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The oil price is down about 12 per cent, iron ore 5 per cent, copper about 7 per cent, nickel more than 5 per cent and thermal coal 2 per cent from their levels in mid-January.

These parameters include population (45 per cent), equal share (25 per cent), poverty (20 per cent), land area (eight per cent) and fiscal responsibility (two per cent).

Australians are paying 14 per cent more for lamb than a year ago, seven per cent more for beef, 5.2 per cent for poultry, 3.6 per cent for breads and cereals and six per cent for dairy.

Biggest contributors to decline were gold (28 per cent), silver (12 per cent) and natural gas (18 per cent), while crude dipped 4 per cent.

Energy had dropped by 3.8 per cent, materials was down by 2.6 per cent, real estate had fallen 2.1 per cent and tech was down 2.0 per cent.

For B.C.’s South Coast the snow pack is 70 per cent of normal — down 36 per cent from last year — while on Vancouver Island, it’s at 62 per cent of normal, and Upper Fraser West is the lowest in the province at 50 per cent of normal.

It received an adult occupant protection rating of 96 per cent, a child occupant protection rating of 87 per cent, a vulnerable road user protection rating of 72 per cent, and a safety assist rating of 73 per cent.

She detailed how they each had to set aside 30 per cent of the money for long-term savings, 30 per cent for short-term savings, 10 per cent for tithe (money put towards the local church) and the remaining 30 per cent was for spending.

The relief provided was in vouchers (46 per cent), payments towards accommodation costs (20 per cent), medical or pharmaceutical expenses (14 per cent) and direct cash payments (13 per cent).

The results also found 56 per cent of respondents were attending multiple race days, 33 per cent were attending one day, 9 per cent were staying for less than a week and 2 per cent were staying for more than a week.

The survey findings suggested that the proportion of employers hiring for mid-level has increased from 23 per cent to 27 per cent and for senior level roles it has increased from 9 per cent to 12 per cent.

Updated Treasury forecasts have prices in Queensland coming in at 44 per cent lower than previously expected, while they are predicted to be 38 per cent lower in NSW, 32 per cent lower in South Australia and 29 per cent lower in Victoria.

While the PCs remain ahead of interim leader John Fraser’s Liberals, who polled at 22 per cent, and the New Democrats under Marit Stiles at 21 per cent, the party fell seven per cent – from 41 per cent – since the last Abacus poll on July 25.

Across the country's regions, house price changes ranged from a 4.8 per cent decline in London and a 4.6 per cent fall in the South East, to a rise of 1.2 per cent in the North West and a slight 0.3 per cent gain in the West Midlands.

Annual headline inflation for the month of August dropped from 3.5 per cent to 2.7 per cent, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported on Wednesday, and underlying inflation also fell from 3.8 per cent to 3.4 per cent.

A quarter (26 per cent) want a dedicated room to work from, with spare bedrooms (20 per cent), living rooms (15 per cent) and dining rooms (nine per cent) currently the most common spots.

A third (32 per cent) of Aussies think everyone should try MILO at least once, alongside visiting the outback (56 per cent), having a sausage sizzle (51 per cent) and watching a footy match (48 per cent).

Fortescue shares fell 2.6 per cent, Rio Tinto was down 2.4 per cent and BHP shares lost 2.1 per cent after the price of iron ore fell 3 per cent in Singapore over the weekend.

Four provinces had single-digit average increases and were below the national average at 7.8 per cent in Nova Scotia, 7.4 per cent in Prince Edward Island, 6.5 per cent in Alberta and 5.6 per cent in New Brunswick.

Hart said there was an adage that 15 per cent of agents sell 85 per cent of property but a review of REIWA member statistics shows about 46 per cent of agents sell about 85 per cent of property.