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Labor has announced a three-pillar plan to secure $5 billion in budget savings across four years through new taxes and cuts to public service outsourcing which it says will fund its election commitments.

Inflation has surged amid increasing transport, food and housing costs, raising the prospect interest rates could be lifted when the Reserve Bank of Australia meets next week.  

Pressure rises for Australians as inflation tips 5 pct-

Social security payments for pensioners, carers and jobseekers are set to increase from next week. 

Annual increases in living costs ranged between 2.6 per cent for Employee households and 3.4 per cent for Age pensioner households in the December

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 1.3 per cent in the December 2021 quarter and 3.5 per cent annually, according to the latest data from the

The total value of Australia’s 10.7 million residential dwellings rose by $487.0 billion to $9,259.2 billion in the September quarter 2021, according

Annual increases in living costs continued to exceed 2.5 per cent for all households in the September 2021 quarter, according to the latest data from

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.8 per cent in the September 2021 quarter, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics

Date Time CPI rose 0.8% in June 2021 quarter: Australia The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.8 per cent in the June 2021 quarter, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Head of Prices Statistics at the ABS, Michelle Marquardt said: “Rising fuel prices accounted for much of the increase in the June quarter CPI, with prices surpassing pre-pandemic levels”. The most significant price rises in the June quarter were automotive fuel (+6.5 per cent) and medic...