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Thousands of Sydney households will pay more for their electricity from Monday as summer tariffs kick in.

Aussie households warned of 'dramatic' jump in Winter electricity bills As temperatures plummet and heaters are wheeled out, thousands of Sydney households are going to get slugged more for their power. Come June 1, those with a smart meter on time of day pricing will see their energy bills spike. Ausgrid, which supplies power to 1.5 million households and businesses in Sydney, the Central Coast and the Hunter, introduced new seasonal tariffs in 2018. While there is no peak period anymore during some Autumn and Spring months, there is an afternoon/evening peak during summer and the months of ...

It's the tsunami facing Australian homeowners. After two years of a string of some of the worst natural disasters the country has ever faced, home insurance premiums are skyrocketing. Fires, floods, cyclones and hail storms have taken a toll and homeowners are receiving bills with premium hikes of 10-20 per cent on last year, some even higher. LIVE UPDATES: Aussie homeowners are facing huge hikes in insurance premiums following a string of natural disasters.(Nick Moir) A poor year of return on investments and the higher costs of reinsurance in Australia and abroad have resulted in a triple wh...

Britain's largest secondhand book retailer has been put up for sale. City sources said Bridges Fund Management has appointed bankers from Baird to find a buyer for World of Books. Bridges Fund Management was founded by one of Britain's best known venture capitalists, Sir Ronald Cohen, to focus on 'sustainable' and 'impact' investing. Britain's largest secondhand book retailer has been put up for sale.  World of Books obtains old books from charity shops and readers via an application called Ziffit, sells the books to consumers and then recycles the rest. The business was founded by Simon Dow...