Australians’ satisfaction with life as a whole is at its lowest level in 21 years, according to the latest Australian Unity Wellbeing Index survey , a collaboration between Deakin University and mutual company Australian Unity. Each year since 2001 we have surveyed a geographically representative sample of 2,000 Australians about how satisfied they are with their lives as a whole, along with their satisfaction with seven key life areas to compile an overall measure: the Personal Wellbeing Index. Our survey was conducted in May and June of 2022, by which time inflation was exceeding 6% and the Reserve Bank of Australia had delivered the first two of ten consecutive interest rate rises. There have now been 11 since May 2022. In 2020, at the start of the pandemic, we actually saw an improvement in satisfaction with life as a whole. The decline since likely reflects pressures like cost of living but also conforms with a longer-term trend since 2010. Measuring persona
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More social housing being delivered in Cairns Queensland Government will build 23 new social housing units at Earlville with $8.5 million in funding under QuickStarts Queensland Eight, one-bedroom detached houses in Parramatta Park have now been refurbished with $300,000 funding under QuickStarts Queensland Both projects delivered in partnership with a local community housing provider Seniors, especially older women, will be prioritised to move into eight beautifully-refurbished, heritage-listed social housing cottages at Parramatta Park in Cairns. The Palaszczuk Government partnered with the Access Community Housing Company (ACHC) to refurbish the cottages. ACHC received $300,000 funding under the QuickStarts Queensland program to help refurbish the cottages, which are currently vacant. A second project consisting of 16, one-bedroom and seven, two-bedroom units built to Gold or Platinum standard is also expected to start shortly in Earlville. Also delivered through a partnership with