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9 Feb 2024

Valentine's 2024: Red Roses Reclaim Top Spot in Love Gestures

Australians expected to spend around $1.1 billion on Valentine's Day

Valentine's 2024: Red Roses Reclaim Top Spot in Love Gestures

17 Jan 2024

Cash payments continue to decline as Aussies move to electronic methods, RBA says

We all know the connivence of electronic banking and payments but...

Cash payments continue to decline as Aussies move to electronic methods, RBA says

2 Jan 2024

Anthony Albanese flags cost of living relief for Australians

The government's talking "cost of living relief" for 2024, but let's face it...

Anthony Albanese flags cost of living relief for Australians

3 Oct 2023

RBA interest rates: Reserve Bank keeps cash rate on hold at 4.1% for fourth straight month

Key points:

The decision to keep the cash rate at 4.1% is the first one made with the new governor of the RBA, Michele Bullock, in charge.

The decision to hold the key interest rate gives mortgage holders another small reprieve.

The new governor warns Australia isn’t out of the inflation woods and further interest rate rises remain on the cards.

RBA interest rates: Reserve Bank keeps cash rate on hold at 4.1% for fourth straight month

22 Sept 2023

Ten locations for downsizers to consider

Key points:

Australia has a housing shortage and 9 million spare bedrooms, many of them in the homes of empty-nesters. Here are 10 downsizer destinations to consider.

About 80 per cent of owner-occupied properties have spare bedrooms, equating to more than 9 million spare bedrooms nationally.

“This would encourage seniors to downsize to a smaller property and help them find more suitable accommodation, reducing affordability pressures by making more suitable homes available to meet the needs of younger families.”

Ten locations for downsizers to consider

21 Sept 2023

Opposition Leader Mark Speakman calls for stamp duty exemptions for empty nesters to help housing crisis

Key points:

As dwindling housing supply continues to drive up property prices, a plan to free up homes for younger families has been proposed.

The Opposition Leader also criticised the government for taking profits from stamp duty and land tax while offering minimal cost-of-living benefits

"The only way to ease housing prices is to ensure that we’ve got supply in the pipeline"

Opposition Leader Mark Speakman calls for stamp duty exemptions for empty nesters to help housing crisis

8 Sept 2023

Student accommodation sector faces critical shortage crisis

Key points:

The number of new visas being issued far outweigh the chronic level of low supply of available beds, forcing developers to demand better planning laws to kick-start more construction.

Calls for more land release dedicated to development of student housing in 2024

Student accommodation sector faces critical shortage crisis

5 Sept 2023

RBA leaves interest rates on hold at 4.1 per cent after Philip Lowe's last meeting as governor

Key points:

The RBA has not lifted interest rates since June, when the cash rate target rose to 4.1 per cent

But the central bank says future rate rises may be necessary to ensure inflation continues to fall

Tuesday's meeting was Philip Lowe's last as RBA governor before he hands over to Michele Bullock next week

RBA leaves interest rates on hold at 4.1 per cent after Philip Lowe's last meeting as governor
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