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Health insurance hike double inflation rate

PRIVATE health insurance premiums will rise by 5.57 per cent on April Fool's Day, almost twice the rate of inflation.

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CBA fires home loan salvo

CBA has fired the biggest salvo yet in the home loan wars, launching a fee-free standard mortgage at a rate of just 7.24 per cent.

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Petrol hike fuels interest rate rise

PETROL prices are tipped to jump 10 cents a litre within a fortnight, costing the average household an extra $10 a week.

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Health insurance hike double inflation rate

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PRIVATE health insurance premiums will rise by 5.57 per cent on April Fool's Day, almost twice the rate of inflation.

CBA fires home loan salvo

CBA

CBA has fired the biggest salvo yet in the home loan wars, launching a fee-free standard mortgage at a rate of just 7.24 per cent.

Petrol hike fuels interest rate rise

petrol

PETROL prices are tipped to jump 10 cents a litre within a fortnight, costing the average household an extra $10 a week.

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CBA fires home loan salvo

CBA

CBA has fired the biggest salvo yet in the home loan wars, launching a fee-free standard mortgage at a rate of just 7.24 per cent.

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Australians lack financial confidence

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AUSTRALIANS are less confident about their financial future than every other major Asia-Pacific nation, new research has found.

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Firepower boss Tim Johnston sells $3m Gold Coast mansion

EXCLUSIVE: FAILED Firepower boss Tim Johnston sells his Gold Coast mansion for $3 million, but investors out of pocket from his fuel pill scandal will not receive a cent.