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Mortgage squeeze hits Tasmanians after repeated rate rises (opens the original)
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Tasmanians are bracing themselves after the latest interest rate hike, with average wages lower than the mainland Australian states. Local home and business owners say they're having to find ways to absorb the additional costs. A consumer research expert is encouraging the government to look at different ways to manage inflation. Alex Gill and her partner built their family home in Tasmania's south three years ago. Like a lot of new builds, it ended up costing the family more than they'd budgete
Life can be hard. These Australians share their ingredients for happiness (opens the original)
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As part of the ABC's Your Say project, we've heard from thousands of people telling us that life is hard and it's getting harder. Financially, many are doing it tough, as the cost of paying mortgages, rent, food, petrol and energy bills goes up. And we've heard from you that life is getting more complicated, whether it's trying to get a loved one the aged care they need or navigating the NDIS system. You've told us you are increasingly worried about global events and the environment. Even just m
Time is running out for teenage cancer patient, but 'sliver of hope' on horizon (opens the original)
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Tasmanian Coby Metzler is dying from brain cancer, but a trial of a new customised vaccine that offers some hope is on the horizon. His family fears Coby will miss out on taking part in the trial due to his life expectancy, and is desperately trying to find a way for him to access the world-first treatment. Brain Tumour Alliance Australia says there need to be more options for people like Coby, including drug companies providing free access to experimental treatments and greater support for drug
In some countries grocery prices have come down — not in Australia (opens the original)
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In the past 16 months, the price of grocery shopping in Australia has outstripped wage growth. In the UK, where there is a more competitive supermarket structure, grocery prices in some stores has gone backwards as much as 2 per cent. There are calls for a royal commission into what is leading to a lack of competition among Australia's major supermarkets and what legislation would be needed to change that. If you feel like grocery prices have gone up over the past year, it is because they have.
Envy the Tassie lifestyle? Here's the economic reality of living in the state (opens the original)
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Tasmania's labour market has been described as the least financially attractive in the country, with full-time average weekly earnings about $12,000 a year less than the average of other states. In the past, lower house prices and the Tasmanian lifestyle balanced out the state's fewer job opportunities and poorer pay, but that is changing. The state's aging workforce can free up job opportunities, allowing for faster career progression. The impact of artificial intelligence may also be less of a
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