Latest news: cost of living crisis

Soaring cost-of-living pressures are thought the be the reason births in Australia have dropped to an almost 20-year-low.

Canberra workers cannot buy food or pay power bills; homelessness is increasing; and cash-starved community services might go belly up.

News that listed childcare giant G8 Education has posted a 53 per cent profit increase and is paying its CEO a $3 million package while continually lifting fees has renewed calls from family advocates for tighter government regulation of early childhood education and care costs.

Share the Dignity’s second Bloody Big Survey is set to unpack if period poverty rates have risen since 2021.

Over 2,000 participants have signed up to febfast to raise funds and take a break from alcohol, go sugar-free, or give up another vice.