Cost of living
Sai made an impossible choice about his health. Now he’s afraid to sleep at night
After Sai Akunuri bought his first family home, he was faced with a hard decision: Keep his life-saving diabetes device, or pay his mortgage.
- Rachel Rasker
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- Petrol prices
Experts spent years trying to change the way people travel. The fuel crisis did it in less than a month
Nearly half of Australians have changed the way they travel since the war in Iran began, but a clear regional and metropolitan divide has appeared.
- Gemma Grant
How exactly is your money being spent? Five charts that really explain the budget
Here are the charts that tell you the budget’s outlook for households and the economy.
- Clancy Yeates and Craig Butt
- Opinion
- Federal budget
Tax reform is not enough – to help the young, wages need to buy more
With inflation surging again, it is critical that government gets control over the high prices hitting workers’ incomes.
- Alison Pennington
‘Shafted’: The Baby Boomers who won’t help their kids buy a home
A new Australian dark comedy film explores the generational tension between Baby Boomers and Millennials over homeownership.
- Caroline Zielinski
- Opinion
- Byelection
Australia teeters on the brink of a populist uprising led by a longtime racist
And the Coalition is on the brink of a nervous breakdown.
- Peter Hartcher
- Analysis
- AI
A nickel and dime pioneer went broke. That’s not good news
Artificial intelligence was meant to end the “rip-off economy”, but it could also supercharge a pricing strategy that has gone so mainstream it killed one of its pioneers.
- Nick Bonyhady
- Editorial
- Homelessness
Death in a homeless camp is the other side of the housing crisis
A baby has died in a homeless camp in Wagga Wagga, a regional city that is experiencing a property boom.
- The Herald's View
- Analysis
- Childcare
A year after scandal, childcare giant faces financial peril and mass closures
G8 Education might have to dump thousands of kids from care to stay profitable. That comes at a cost to parents.
- Colin Kruger
WA renters paint grim picture as affordability ‘collapses’ across the state
Perth renter Nicolette Murphy is on a disability pension after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2010. Almost her entire pay cheque has to be used on rent.
- Holly Thompson and Cameron Myles