4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (718+ words) New data has laid bare the staggering scale of gambling in Australia, with one critic warning its growing normalisation is paving the way for the next generation in the worst possible way. A whopping $4.75 billion was lost on poker machines…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (392+ words) Australian motorists are used to facing hefty fines when they break the rules, but some are now being offered a very different outcome for doing the right thing. Drivers in one Western Australian region may score a financial reward for…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (330+ words) Veteran suicide rates would climb under plans to impose a cap on health care funding, a prominent politician has warned in a blistering attack on the government. Announced in the May federal budget, a $5000 threshold for veterans' allied health services…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (459+ words) Australians who have reliably paid rent for years could use that track record to strengthen their case for a home loan under a new system aimed at helping renters break into the property market. Credit-reporting giant Equifax Australia has partnered…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (583+ words) Aussie first-home buyers hoping to finally crack the property market could be making a costly mistake by waiting for prices to fall, a real estate agent has warned. Luke Saville, sales executive and auctioneer at Savvi, told Yahoo News first-home…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (598+ words) A Gold Coast couple with a small property development business and two young daughters are pressing pause on their Aussie way of life after economic uncertainty led them to rethink what comes next. Shane Wynhoven, 48, and partner Corinne, 43, are packing…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (735+ words) Australian smokers are being slugged even more for legal cigarettes after another tobacco tax increase came into effect this week, pushing the tax alone above $31 for a standard packet of 20. The tobacco tax increases twice a year, with the latest…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (348+ words) Australians locked out of the housing market need better conditions and transparency for borrowing money, a national inquiry will be told. A Senate committee examining intergenerational housing inequity has heard about the precarious market young Australians are stuck in, often…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (395+ words) Tens of thousands of dollars could be slashed from home values in all capital cities in coming months, but the federal government says there is no reason to panic. Commonwealth Bank has reported a "faster and broader" downturn than expected…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1037+ words) Audi and Mercedes are not brands most Aussies associate with homelessness. But when Yahoo News ventured into seaside camps in Melbourne's west, two of these luxury vehicles had someone sleeping rough inside. Our guide was Ivan, a specialist nurse with…...