cost of living

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Anglicare Australia not only wants Labor to raise all welfare payments, it is also calling for an independent 'Social Security Commission' with the power to set and adjust payments based on the actual cost of living. Isaac Nellist 谤别辫辞谤迟蝉.听

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As the Reserve Bank of Australia and聽Labor and the Coalition continue to supress wages, living costs continue to rise. Peter Boyle reports.

Renters 'retreat under a mountain of blankets and sheets' to escape the cold.

A new report by Better Renting found 70%聽of rental homes are too cold in winter, reports Isaac Nellist.

People in poverty end up paying more for basic goods and services

Anglicare Australia鈥檚 new report says people on low incomes often end up paying more for basic goods. Isaac Nellist reports.

Nurses' picket line cr Terry Conway

Ahead of a significant day of industrial action across Britain,聽Terry Conway discusses the significance of the聽strikewave and what it will take to force the government鈥檚 hand.

NTEU Qld

The number of workers taking strike action has risen this year, up from record lows for a decade. University workers are a part of this movement, reports Jonathan Strauss.

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Along with widespread food insecurity, South Africans also experience 鈥渆nergy poverty鈥, making it difficult for them to cover other costs such as food, rent, and clothing, reports Vashna Jagarnath.

The federal Treasurer tells us that聽cost-of-living pressures are only going to get worse before they get better. Angela Carr聽argues that Labor must abandon聽its neoliberal approach.

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Anti*Capitalist Resistance activist Phil Hearse聽discusses the debates on the British left over Ukraine and the rise of the Enough is Enough cost of living campaign.

Protest in Argentina

Thousands of people took to the streets across Argentina on August 18 to protest rising living costs and demand the government take action to improve material conditions, reports Ana Zorita.

Tens of thousands of Panamanians have been mobilising across the country, protesting the high cost of living and demanding support from the national government to face the growing economic and social crisis, reports People's Dispatch.

Defying predictions, the Greens look set to win 2 seats in Brisbane and are in the running for another. Liam Flenady, the Australian Greens鈥 campaign manager for the seat of Griffith, reflects on three reasons why the campaign was so successful.