Tag: cost of living
No relief anytime soon on power
War in Ukraine, the COVID pandemic, and extreme weather events are among the factors contributing to “terrifying” soaring costs of petrol, electricity and gas,...
Saved by parish’s free ‘uber-eats’ meals
Without the Somascan Fathers providing food for Mere and her large brood of nine, they’d struggle to eat.
Living in her cramped Chipping Norton home...
Housing pushing people to the brink
Record numbers at crisis point says former politician and suicide survivor John Brogden
Lifeline is receiving record numbers of calls from people in crisis, with...
Standing by kids
Catholic education doesn’t have to be beyond the reach of families
No parent should fear financial difficulties when it comes to enrolling or keeping their...
Heat or Eat? Power bills or food?
Every night Nezar and Hanan Saad pray not only for their family but also the next day’s weather.
It’s time for a ‘family wage’
Election 2022 is over, yet we're still decades overdue for essential tax reform for families.
The Australian Catholic Council for Employment Relations recently called for...
Single-income life impossible in Sydney, bishops’ wage submission shows
It is impossible to raise a family on a single minimum-wage income without falling into poverty, the Australian Catholic Council for Employment Relations has...
Catholics reveal the real election issues
As Australians prepare to go to the polls in the federal election on 21 May, The Catholic Weekly has sat down with families in...
