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Baby recession deepens in biggest cities amid cost-of-living crisis
Baby recessions in Australia’s biggest cities deepened in 2024 amid sustained cost-of-living pressures, dragging the nation’s birthrate to a near-record low in 2024. Source: The Guardian.
Plibersek says financial reforms will make a huge difference to lives of Australians
Increases in power bills and superannuation guarantees are set to affect millions of Australians in coming days, as Labor lauds rises in the minimum wage from July 1. Source: The Australian.
Vinnies welcomes Queensland Budget’s support for homelessness
Queensland’s Crisafulli Government has handed down its first Budget this week, with Church providers welcoming support for people struggling in the state’s housing crisis. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Full-time work no longer guarantees a decent standard of living: report
A full‑time worker on the minimum wage has just $33 spare each week after rent, food and transport, according to a new report. Source: SBS News.
Plibersek announces welfare boost for  millions of Australians
Minister for Social Services Tanya Plibersek has revealed sweeping measures in a bid to ease cost-of-living pressures, with millions of Australians soon set to receive a boost in welfare payments. Source: Sky News Australia.
Women bearing brunt of rising costs, sacrificing their financial futures
A new report reveals Australian women are bearing the brunt of the nation’s cost-of-living crisis and are sacrificing their own financial futures to keep households afloat. Source: The Australian.
Millions of low-paid workers to get above-inflation pay rise
Millions of Australian workers will get a 3.5 per cent pay rise from July 1, following the Fair Work Commission’s annual review of the minimum wage and award agreements. Source: ABC News.
Government’s welfare experts call for end to energy rebates
Members of Anthony Albanese’s welfare working group are pushing Labor to end its $6.8 billion power bill rebates and instead funnel taxpayer money into solar panels and renewable batteries for poorer Australians. Source: The Australian.
Calvary’s affordable rentals for retirees was full within 72 hoursÂ
As cost of living pressures continue to mount, and data showing that 20 per cent of older Australians are retiring into poverty, one aged care provider has had an overwhelming response to its affordable rental offering. Source: Aged Care Insite.