https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jun/03/victoria-rental-properties-heating-and-cooling-standards-air-conditioning-state-government-proposal?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Properties will require air conditioning, external door seals and ceiling insulation under proposed new standards
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-11/electric-car-sales-in-australia-outer-suburbs-overtake-city/103542014?
Nanda, who lives about 60km from Melbourne's CBD, says he's saved up to $6,000 a year thanks to switching to an electric car. He's part of a growing trend that has seen EV sales in outer suburbs boom as cost-of-living pressures bite.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-07/allan-fels-price-gouging-report-cost-of-living-crisis/103431866?
The former chair of the ACCC takes aim at electricity providers, banks, airlines, supermarkets, and other big businesses in his new report on price gouging and unfair pricing practices.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/jan/24/cabinet-approves-new-tax-cuts-for-workers-on-less-than-150000-in-stage-three-revamp
Taxpayers earning under $150,000 would be better off under a plan to retain the 37% tax bracket, unwinding the Morrison government’s stage-three tax cuts due to come into effect this year
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-31/climate-analytics-claims-csiro-report-beetaloo-gas-emissions/103041554?
Beetaloo Basin's greenhouse gas emissions could be 45 per cent more than estimates in a crucial CSIRO report, which a climate institute has labelled "systemically biased".
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