Cost of Living

You may not realise it but you could be paying for electricity you're not even using, thanks to something known as 'phantom power', and it could be adding hundreds to your bill.

Market analysts are predicting the Reserve Bank will hike interest rates when they next meet on November 7, just half an hour before the race that stops the nation.

A global shortage of the key ingredient cocoa is set to drive up prices in Australia.

Michele Bullock has used her first speech as RBA governor to reiterate the bank's approach to the cash rate.

The cheapest suburbs for rentals have been revealed for every capital city in Australia.

The cost of living crisis is forcing Australians into criminal activity - one generation especially.

Aussies are set to be charged more than $100 for a standard non-bulk-billed GP appointment from next month, following a third price increase this year.

The cost of living crisis is driving more adult children back home, with almost a third citing 'unaffordable' rent as a deciding factor.

A Queensland retiree and her dog have been forced to live in her car amidst the rising cost of living.

The basic plan was the second cheapest subscription on Netflix, which Australians could purchase for $10.99 per month.

Australians could be hit by another cash rate hike as soon as a fortnight from now unless inflation eases.

Women are also worse off than men, with 27 per cent admitting they don't have enough money compared to 18 per cent of men.

When Sonya McIntyre-Reid told friends and family she was not going to buy anything at all during the month of October, they were surprised.

Despite the drop at saleyards, industry data shows the price of lamb has dropped by less than 10 per cent.

Aussies are sitting on $18.5 billion of unwanted clothes, with most people having unworn outfits worth $952 in their wardrobes.

It's so unloved the wallpaper is peeling from the walls, but that didn't stop a buyer snapping up this North Sydney pad with panoramic harbour views for nearly $2.5m.

Australians fed a "staggering" amount of cash into poker machines the last financial year, and NSW easily suffered the heaviest losses.

In a city beset by vacant offices and a lack of housing, a Sydney developer is hoping that one problem can solve the other.

The RBA's latest Financial Stability Review largely painted a picture of unexpected resilience, but the news is ominous for some borrowers.

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has kept the nation's interest rates on hold, but experts have warned borrowers not to breathe a sigh of relief yet.

Over the past year, the number of households that have fallen a month or more behind in mortgage repayments has increased in every state and territory

The most rapid decline in home prices in recent history is now fully reversed, with national prices returning to their peak.

Why are prices rising to record levels, and when are they likely to start declining? Let's take a look.

The price of watermelon is squeezing the household budget of Aussie families.

The number of Airbnbs and other short-term rentals in the Byron Shire may be slashed by new legislation kicking in next summer.

New data has put another line under how much renters are struggling around the country, with those doing it toughest putting more than 40 per cent of their income towards the rent.

Australians are finding out that the dairy they buy can be local or cheap but no longer both.

EnergyAustralia has been taken to court by the ACCC.

Roy Morgan has crowned Aldi Australia's best supermarket for the third year in a row.

Comparison website Finder browsed the aisles at Coles, Woolworths, and Aldi.

Petrol prices have hit a record high, prompting advice for motorists to be cautious of where they fill up.

People doing it tough will be a little better off.

Finance expert Serina Bird has invented a $100 grocery challenge for a family of four, which would usually spend an average of $250 a week.

Concession card holders in New South Wales are set to get a little more help with their power bills after this year's price hike pain.

The supermarket said it was aiming to shame suppliers into reducing their prices.

After being hit with the biggest power price hikes in living memory, Australians are fighting back and switching energy providers in record numbers.

The average price of regular unleaded hit an equal record high of $2.18 a litre across Sydney.

The initiative is aimed at boosting early childhood education, the Minns government said.

Lower-income people pay up to one-and-a-half times more for the same services than others, a new report found.

The Victorian resident was filled with joy when he was told he scooped a division one prize.

As Aussies continue to find more ways to tighten their purse strings amid the cost of living crunch, two of Australia's biggest rewards schemes are uniting to offer extra savings.

La Niña's three-year reign over our weather is over, but now farmers are warning of a new threat.

Cutting out dairy and meat led to the most savings.

Sally James does her grocery shopping every Thursday and for 17 years she has meticulously recorded everything she buys. 

This will be Philip Lowe's final RBA board meeting as governor.

Bondi-based artist NotNot has turned to grocery store graffiti in protest of the major profits recently posted by Coles and Woolworths.

Ballooning overseas student numbers are behind skyrocketing rental increases of up to $1000 in a year, according to a new report.

Getting on the property ladder has never been tougher, according to market data which will be sobering reading for thousands of would-be first-home buyers.

It's a bold solution to the cost of living crisis but for the Taylor family, living in shipping containers could save them from their ever-increasing mortgage.

More Aussies are forced to choose between heating homes or eating meals, as families find it harder than ever to put food on the table, according to new data.