Summary: Provides estimates of changes in residential property prices in each of the eight capital cities of Australia and related statistics.The information is presented in the form of price indexes for established houses and attached dwellings as well as an aggregated residential property price index. Estimates relating to the total value of the dwelling stock...

This report provides a Queensland-specific perspective on network pricing trends and highlights the potential price impacts for electricity consumers in Queensland of the non-government provision of network services.

Assesses, in general terms, key trends in various cost of living measurements (including the consumer price index), as well as wage indexes in Australia. Introduction A significant concern for many households is the expense they incur to buy goods and services that are necessary to maintain a certain standard of living – that is, their...

Australians are paying too much for power. Over the past five years, the average household power bill has risen 85 per cent. The prices you pay are also unfair: some people are paying too much, others too little. It’s to do with electricity networks catering for peak demand power and the way they charge customers...

Explores the effect homelessness programs have on the potential to yield substantial cost savings particularly in health and justice service areas and the use of social welfare services. Key points