The number of companies giving the staff the option to take an alternative day off instead of Australia Day continues to grow, as debate rages about the increasingly controversial public holiday.

Victorian property experts have warned homeowners and buyers that they are set for one of the most complex years in the state’s housing market’s history, as major government-mandated changes hit home.

Sellers of illegal vapes across Australia have made the most of the government’s new reforms by “jacking up” the prices of disposable nicotine products by up to three times what they used to cost.

Politicians have had their holidays cut short as the Prime Minister has reportedly called an unusual meeting to address the cost of living crisis smashing Aussie families.

An Australian bank has been slapped with almost $1m in fines after it was found to have provided inaccurate home loan information to its customers.