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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Cait Kelly and Emily Wind (earlier)

Meta and X ordered to remove church stabbing content – as it happened

What we learned – Tuesday 16 April

And with that, we are going to put the blog to bed. Before we go, let’s recap the big headlines:

Thank you for spending part of your day with us - we will be back tomorrow to do it all again.

Until then - Cait

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Low-income households paying more than half their income on rent

Low-income households are forking out more than half of their income on rent, AAP reports.

Property data firm CoreLogic and ANZ bank found rents at the lower end of the market were rising faster than more premium offerings, with the 25th percentile rent lifting $53 a week in the past 12 months.

The Housing Affordability report for the March quarter found the 25 percentile of income earners were spending 54.3% of their income to rent in the 25th percentile of available rentals.

And while the large wage boost delivered by the Fair Work Commission in 2023 was recognised in the report, the $48-a-week pay boost for a full-time minimum-age worker was entirely eaten up by the $53-a-week rental increase over the same period.

Rents have re-accelerated in the first few months of 2024, based on CoreLogic data, suggesting there could be more financial pain to come.

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