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The price of petrol and diesel may have dropped but households are being hit by another rising cost

Regulations could allow wider access to online-only bank accounts – but no-fee balance transfer deals may have to go

Automated phone options, unhelpful staff and hard-to-understand terms and conditions are also among people’s biggest gripes, according to a survey.

Back-to-back bleaching events have highlighted the critical threat that climate change poses to the Great Barrier Reef. But few people are aware of the network of gullies pumping out about half the sediment that is polluting reef water quality and threatening its World Heritage status.