Travel to work eats up 17% of family budgets as fuel and insurance costs rise, survey shows
The rising price of petrol, car insurance and tolls pushed up average transport costs by 10%, a AAA survey says.The rising price of petrol, car insurance and tolls pushed up average transport costs by 10%, a AAA survey says.Morning everyone. Getting from A to B is becoming progressively more expensive for Australians as new data in our top story today shows that transport costs now represent almost a sixth of household expenses.
Fashion has become an annual central point at Darwin’s Aboriginal arts festival, which got under way this week with the fashion awards and Country to Couture, a vibrant highlight which sees young models being. Michelle Maynard, a manager at Indigenous Fashion Projects, says: “Fashion is an opportunity for us to really lean into some of the things that we never get an opportunity to say and talk about, because our voice has been oppressed … It’s about time people see us as exquisite.
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