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 Employer asks why he should pay for ‘poor partner choices’ as paid DV leave laws come into effect
By ABC News
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Posted February 2, 2023

Employer asks why he should pay for ‘poor partner choices’ as paid DV leave laws come into effect

News article by the ABC
A Queensland law firm director has defended comments he made about the financial impact of new domestic violence leave laws on small business [...]

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 Mortgage prisoners trapped by negative equity are renting out their homes
By ABC News
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Posted February 2, 2023

Mortgage prisoners trapped by negative equity are renting out their homes

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Home owners struggling with their mortgages who cannot sell because they are in negative equity are starting to turn to the booming rental [...]

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 The risk of Australia entering recession has just risen
By ABC News
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Posted February 1, 2023

The risk of Australia entering recession has just risen

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From a drop in retail sales to falling house prices, there are signs pointing towards a recession in Australia. How will the Reserve Bank respond?

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 Australian retailers had a worse-than-expected Christmas as cost of living pressures bite
By ABC News
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Posted January 31, 2023

Australian retailers had a worse-than-expected Christmas as cost of living pressures bite

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There are clearer signs that consumers are feeling the pain of high inflation and successive interest rate hikes with Australian retailers [...]

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 Adam thought he was starting a new job, until he lost $28,000. What are recruitment scams and how are they targeting job seekers?
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Posted January 30, 2023

Adam thought he was starting a new job, until he lost $28,000. What are recruitment scams and how are they targeting job seekers?

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It is the scam that preys on the most-vulnerable feeling that job seekers have: hope. Here is what recruitment scams are and how they are [...]

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 Australia’s inflation problem is now entrenched and that means interest rates have to rise again
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Posted January 29, 2023

Australia’s inflation problem is now entrenched and that means interest rates have to rise again

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Australians are already making heartbreaking decisions about how to stretch their dollars. Now we've hit a point where higher interest rates [...]

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 Australians are struggling with increasing cost-of-living pressures. Here’s how inflation is driving up the prices of common goods
By ABC News
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Posted January 27, 2023

Australians are struggling with increasing cost-of-living pressures. Here’s how inflation is driving up the prices of common goods

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As inflation rose higher than expected during 2022, the rise in the cost of living has significantly impacted Australians in many different [...]

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 Who has it worse when it comes to Australians with overstretched mortgages? Boomers or millennials? Tell us
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Posted January 25, 2023

Who has it worse when it comes to Australians with overstretched mortgages? Boomers or millennials? Tell us

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A spike in mortgage repayments isn't an uncommon experience across generations. But we'd like to find out who has it worse.

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 Inflation rises more than forecast, increasing interest rate hike odds
By ABC News
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Posted January 25, 2023

Inflation rises more than forecast, increasing interest rate hike odds

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Inflation comes in higher than expected, increasing the chances of another Reserve Bank interest rate rise next month.

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 More reports of bank scams targeting younger generations as teen loses life savings to spoofing
By ABC News
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Posted January 25, 2023

More reports of bank scams targeting younger generations as teen loses life savings to spoofing

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Aurora Casilli lost her life savings in a scam when hackers infiltrated an existing message thread with her bank. She warns others the process [...]

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