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The great variable rate roller coaster
Laine Gordon
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There’s been a huge amount of publicity about the carbon tax for example and its effect on electricity prices. In NSW, for example, it’s been announced that electricity prices will rise by nearly 20% - which is a huge jump for most people, and rightly has many people worried. But the actual dollar impact of that increase will likely be around $25-30 per month for most households.
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Laine Gordon
Money Editor
Laine Gordon is the Money Editor at RateCity and an experienced journalist and research specialist. With a background in news and feature writing, covering finance, media and even food (a passion of hers) at Reed Elsevier publications, Laine brings almost two decades of experience to the team. Having covered major areas of interest to the general public from hip pocket issues to rising and falling interest rates and the impact to mortgages, credit and saving in Australia, she is passionate about researching and telling people’s stories to help others make better decisions about their own finances.
