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Anglicare's annual Rental Affordability Snapshot has revealed key occupations, including retail workers, social workers and cleaners, can afford fewer than 1 per cent of rental listings.

‘Tons of mangoes’ are also coming through, with more stone fruit on the way towards the end of the month Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email Golden mangoes and juicy strawberries are to be relished this month, with the warmer weather bringing on the fruits, says Michael Hsu, operational manager at Sydney’s Panetta Mercato. An unexpectedly early start to the strawberry growing season in Victoria has yielded a “glut”, Hsu says. Dean Lamb, owner of Watts Fresh in Kyneton, Victoria, says the

The problem with inflation driven by factors such as wars and supply side shocks is that interest rate rises don’t do much Get our daily political email, free app or daily news podcast On Tuesday this week came the biggest news regarding inflation. No, not the Reserve Bank’s decision to raise interest rates; that will do barely anything (although it will most certainly raise unemployment). No, the most important news for inflation was that the US had launched limited strikes on ​Iran’s Qeshm Isl

Comparing Australia to other countries may not be much comfort but does offer some perspective on the economy Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Is Australia’s inflation problem worse than the rest of the world’s? A day after the Reserve Bank delivered its fifth interest rate hike for the year, increasingly stressed mortgage holders would be justified asking. Continue reading...