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The Transport Workers’ Union and the Australian Road Transport Industrial Organisation want the Fair Work Commission to establish an industry-wide review mechanism based on weekly fuel price rises that will enable drivers to be compensated.

‘It’s a problem’: How soaring fuel prices are playing havoc with Australia’s economy

Australia’s high rate of inflation is coming under more pressure as big transport companies including Uber, Qantas and Australia Post increase their prices in response to rising fuel costs.

  • Simon Johanson and Clancy Yeates

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David Jones has struggled financially with a $74 million loss in 2024 and another loss expected for the 2025 financial year.

David Jones accused of squeezing suppliers as losses mount

The department store chain has denied that its financial struggles are to blame for delayed supplier payments.

  • Colin Kruger

The charts that show how the oil shock is worsening and hitting motorists

The longer the crisis persists, the greater the danger of even bigger price rises, or even shortages, hitting home.

  • Nick Toscano
Wholesale electricity prices have fallen, and this will be passed on to households.

Household electricity prices to fall as much as 10% after green energy surge

The regulator has proposed the steepest reductions in electricity prices for households since 2022, but the outlook remains clouded by the war in Iran.

  • Nick Toscano
Australians want the Albanese government to cut government spending. Where they want the cuts depends very much on who they are.

Cut government spending! Just not my government spending

Australians agree the government needs to cut spending. But a new poll confirms most of us want other people to feel the fiscal pain.

  • Shane Wright
The earlier you start, the longer you'll have for compound interest to do its work.

What can I do to stop my 19-year-old daughter spending?

Give her this example: At that age, it would take saving just $6 a day for her to be a millionaire by retirement (at 65).

  • Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
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Jim Chalmers and Katy Gallagher during a press conference on the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO), at Parliament House.

Running an Ozempic economy is fine, if you can stop gorging yourself

It’s time to stop temporary fixes and put on economic muscle, not fat.

  • Parnell Palme McGuinness
Boxing Day sale opening at Myer Bourke Street at 7am.

‘I thought it would be mayhem’: Bargain hunters out for Boxing Day, but Black Friday now reigns supreme

Boxing Day shoppers no longer grab anything that moves, with savvy bargain hunters plotting a plan to attack before leaving home.

  • Rachael Ward and Elias Visontay
Putting a gold ring on a finger this year has got very expensive.

The 12 days of a very expensive Christmas

Finding that right gift for a loved one is tough at the best of times. But inflation on gold and swans means it’s getting even tougher.

  • Shane Wright
New data shows the cost-of-living crisis hitting western Sydney harder than the rest of the city.

Forget the latte line. There are now four Sydneys

Sydney’s haves and have-nots used to be divided roughly by a line running from the airport through Parramatta. It’s not so simple any more.

  • Mostafa Rachwani