Australians are being overcharged by banks, energy companies, airlines and supermarkets who have exploited a lack of competition in crucial markets to push for bigger profits.
Despite headline data suggesting the cost of living crisis may finally be easing, few Australian households would have found covering their essentials has got any easier.
Today is the final day for New South Wales parents to apply for and use the government's Active Kids voucher before the scheme is replaced by one that is means-tested.
Australia's consumer watchdog has made eight recommendations to the federal government to improve the affordability and accessibility of childcare across the nation.
Australians are being warned to prepare to absorb another service price hike, after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) today approved a plan to increase the cost of Australia Post stamps.
Low-income earners are set to benefit from a rework of the controversial stage three tax cuts under a new plan to be put before federal cabinet today.
Consumer stress has risen for the fifth straight quarter, but concerns over cost of living are beginning to decrease as inflation eases, a new report has revealed.
Economists might be predicting an interest rate cut or two in the latter half of the year, but the IMF has called on the Reserve Bank to push rates in the other direction.