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COST OF LIVING: Inflation is a normal part of a functioning economy, but problems begin when the cost of living is rising faster than wages can grow.

The cost of living has been a huge talking point over the past few months.

Inflation, interest rates, wage growth, cost of living: How does it all work?

Australians wanted to change the curtains: Former prime minister Scott Morrison. Picture: AAP

Scott Morrison has sat down for his first interview since Saturday's comprehensive election loss.

'Vicious and brutal': Morrison ducks responsibility for election loss

PAST WINNER: The 2018 winner, trailblazing biodynamic farmer and grazier Charlie Arnott, Boorowa, NSW, used his prize money to launch his highly successful podcast The Regenerative Journey.

Time is running out to nominate for the 2022 Bob Hawke Landcare Award.

$50,000 in store for Landcare champion

It's hard to imagine the campaigning style of Barnaby Joyce helped Liberal moderates battling teal independents in their inner-city heartland. Picture: Getty Images

There is no doubt being in the Coalition made the Liberal brand much less attractive in the party's inner-city heartland.

It's time for the Liberals to rethink their coalition with the Nationals

Sushannah Taylor and her six-month-old daughter Luna (right) and a tent their family of four lived in a person's backyard in Bundaberg (left).

Sushannah Taylor her husband Tristan and their two daughters have been homeless in Bundaberg, Queensland since April 10, 2022.

Mum documents family life in tents, motels amid rental crisis

Adam Bandt is prepared to back the Haines model, saying he 'doesn't care' whose name is on the bill. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

The new government has promised an anti-corruption watchdog with teeth. The powerful crossbench wants it within months.

'Ready to go': Greens want ICAC before budget

NATURAL TALENT: Kaison Hao is passionate about learning the piano. Picture: supplied.

He started learning aged five, and he's only be playing for 11 months.

See why this young pianist was named one of the world's best

Police officers at the scene after a teenager shot and killed 19 children at a Texas primary school. Photo: AP Photo

A teenage gunman has killed 18 children and three adults.

Teenager in gun massacre at Texas school

A further 1.5 million Australians will be able to receive a fourth COVID-19 vaccine.

The expanded advice is expected to allow more than 1.5 million additional people to receive the fourth vaccine dose.

Second COVID booster eligibility expanded

ON THE LOOSE: There are two main variants of monkeypox, the more severe Central African strain and the milder West African strain.

Two people in Australia's largest cities have the virus, so is it likely to spread further?

What is 'monkeypox' and how did it arrive in Australia?

FOCUSED: Holy Holy's Oscar Dawson and Tim Carroll have built a reputation of constantly evolving. Picture: Simon Eeles

The indie-rock duo are always looking towards the horizon

Holy Holy refuse to repeat themselves

This is a sample of The Echidna newsletter sent out each weekday morning .

A shabby, desperate ploy that sank fast

CHARISMA: Phil Jamieson will release his debut solo album Somebody Else on July 27.

Old troublemaker Phil Jamieson in solo gig

Wauchope resident Anthony Mahr is asking people not to pat or feed his guide dog. Photo: Liz Langdale. 

Anthony Mahr is asking people not to pat or feed his guide dog.

'Shadow is my eyes': Plea not to distract guide dogs

Voters biting the hand that never fed them

Member for Cowper, Pat Conaghan. Photo: Mardi Borg

For the first time since Federation, the seat of Cowper is in limbo

Pat Conaghan on lessons learned and being in election limbo

SAD NEWS: Jackie Monk has paid tribute to her husband David Kiefel.

Wife pays tribute to much-loved husband David Kiefel after long battle.

61-year-old dies from Japanese encephalitis

Hydrogen has been touted by many as the answer to climate change. So what's the deal with it?

Will hydrogen technology be the answer to Australia's emissions woes?

The interim Albanese frontbench. Picture: AAP 

Crossbenchers Rebekha Sharkie, Bob Katter, Andrew Wilkie, Helen Haines and Zali Steggall have given Labor confidence of supply.

Labor secures support for a working minority government, but hopeful of more

LONG HAUL: Member for Farrer Sussan Ley, with supporters on Saturday night, has not ruled out putting her hand up to lead the Liberals, and affirmed she is committed to serving a full term after her re-election. Picture: JAMES WILTSHIRE

Member for Farrer Sussan Ley says it's up to party to choose leadership

Ley not ruling herself out for leadership, with lessons to learn for Libs

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Cardinal George Pell is due to be sentenced after being found guilty of child sexual abuse.

Chief Judge Peter Kidd has handed down his sentence after Cardinal George Pell was convicted for attacks on two choirboys in the 1990s.

George Pell sentenced to six years

STRONG: Beautiful toddler Penelope Dean is the sunshine of her mother Emily's life. The brave little girl has been treated for a rare tumour.

Most people know McHappy Day is all about a good cause. The Dean family had first-hand experience of how the charity supports children fighting serious illness.

How McHappy Day helps brave tots like Penelope

Why is it taking so long for meaningful action to be taken on gun control in the US?

Another senseless massacre signals Groundhog Day in 'land of the free'

Incoming Indigenous affairs minister Linda Burney. Picture: AAP

Raising the age is a reform which is not only long overdue, but is also widely supported by the community.

On National Sorry Day, let's not forsake another generation

It turns out that to have a shot at winning a seat in Parliament from a major party you need a credible candidate and some backing. Who knew? Picture: AAP

Surprise, surprise, some in the right-leaning media are suggesting the election result means the Liberals should swing to the right. Hogwash.

The votes are in the centre. It's not rocket science

CUT ABOVE: Rohan Connolly says no other team is even close to the Demons at this stage of the season. Picture: Mike Owen/AFL Photos/via Getty Images

No one comes even close to Melbourne, according to Rohan Connolly.

Can any AFL team exorcise their Demons this season?

MONKEY BUSINESS: The Japanese macaques are a pride and joy of the Launceston community. Picture: Paul Scambler

Ask a local about the monkeys, and they'll barely bat an eyelid.

Why are there monkeys in the middle of Launceston's City Park?

Then Liberal leader Tony Abbott tries his hand at ironing a shirt during a visit to a dry cleaner's in Queanbeyan in 2010. Picture: AAP

The Coalition's problem with female voters goes back well beyond the previous government.

Women marched in the streets, and have now marched away from the Coalition

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, left, is all smiles as he joins the leaders of the United States, India and Japan at the Quad meeting. Picture: AAP

Here's what the new PM needs to do straight away to set things on the right path.

Albanese has a national security nightmare on his hands

Albanese's proposal to back a modest rise in the minimum wage to keep pace with inflation saw him labelled a "loose unit". Picture: AAP

Here's why the Fair Work Commission should get on board with Anthony Albanese's suggestion.

Lifting the minimum wage is anything but reckless - it's what low earners need

Olympic champion Caster Semenya says she offered to show her body to prove she was a female.

Caster Semenya: I offered to show my body

One in two Australians are diagnosed with cancer before the age of 85.

Tea off on cancer this May

The results speak for themselves. Home and property values are soaring and you could benefit from this trend. Find out with a free appraisal of the value of your home.

Could you be a property millionaire?

The Liberal Party has lost its identity in its coalition with the Nationals. Is it time for a partnership rethink? Pictures: Keegan Carroll, James Croucher, Sitthixay Ditthavong

The election result is part of a trend of a declining vote for the two major parties that began in 2010 and is not likely to stop.

The Liberal Party has a stinker of a problem with its Coalition partner

Former PM John Howard with Ryan MP Julian Simmonds during the campaign. Mr Simmonds was defeated by the Greens. Picture: AAP

Perhaps those blaming the voters for getting it wrong should take a long, hard look at themselves.

This is what happens when you treat voters like misbehaving teenagers

Prime Minister Scott Morrison is briefed on the east coast flooding disaster at Emergency Management Australia in February. Picture: AAP

Wedges no longer work. Australians want a serious and reliable climate plan, and resetting the environmental agenda must be the priority over the next three years.

Australians want climate action. Conservatives should listen

Using her own experiences as a mum with a love of the outdoors, Tiffany Droge has created the ultimate family outing baby carrier. 

Ditch the pram and take bub with you on an adventure

Anthony Albanese will be briefed on Australia's fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

PM faces domestic, regional challenges

NSW ambulance workers are fighting for better resourcing and pay.

NSW paramedics ramp up industrial action

SURPRISE RUN IN: Siblings Isabelle, Aidan and Evie Mesa with Home and Away's Ray Meagher (Alf Stewart), Lynne McGranger (Irene Roberts), Georgie Parker (Roo Stewart), Leah Patterson (Ada Nicodemou) at the Young RSL Club. Picture: Contributed 

"I made them run in to see if any of them were there."

Home and Away cast make family's night after chance run in

More than 80 per cent of Queensland's electricity remains generated by coal-fired plants.

Qld govt offers $175 electricity debate

Dale Palmer has avoided jail after drunkenly driving into her daughter and dragging her down a road.

Mum who dragged daughter spared jail

ON BOARD: Coleambally rice farmer John Gorman with his Ampan board made from recycled rice stubble. 

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IT’S not quite turning water into wine, but a Coly rice farmer is poised to do the next best thing by turning worthless agricultural waste into a valuable building block.

Building bright future on rice

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A PASSIONATE farming advocate will hold tours of local properties in a bid to educate our city cousins about local food production.

Food bowl to be served up

ROLLED OATS: The site of a truck rollover in Darlington Point last year which damaged the historic town clock. Councillors have resolved to commission another artwork to replace the clock and situate it at another site in town. 

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A NEW monument will be erected in place of Darlington Point’s iconic town clock, which was damaged during a truck rollover on the Point’s main street 18 months ago.

Iconic clock to be replaced

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LOCAL water leaders have demanded the federal government agree to buy a huge parcel of Riverina irrigation entitlement, saying the sale could insulate the MIA against further cuts under the Murray-Darling Basin Plan.

Govt urged to buy water

ON TOUR: The Young Irrigation Network tour group near the start of the Murrumbidgee River.  

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The Young Irrigation Network (YIN) is putting a call out to young people involved in any aspect of the irrigation industry to attend its family fun day on Friday, August 10 from 3.30pm at the Cottage Gallery.

Young irrigators set to gather in Griffith

STRANGE PHENOMENON: Sussan Ley at the Albion Hotel on Saturday night said she would embrace "whatever the future brings". 

Farrer winner and loser ponder future for country as night turns sweet and sour

Victorious Ley, 'ecstatic' Cameron wonder what the future will bring

Anthony Albanese claims victory. Picture: Screenshot

Follow the updates and results for the federal election as they happen here.

As it happened: 'Australians have voted for change': Albo claims victory

Eight candidates vie for seat of Farrer in federal parliament.

MIA decides: Ley holds Farrer for Liberals

All polling booths are set to be open across the country tomorrow. Picture: Karleen Minney

The Electoral Commissioner has confirmed all polling places will be open for election day.

All polling places will be open for election day: AEC

Human Rights Minister Tara Cheyne said Canberrans were being treated as second-class citizens. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong 

Scott Morrison confirmed a Coalition government would not seek to overturn the ban if re-elected, saying it was "not our policy".