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The most soaring used car prices - A frustrated Aussie says it made him throw the car away

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More and more Aussies are selling their cars to help ease cost of living pressures, with prices for some used models booming. Since the start of the pandemic, used car prices have risen by a phenomenal 79 percent, and if you own an Audi RS7, Mercedes G, or Toyota Hilux, you could be sitting on a gold mine. The 2021 Hilux has increased in value an incredible 136 percent from $29,000 in June 2021 to $68,500 in June 2022. With Australian inflation now at 6.1 per cent – the highest in two decades – some find the key to financial stability could be in their garage. According to 2021 census data, 55.1 per cent of Australian households own two or more vehicles, and some of them are now abandoning their second car, while others are completely car-free. One of those who decided to sell his one-of-a-kind vehicle was Milli Ogden, who besides facing rising prices was also saving up for his wedding. Milli Ogden (pictured) is selling her car to help cope with rising living costs and saving for

Macca-loving Aussie lose 50kg naturally thanks to 'Subway' diet

Standing at 1.8m tall, Joseph Daoud lifts the scales weighing 130kg. The 18-year-old, from Sydney, fell into a vicious cycle of eating McDonald’s up to four times a day, subsisting on sugary snacks, smoking a pack of cigarettes every day and washing it all down with six cups of coffee. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Joseph’s weight loss journey For more Health & Wellness related news and videos, check out Health & Wellness >> He said he developed a “toxic relationship” with food – causing his weight to spiral out of control for years. “My lifestyle is absolutely terrible,” the mortgage broker, now 31, told 7Life . “I would wake up, go to a friend’s house, hit, smoke, drink coffee, smoke some more, eat some kind of drive-thru fast food, usually three to four times a day, go to TAFE. .. Rinse and repeat.” In his first attempt to lose weight, the young man worked out at the gym for a week – but he never returned despite paying for a two-year membership. But determined to get on to

Crypto vertigo: The dizzying story of an Aussie 'swindler' who says he was framed

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Plain text size Larger text size The text size is very large In the strange world of cryptocurrencies, and particularly the wild western social media investment schemes, things are not always as they seem. Take the extraordinary story of the Australian man Michael Daher. Talk to Era and Sydney Morning Herald from an undisclosed location in Perth, Daher confirmed that he was not the mastermind of an alleged cryptocurrency ponzi scheme that swindled $200 million from 7000 investors, including in Australia, in two quick months. Michael Daher of Metafi Yielders said he had been framed but investors in the group’s cryptocurrency scheme were still looking for his blood. Yes, there he is in a promotional video posted on YouTube as the self-described chief executive of the Metafi Yielders cryptocurrency-related investment scheme. Yes, that’s him who is listed in the company’s records as a director of an Australian entity formed as part of the scheme. Yes, it was him who rebuked investors f