cost of living

More than half of Australian women say increased cost-of-living pressures are negatively impacting their mental health.

A report card on the wellbeing of Australians has been released today looking at how things have changed since the Covid-19 pandemic began. 

The cost of living struggle is just a little taster of what some people in our community have been with struggling for decades.

It’s not easy talking to kids about the cost-of-living crunch. Many fear landing their kids with a lifelong ‘scarcity mindset’, where a person is cursed with a feeling spending money is always wrong.

A new study of 5000 Australian women has shown how cost of living pressures and biological factors are negatively affecting mental health.

The cost of childcare isn’t even the biggest issue we’re facing as a family. The bigger problem is that we can’t access it properly.

On any given day, over half a million households in Australia struggle with food insecurity- especially those with children. 

This winter, as my bills have roughly doubled, it’s become incredibly difficult just to get by on a regular income.

Cost of living pressures have overtaken the pandemic as the main cause of stress for people, according to a new Beyond Blue survey.

A new Australian documentary gives voice to the women in urgent need of policy action on housing insecurity and homelessness.

The minimum wage will be increased by 5.2 per cent, lifting the national minimum wage from $20.33 to $21.38 an hour.

In this Budget, we need to see commitments to climate solutions that will set Australia up for long term prosperity, or at least security.