Cost Of Living
The Northern Territory government says it has taken an "unprecedented" step by enacting legislation for the first time in response to the fuel cost crisis.
The federal government has cut the fuel excise in half for three months in a move which should save motorists 26 cents a litre, delivering some relief to remote and regional communities that have been...
Calls are growing for greater measures to tackle the impact of the fuel crisis in remote and regional Australia. Not-for-profit group Country Needs People, which is led by a majority Indigenous board...
The Aboriginal Peak Organisations of the Northern Territory (APO NT) and Aboriginal Housing NT have joined the Central Land Council in calling for an urgent increase to the Remote Area Allowance in th...
A new report by the Super Members Council has identified a range of reforms to help uplift service standards and experiences for First Nations members in superannuation.
Rising fuel prices driven by the war in the Middle East are intensifying cost-of-living pressures in remote Australia, with the Central Land Council calling on the federal government to urgently incre...
The federal government has confirmed the Low-Cost Essentials Subsidy Scheme — which cuts the cost of basic groceries — will be expanded to an estimated 225 remote stores nationwide.
Families in some of Western Australia's most remote communities are paying nearly twice as much for fuel as those in Perth, a cost burden which flows directly into food prices, household expenses and...
The federal government's growing focus on food security in remote communities is based on an understanding that many issues disproportionately impacting Indigenous Australians — from cost-of-liv...
The Northern Territory Council of Social Service released two new Cost of Living Report on Monday, highlighting the pressures faced by Territorians—particularly young people—when it comes...
Independent senator Jacqui Lambie has delivered a searing blow to the Coalition, questioning their ability to function as a "credible opposition".
The Central Land Council has voted to re-elect Warren Williams as its chair at a meeting in Yulara. On Wednesday, the CLC, which represents 24,000 remote Indigenous people across Central Australia, an...
Researchers from the University of Notre Dame Australia are exploring solutions to energy poverty in remote Indigenous communities – a problem that sees some of Australia's most vulnerable left...