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Latest news: Cost of living

ACTCOSS publishes 2026 cost of living report: ‘Truly terrifying’

Rising prices are pushing more Canberrans into poverty and financial precarity, ACTCOSS’s cost-of-living report, published today, warns.

ACTCOSS: Inequality on the rise in the ACT

Governments must put equity at the centre of their budgets, as equity is “being eroded before our eyes”, ACTCOSS CEO Dr Devin Bowles warns.

ACTCOSS outlines budget priorities amid rising cost pressures

ACTCOSS has called on the ACT Government to prioritise investment in social infrastructure in the 2026–27 Budget.

Voices from the frontline: Slabs for Heroes

Founded during the bushfires, Slabs for Heroes helps food pantries, charities, families in crisis, and domestic violence victims.

Voices from the frontline: Anglicare ACT

More people than ever are reaching out to Anglicare NSW South/West and ACT for help, and keeping up with demand is challenging.

Care Financial Counselling Service CEO retires after 25 years

After 25 years with Care Financial Counselling Service, and 16 years as its CEO, Carmel Franklin will retire this week.

Voices from the frontline: VolunteeringACT

Many Canberrans cannot access healthy food, and the community sector is in survival mode as it struggles to help them, CEO Jean Giese says.

Canberra in crisis: ACTCOSS

Thousands of Canberrans are in poverty, and services are turning people away - but Dr Devin Bowles believes there might be hope.

ACT politics bulletin: Cost-of-living crisis and budgets

The cost-of-living crisis continues for Canberra’s low income earners, ACTCOSS warns. More ACT budget announcements. Women’s safety survey.

Cost-of-living, hate-speech crackdown take centre stage

Strengthening penalties for hate speech and threats amid rising anti-Semitic violence as well as cost-of-living relief measures will mark parliament's return.

‘Extreme shocks’ felt over cost-of-living: CBA boss

The head of the Commonwealth Bank has told a parliamentary inquiry younger people are being disproportionately affected by high inflation and interest rates.

ACT politics bulletin: Tuesday 27 August

The ACT Greens promise light rail two years before Labor. The Canberra Liberals want a review of assistance payments. And more.

‘The shrinking of our middle class’: ACTCOSS’s cost-of-living report

ACTCOSS’s annual cost-of-living report, published this morning, warns that Canberra faces disaster, as more households fall into poverty.

Nelson Mandela’s legacy helps hungry Canberrans

To mark Mandela Day the South African High Commission launched a food donation campaign for food relief charity HelpingACT.

Cost-of-living crisis linked to Australia’s ‘baby recession’

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

ACTCOSS: Cost-of-living crisis worsens

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

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