‘Stressful’: Pay rise Aussies need revealed

Australians were hit with the bad news that inflation came in hotter than expected in the first three months of the year – dampening hopes for interest rates to be slashed – but also exposing their desperate need for a pay rise to keep up with cost of living hikes. The consumer price index (CPI) rose 1 per cent in the first three months of 2024, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported, up from 0.6 per cent in the December …