Rents increase to more than half median take-home pay across capitals - ABC News
Housing advocacy group Everybody's Home says renting a unit now costs more than half the median take-home pay of a single worker in every Australian capital city.
Both the 'worst' GST deal and the NDIS blew out by billions but only one is sacred - ABC News
The Albanese government had a turbulent week with tussles over data centres and division within the Labor party over its humanitarian intake.
Power of Attorney | Public Trustee
A Power of Attorney is a legal document that gives a person or an organisation the power to manage your assets and financial affairs while you are alive.
I can preemptively appoint someone. This is a 'sleeping' enduring power of attorney, and kicks in when a medical advisor decides I'm no longer able to manage my financial affairs.
If I don't have one, SACAT will appoint one for me.
Poverty Lines
Poverty line for a single person not in the workforce: $569.81 per week as of March 2026
- Youth Allowance (under 24, independent), or ABSTUDY (under 22, independent), or Austudy (over 25): $338.6 per week
- Jobseeker: $404.35 per week ($433 with a capacity to work below 15h/w)
- DSP (under 20, independent): $419.9 per week
- ABSTUDY (over 22): $443.5 per week
- DSP (over 20): $600.45 per week
Australians less satisfied with life than during pandemic lockdowns as financial pressures mount - ABC News
As usual for the ABC, insists the pandemic ended and covid is strictly in the past tense now.
Government accused of misleading public on NDIS cuts in heated Senate hearing
Treasury modelling tabled in the Senate shows that, of the $38.1 billion predicted to be saved from the cuts over the next four years, just $0.9 billion (2 .4 per cent) was expected to come from "making the minister the decision maker on pricing and related fraud measures".
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