Early learning services that can safely open, may open for families in their community.

She moved to New Zealand for a better life, only for it taken by the “animal” next door.

A fight between teenage boys turned into a brawl involving their mothers at a western Sydney shopping centre.

Video of the fight shows up to 15 people, including the sons and their mothers, throwing punches at St George Bank in Bankstown.

Customers and staff watched as security guards tried to break up the fight, which lasted about 10 minutes.

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Witness Haya Tallawi told 9News she heard one of the women yell "don't touch my son".

"I was hearing bad screaming and when I looked up there was there a million people and then two women fighting together," Tallawi said.

9News understands the incident began with a group of teenage boys fighting in the Bankstown Central food court.

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NSW Police said officers were called to the shopping centre about 3.30pm yesterday.

"A 52-year-old woman sustained an injury to her lip during the incident," NSW Police said in a statement.

"She was taken to Bankstown Hospital for treatment."

Police are investigating the incident.

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Bills are taking an ever bigger bite out of household budgets and now is the time to fight back.

It's a must if you want to make the changes that will allow you to pocket an additional $12,000 over the next 12 months.

From outsmarting subscription services to paying less in electricity costs, here's how you can go from bill basket case to bill buster in 2023.

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Tracking your spending

Knowledge is power and if you're ever going to save big money on your bills, you need to first understand them.

The free app Frollo links all your bank accounts, pulls the data and attempts to understand the information.

It claims to help you achieve financial goals by providing personalised insights on exactly how much you are spending on certain areas, like dining out or gym classes.

(I made the mistake of checking how much I've spent on Uber Eats in the past year and let's just say it wasn't pretty).

Frollo's Piet Van Den Boer says the app is particularly good at helping users stay on top of their bills.

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"We identify merchants and we identify bills and we show you all your bills and when they're occurring in a dashboard," he said.

"The app will send you a message when you have a couple of bills due in the next seven days if you don't have enough funds in your account to cover it".

This can help stop you from forking out for late fees, if you sometimes struggle to pay before the deadline.

Van Den Boer says Frollo is accredited by the government to meet security and privacy standards.

He claims users on average increase their savings by $1100 in the first three months.

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Tracking your usage

Now you're successfully tracking your bill spending, it's time to also track your energy usage.

Victorians are eligible for a free Emerald EMS energy tracker that can be installed at their home.

It monitors real-time electricity use and taps into historical data, letting users know areas of high usage.

It can be controlled from an app and there's a potential to save as much 15 per cent on your power bill, depending on circumstances.

In NSW, there are financial incentives to upgrade your household appliances to more energy efficient models, cutting your usage and your bills.

Also check if you're eligible for the Family Energy Rebate, Seniors Energy Rebate or Low Income Household Rebate.

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Become a stream supreme 

So many of us pay for multiple subscriptions and the monthly fees add up.

It pays to do a stocktake of exactly what you're subscribed to.

You can do this by clicking through to "subscriptions" in your iPhone settings (this is how I discovered I was paying a $90 annual fee for Headspace despite not having used the app since January last year. Fair to say, my mood was far from tranquil when the money was deducted from my account).

When it comes to streaming, a handy tip is to sign up to a service and then cancel straight away.

That means you still get to watch for the month you paid for but the subscription won't automatically renew.

Insurance 

Car insurance premiums are soaring because companies are needing to cover the costs stemming from a large number of claims after last year's floods.

James Ward from Drive says while you shouldn't reduce your premium to the detriment of your insurance cover, it's important to carefully check you're not paying for unnecessary extras.

"If you are funding younger drivers but you don't have any on the car, take that out," he says.

"If you're not doing longer trips and you don't need windscreen replacement or hire car cover, take those out."

If you've got insurance with a provider for your home or your contents insurance, you can sometimes roll in your car insurance to get a multi-policy discount.

Also look out for attractive sign-on offers for swapping to a new provider.

Review, review, review 

Canstar's Effie Zahos' top tip for tackling your bills in 2023 is simple.

"You need to review," she said.

"Prices change frequently, that means you just can't rely on looking at your household bill and just paying when it comes."

Every month, go over your bills and check to see if you're getting the cheapest option on the market.

If you're not, take your business elsewhere.

Tomorrow night on 9News, we look at home loans and the best ways to get a decent interest rate.

We'll also reveal the best advice to cut down your credit card debt and what you should look out for when applying for a personal loan.

The information provided on this website is general in nature only and does not constitute personal financial advice. The information has been prepared without taking into account your personal objectives, financial situation or needs. Before acting on any information on this website you should consider the appropriateness of the information having regard to your objectives, financial situation and needs.

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NSW Police will seek a court order to stop LGBTQ+ activists from protesting outside late cardinal George Pell's Sydney funeral this week.

Sydney-based campaign group Community Action for Rainbow Rights had planned to march outside of St Mary's Cathedral in the city's CBD on Thursday but police will attempt to block any protesters over "safety" concerns.

"The NSW Police Force has received a Form 1 for a protest planned for Thursday 2 February in Sydney CBD, however, despite attempted negotiations with organisers, safety concerns associated with their proposed assembly cannot be adequately mitigated without amendments to the proposal," a police spokesperson said.

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"As such, the Commissioner will apply to the NSW Supreme Court to prohibit the assembly."

The planned protest had attracted almost 400 attendees on the group's official Facebook event.

"We need everybody to come out and protest on Thursday," a statement on Community Action for Rainbow Rights' social media read.

"We can't let the police get away with denying us our right to protest (at the) funeral."

NSW Police said its "priority" was to ensure the safety of the public.

"(Police) recognise and support the rights of individuals and groups to exercise their rights of free speech and peaceful assembly, however, the first priority is always the safety of the wider community," the spokesperson said.

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Pell, formerly Australia's highest-ranking Catholic and one of the most controversial figures in the country, died in Rome aged 81 earlier this month after complications following hip replacement surgery.

He was jailed in 2019 over child sexual abuse allegations but always maintained his innocence.

Pell spent more than a year in jail before the High Court overturned the decision in 2020.

9news.com.au has contacted Community Action for Rainbow Rights for comment. 

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Thousands of sandbags have been filled across Auckland to prepare for more rain.

‘If every employee with a grievance behaved this way it would be carnage out there’: Judge

The two MPs are battling it out for the future of Auckland.

Meanwhile the Auckland District Court is closed until the end of the week.

‘If Aucklanders feel like it’s been a really dreary month, the stats really back that up.’