Indigenous spend

A fiery exchange between The Project star Hamish Macdonald and beloved entertainer Kamahl has shone a fresh light on the billions of dollars spent on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people each year.

25/09 Reason 1.4m Aussies want to quit their job

More than 1.4 million Australians are “very likely” to quit their jobs in the next year as mental health pressure mounts.

21/09 New Covid strain hits Australia from the UK

Health officials are warning a new, highly mutated Covid-19 strain which has hit Australian shores could be difficult to contain.

20/09 Australia heads into ‘terrifying moment’

Do you live rich or are you rich? Some people spend like a rich person; other people don’t spend at all, in order to have the bank account of a rich person.

19/09 ‘Painful’ disease on the rise in Australia

The number of women being diagnosed with endometriosis in Australia is rising, new data shows.

17/09 ‘Feral’ bikini act Australians despise

Despite living in a country famed for its breathtaking beaches and sweltering weather, the vast majority of Australians have strong views on swimwear etiquette, new data shows.

15/09 Surprise age group that can’t stop spending

For almost 60 years Australia has had the label ‘The Lucky Country’ attached to its fortunes. And for the vast majority of that period it has been largely representative of Australia’s economic outcomes, from the headline figures all the way down to the average household. But in the years since the global financial crisis, that luck may have extended to the nation’s headline GDP figure, but increa

12/09 Where house prices are climbing $3k a week

The total combined value of Australian housing rebounded to $10 trillion in the June quarter, up $325bn from March, after taking a hit during 2022 as the Reserve Bank delivered its punishing round of rate increases.

10/09 Albo ‘doing his job’ being overseas

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has defended being absent during a crucial week of parliament and Voice campaigning.

06/09 Sign Aussie economy slowing

Faltering household spending and weak productivity growth dragged down the Australian economy in the June quarter, but growth was still stronger than anticipated, new data shows.

19/08 Woolworths’ big trolley move could change how you shop

Woolworths has introduced a big change to its shopping trolleys which could mean shoppers make healthier choices about what they eat.

13/08 Group hit worst in rental crisis

An urgent plea to boost affordable housing has been made by one organisation after recent data revealed most of Australia’s essential workers aren’t able to afford the rising price of rent.

12/08 When interest rates will finally be cut

Since before the RBA began raising interest rates in May last year, analysts and commentators have been attempting to predict the peak of the cash rate and when interest rates would start coming down.

06/08 ‘Strongly dispute’: Drumgold breaks silence

ACT Director of Public Prosecutions Shane Drumgold has broken his silence on a damning report into his conduct, declaring he disputes the findings and is disappointed the investigation never bothered to canvass the leaking of Brittany Higgins private text messages to the media.

04/08 Finance guru Mark Bouris makes rates prediction all Aussies want to hear

Finance guru Mark Bouris has predicted interest rates will finally begin to drop in a message all Aussie homeowners will want to hear.

04/08 Trudeau’s announcement sign of new ‘era’

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shared this week that he and his wife of 18 years, Sophie, had called time on their marriage.

03/08 Aussie market suffers another massive drop

The Australian sharemarket has dropped to 0.6 per cent, or 42.8 points to 7311.8 at the closing bell, as the nation battles a steep decline in retail sales volumes in the last quarter.

16/07 Nearly 10,000 Americans STILL dying to drug overdoses every month

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed that in the year to February there were up to 109,940 drug overdose deaths, equivalent to more than 9,100 per month.

11/07 Another sign Aussies are doing it tough

Australians spent about $600 less on online purchases than they did this time last year in yet another sign that the cost of living crunch is putting the squeeze on households.

11/07 First thing Aussies ditching in cost crisis

Australians battling the cost of living crisis are cutting back on non-essentials - especially furniture and clothes.

08/07 Insane price of supermarket staple

An Australian woman has gone viral after revealing the insane price of an everyday staple being sold at our biggest supermarkets.

28/06 New hope for Aussie economy

In a sign Australia’s economy is a step closer to normal, inflation retreated to 5.6 per cent in the twelve months to May, a sharper than expected decline from the April figures and well below the December peak.

26/06 Map exposes what Aussies really think of the US

Americans love Australia more than we love the US - and now there’s data to prove it.

23/06 Australia’s richest schools revealed

The country’s richest schools have been revealed, with the top five in several states having more money than the bottom 300 combined, exposing a major wealth divide between public and private schools.

22/06 Aldi reveals supermarket secrets to beat rising costs

Millions of Aussies may have changed their spending habits in some way to beat cost of living pressures, but new data has found more than 90 per cent of us are still making one big mistake.

21/06 'More than 1 in 10 properties in some parts of UK are holiday homes'

Cornwall is the UK's most popular destination for holiday homes, with 6,080 getaways used by 14,230 people according to census data.

20/06 ‘Absolutely false’: CEO rejects pie demise

The CEO of Australia’s premier pie company has hit back at suggestions that the humble meat pie is on the demise.

16/06 England's healthiest and unhealthiest boroughs revealed

The ONS, which measures health across the country's 307 authorities annually using 50-plus metrics, found Britain's health still trails behind 2019 levels.

15/06 The one state Aussies are fleeing in droves

State Aussies are leaving - and where they're moving to

11/06 Pedestrian dead after being hit by car

An elderly woman has died after being hit by a car in Sydney’s north.

10/06 How 66 millionaires avoided paying $400m in taxes

A small group of 66 Aussie millionaires have avoided paying more than $400million in tax last year thanks to their highly-skilled accountants using a series of loopholes.

09/06 Mystery surrounds 66 millionaires who paid no tax

Sixty-six people earned more than $1 million in the 2020-21 financial year but paid no income tax, according to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO).

31/05 Why Aussies are still paying high prices for flights

Flights from Australia are on average 50 per cent more expensive than they were before the Covid-19 pandemic, new data shows.

29/05 Home owners are losing THOUSANDS on their home values

The concerning data was laid bare last week by Redfin, and marks a significant shift in the American real estate landscape following a historic surge seen during the Covid-19 pandemic.

17/05 Harsh truth behind Aussie wage rise

Inflation is still biting hard into the pay packets of Australian workers, despite an increase in wages growth.

17/05 Staggering new data on Aussies’ wages

Australian workers’ wages increased 3.7 per cent over the 12 months to the March quarter, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ latest Wage Price Index report released on Wednesday.

09/05 Toxic trait taking over Aussie workplaces

Has your manager taken to boldly announcing the end of the workday with all the gusto of Scott Cam yelling “tools down” on The Block?

25/04 How Aldi reckons it beats big supermarkets

Aldi is claiming a big increase in customers as Australians look to save on grocery prices amid the cost of living crisis.

24/04 Full extent of hip-drop tackles revealed

NRL head of football Graham Annesley has hit back at claims the current policing of hip-drop tackles is confusing, while also denying claims match officials were too scared to send Payne Haas to the sin bin because the Broncos were already down a man.

17/04 Potholes take over 18 months to be fixed in some areas, data shows

Repairs took up to 567 days in Stoke-on-Trent and up to 556 days in the Westminster City Council area, according to data obtained by the Liberal Democrats through FOI requests.

04/04 Homebuyers’ wages fall up to $145k short to buy without mortgage stress | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site

Ten interest rate hikes in a row and rising property prices are hitting homebuyers’ wages hard as they fall up to $145,000 short to afford a house in the nation’s capital cities without suffering from mortgage stress, alarming new research has revealed.

03/04 Australian housing crisis to be hit by 106,000 shortage

Australia’s horror housing market is set to continue with extreme pain hitting renters and a shortage in home supply set to drag out for years, an alarming new report has revealed.

31/03 Banks’ surprising prediction for interest rates

Homeowners could be set for some welcome relief with forecasts predicting interest rate rises will be paused in April, while three of the four big banks are expecting they will be slashed again from early 2024.

29/03 ‘Heartbreaking’: renters forced to give up their pets to find a home

Renters are being forced to give up their pets in some suburbs thanks to a rise in landlords not allowing animals.

28/03 Retail data to weigh on rates decision

Retail trade was flat in February, rising just 0.2 per cent according to the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), off the back of a 1.8 per cent rise in January.

20/03 ‘High risk’: Recession danger revealed

An alarming new report has weighed in on a “looming recession” headed our way within months – but what does it all mean for Aussies?

20/03 Single mum forced to move 40 times

A single mother of two has been forced to move 40 times as she struggles to keep a roof over her family’s head in Australia’s rental crisis.

07/03 Full scope of horror rental crisis revealed

Victoria’s rental crisis and lack of affordable housing has led to one political party calling for urgent change across the sector.

02/03 Sydney sees huge boost from WorldPride

Hosting WorldPride has brought a “huge boost” for Sydney businesses supporting the event, new data has revealed.

25/02 Australia’s most in-demand careers

Job postings have bounced back from a seven-month slump as one surprising state saw a huge increase in advertised roles.

24/02 ‘Greed’: Qantas, CBA, Woolworths, Coles cause price crisis

Excessive corporate profits – and not Australian wages – are behind the skyrocketing cost of living, new analysis has revealed, with one union slamming big businesses for creating a “greed price spiral”.

21/02 Upskill or fall behind, urges new report

Australia’s education leaders are being challenged to come up with big ideas to future-proof

06/02 America's extinction crisis REVEALED

A shocking report reveals 40% of animals and 34% of plants are on a path to extinction. And 41 percent of the ecosystems are at risk of collapse. This is due to climate change and habitat degradation.

06/02 Cost of 'crumbling' hospitals topped £1billion last year, data shows 

The cost of maintenance work on England's 'crumbling' hospitals topped £1billion last year.

06/02 Albanians deported from Britain slumped to just 888 in a year

Despite soaring numbers of Albanians crossing the Channel to reach Britain, the number being removed from the UK against their will has collapsed.

31/01 Offenders on probation kill or commit sex attacks three times a week

The figures were revealed as 'warped and angry' killer Lee Peacock (pictured) was yesterday found guilty of murdering his girlfriend and an associate within weeks of being released from jail.

31/01 What impact your daily commute has

Car drivers who make the switch to a more environmentally friendly mode of transport can reduce their carbon dioxide emissions by as much as a factor of 40.

30/01 Patients face battle to see GPs as one in four cannot get appointment

The delays are leaving many in crippling pain, destroying relationships and forcing some to quit work, warns the Office for National Statistics.

18/01 Aussies at mercy of ‘harmful’ vapes

Young Australians who vape could face the same unknown health consequences as cigarette smokers a century ago if stricter measures are not put in place, according to a health expert.

16/01 New Year jump for homes is biggest January rise since Covid pandemic

House prices have risen by 0.9 per cent this January, enjoying the biggest jump since before the pandemic. Yet, data also shows that the number of homes for sale currently remains 'well below' historical levels.

13/01 Flu falls but Covid makes comeback, latest CDC data shows

Today's report showed 10,000 flu cases were detected in the first week of the new year in the US, down from the 36,000 that were registered about two weeks ago.

13/01 Half of modern slavery claims from Channel migrants made by Albanians

Government data showed just over 51 per cent of Channel migrants who claimed they had been exploited were from the Balkan country. The figure was just over 11 per cent in 2021.

11/01 Ocean temperatures hit a record high in 2022, data shows

Ocean temperatures in 2022 were 'the hottest in the historical record', breaking a record already set in 2021, a team of international experts report.