Melbourne Cost of Living
Melbourne is a great city. It’s known for its food, its art, its cappuccinos, and being categorically better than Sydney. Unfortunately it’s also a very expensive city to live in. And its getting more expensive year on year. So what’s the breakdown of these costs? The median cost of rent is $560 a week, give […]
Lets make welfare, well, fair.
Mutual obligations are cruel, controlling, inconvenient and frankly, a waste of time for everyone involved. They don’t even make sense. The government shouldn’t make people, who are often struggling, jump through numerous hoops. Just so they can access a payment they need to survive. This system doesn’t care about genuinely supporting people who are doing […]
Real Time Price Gouging
The ‘little monsters’ at Tiketek and Ticketmaster have been cooking up new ways to rip concert-goers off and make more money. It’s called dynamic pricing. They did it when Taylor Swift came to Australia last year, they did it again when Green Day came earlier this year. And now they’re doing it for the Lady […]
Shoplifting Solution!
Tesco in the UK are trialling putting new plastic barriers along their shelves to reduce shoplifting. You simply put these in front of chocolate, and it stops people from being able to reach in and buy it. Effectively reducing theft of chocolate to zero. The biggest brains at Woolworths and Coles are watching these closely, […]
Free Dental!
Over the past months, we have conducted a survey asking people how the cost of living crisis we are in, is affecting their health. We heard countless stories of people having to choose between putting food on the table, paying rent, paying their bills and seeking essential healthcare. People are cancelling appointments, living in ongoing […]
Billionaires Wealth Increases
Last year, Australia’s billionaires made $67,000 an hour! That’s about a whole year’s salary for many average workers. People like Gina Rinehart and Clive Palmer have increased their wealth by about 8% or $28 billion last year, while the rest of Australia’s wages struggle to keep up with inflation. The Oxfam report Takers, not Makers breaks […]
Fix Jobseeker
Most Australian universities advise that full time students shouldn’t work more than 10-15 hours a week. If you do, it could effect your grades or lead to you failing a subject. Now, that might sound like a lot of hours, but 15 hours of work, if you’re on minimum wage at 18 years old, only […]
Rental Horror Storries
We’ve all heard – or lived – rental horror stories Houses that have no insulation, hotter on the inside than it is outside. Houses that only have enough hot water for one short shower a day. Houses that have shorting electricity circuits, leaking water or even gas. Houses that have all of these issues, that […]
Big Banks Abandon Branches
Australia’s big banks are walking away from local communities, closing down branches left, right and centre, leaving their customers at the mercy of online scammers. Australians reported $330 million in losses to online scams to the National Anti-Scam Centre in the 2023-24 financial year. Even ATMs aren’t sticking around, with thousands closing down all over […]
Public transport for 50c
So it’s 2025, we’re in a cost of living crisis, what can you possibly buy for just 50c? Coffee’s are going for like $7, and just one myki trip is $5.50. Maybe a single carrot? Or a tomato? Basically nothing. Well here’s an idea! The Victorian Green are proposing a six month trial across all […]