Poppy Johnston and Paul Osborne
Consumers a touch more upbeat but still wary
Consumer confidence has recovered some lost ground but remains deeply in negative territory. The index collated by ANZ and Roy Morgan recovered...
Home insurance out of reach as climate disasters surge
Some Australian families are spending two months of their annual income on home insurance, or going without cover, as more frequent disasters inflate...
CBA customers dipping into savings and tightening belts
Young home owners who bought during the COVID-19 pandemic are pulling back their spending sharply as interest rates rise and cost of...
Financial hardship returns to early pandemic levels
Spiralling living costs and the interest rate hikes needed to rein in rising prices are taking a toll and have triggered the highest...