How Aussies can lower their power bills amid price surge
We were told our power bills were going up by no more than 25 per cent, but that's not what many Australians are finding now the bills are coming in.
We were told our power bills were going up by no more than 25 per cent, but that's not what many Australians are finding now the bills are coming in.
Alana Wright had no idea what was to come when she and husband Jackson opened their new cafe at Wyong on the NSW Central Coast.
Ibis birds are colloquially known as bin chickens given they tend to feed from them in parks and rubbish dumps.
From July 1, Australia's lowest paid workers will receive a much needed pay rise as the minimum wage increases by up to 8.6 per cent.
He'd be the first to admit he hasn't got a good head for television.
I tell my workplace I'm going to leave and they send me to the end of the world.
"The hunt is on," Parul Mehta said.
There's a new department store in town you may not have heard of: "Donna's".
In a financial crisis like the one we are experiencing now, every dollar counts.
It's hard to believe in this day and age but there is a Sydney suburb that still doesn't have town water, sewerage, kerbs, guttering or even reliable communications.
Warwick is 40 years old, severely disabled and his 80-year-old mother spends her days lifting him in and out of bed or the bathroom.
When the going got tough, these were the soldiers you wanted to protect your back.
"We're not sure what we're going to do or where we are going to go," Wesley Aged Care resident Bev Wilson said.
If you've ever got a fine or penalty for something you never did, then you'll relate to what Vicki Forrest is going through.
They say bad luck comes in threes and that's just what has happened to couple Sue and Gordon.
"People shouldn't have to suffer like this, it's cruel," said 83-year-old Adriana Lysterburg, who has been waiting three long painful years for a hip replacement.
One day we all must decide where and how we will live in our old age - community living, public housing or assisted living at the family home.
Geoff Oppert has a warning for all Australians who put out a council garbage bin.
A desperate Sydney family has had an 11th-hour reprieve from being deported after Australia rallied to their support.
They couldn't have predicted the reaction to their Sydney shakeup.
The east coast of Australia suffered terribly from floods and storms a year ago.
Bendetta is 18 years old and she has no idea what is about to happen to her.
The Inspire Early Learning Child Care Centre at Warriewood on Sydney's Northern Beaches went into liquidation recently, but no one told the parents or even the staff.
"I can't tell you how many times I've been covered in poop," Hussain said.
Many families have older siblings who fall out and don't talk to each other.
Small firms say they have never seen it so tough as they try to to recover after COVID-19 lockdowns by battling ever-increasing costs.
Technology caught out young mother Lolelai Lakopo.
Imagine not having a bathroom at home for months on end.
Michelle was just sitting inside her home at Werrington County in Sydney's west when a knock came at the door.
Mark Green says his family can't continue to live like this.
It was meant to be a bit of fun, but for many Australians, that "fun" has bled them dry of their life savings.
"I go to bed at night and it's the last thing I think about. I wake in the morning and it's the first thing on my mind," 74-year-old Andrew Engel said.
To most Australians, they're just a bit of fun and a possible laugh, but there's a growing sinister side to some of the light entertainment people are seeking.
Our third year of constant rain on the east coast of Australia is starting to take its toll in ways we would never have imagined.
Rhiannan Iffland freely admits, "I get scared" - as most people would.
Consumers are paying top dollar for oranges right now, yet farmers are dumping the fruit in paddocks for cows to eat while others are letting the fruit fall to the ground in their orchards to rot.
Four-hundred residents in a community just an hour north of Sydney fear it's just a matter of time before someone dies because they are without proper communications.
It's estimated around half the nation is either obese or overweight.
Jennifer Peace says her local council has ruined her life.
Few people take a stroll down Hunter Street, in an outer suburb of Newcastle anymore.
"I could have died that night because of that bridge and now they have the hide to send me a bill for repairs!" Deb Maroney said.
The bureaucrats are making life terribly hard for a charity caring for elderly disabled Australians.
The Black Summer bushfires that destroyed his home were bad enough "but they were like a Sunday afternoon BBQ compared to what happened next", according to Gordon Sanger, who is a broken man.
Bec Darby has a choice no mother wants to make.
Mark Green is a salt of the earth, tough Scottish man, but lately he can't help crying.
This couple have lived on Bega Street in Candelo, NSW for nearly 20 years but according to one government department, they've been in the wrong house.
When you get to 92 years of age, you're not after much in life.
Roz and Ian's love of trees has come to bite them.
When was the last time you had a pay rise?
On this Anzac Day there is one digger who won't be celebrating.