And remember, clocks go forward for most states on Sunday. Making headlines this week, no change to interest rates; and what pocket money looks like in 2025
It wasn’t what borrowers had hoped for, but the Reserve Bank has opted to leave the official cash rate steady at 3.6 per cent, following last month’s cut.
A recent money.com.au survey found that 37 per cent of Aussie homeowners thought the RBA would deliver a cut at this week’s meeting, but Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the decision was in fact ‘the outcome that markets and economists were expecting’.
Approvals to build new apartments tumbled in August, according to data released this week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
The figures show that the total number of homes approved fell 6 per cent in August to 14,744, driven by an 8.1 per cent fall in multi-unit dwellings, following a 25.8 per cent fall in July.
The chores don’t seem to have changed, but research shows that kids are earning three times more pocket money than their parents did.
New data from Westpac has revealed that more than half (55 per cent) of Australian children aged eight to 17 years earn pocket money for doing chores at home, with parents handing over an average of $25 per week ...
As the days get warmer and dryer, the possibility of bushfires looms once again in the minds of many Australians. In fact, with changing weather conditions, there is a need for homeowners to have an ongoing fire and storm protection plan operating permanently.
We take a look at some bushfire safety design principles and management solutions that can be easily incorporated into a new home or renovation.
Of all the 830 wonderful bird species that share our land, do you have a favourite? Voting in the Guardian/Birdlife Australia bird of the year poll, held every two years, will begin next Monday, 6 October.
Each day, the five birds with the fewest votes will be knocked out and the count begins again the next day. So if you feel strongly about the powerful owl, the blue wren or any other of our many feathered friends, have your vote and follow the tally count live on the Guardian’s website until the final days of voting, when the count will go dark until the winner is announced on Thursday 16 October. Illustration: Pete Cromer/The Guardian
In 2024, Brooklyn-based interior designer Taylor Migliazzo Simon announced her ‘unexpected red’ theory in a TikTok video, and as happens with TikTok, the video received millions of views and the theory became ‘a rule’.
Basically, according to Migliazzo Simon, the theory is that if you add ‘anything that’s red, big or small, to a room where it doesn’t match at all, it automatically looks better’. Whether or not you like to adhere to design rules, there is no doubt that a pop of colour – a cushion, lamp or even just door knobs – will add interest to a room.