Runaway house prices put ownership dreams on hold
Two people, three jobs and a dream getting harder and harder to reach.
Reporter for The Age
Two people, three jobs and a dream getting harder and harder to reach.
House values surged another 1.4 per cent across Australia in March, pushing annual price growth to 19 per cent in Sydney and 16 per cent in Melbourne, new data shows.
Shoppers are resisting the urge to splash cash on new clothes, shoes and fashion accessories, driving a slump in Australia's retail turnover.
Tourism operators in cyclone-hit coastal Queensland towns are bracing for a multimillion-dollar clean-up, but fear overblown reporting that frightens off visitors could inflict more damage than the cyclone itself.
In-flight internet access is shaping up as a key battleground for Australia's two major airlines.
Australia's tomato and capsicum supply could be under threat after Cyclone Debbie smashed the key production area around Bowen on the Queensland central coast.
Telstra is the latest Australian company to join the boycott of YouTube over fears its brand was being associated with bigoted or extremist content.
Bunnings, Foxtel and Caltex have joined the cascading global advertiser boycott of YouTube.
Holden and Kia have suspended all advertising from YouTube after they unwittingly paid to promote their cars alongside an offensive video that directed misogynistic insults at journalist and businesswoman Ita Buttrose.
Vulnerable Australians are still being sucked into paying extortionate interest rates on payday loans and leased household goods three months after the government pledged to pull the industry into line, consumer groups say.
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