Money Management & Family Budgeting

The penalty rates cuts disproportionately target women in work.

How the penalty rates decision hurts women

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'Ikea effect': Aldi seeks grocery guinea pigs

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Jody Allen: "I learnt all the tricks to save money at the supermarket."

How to do your weekly shop for less than $50

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Career after baby? What career?

You can skirt around the issue of returning-to-work after baby with whatever fancy, politically correct phrases you like, but when it’s reduced down like a Masterchef-style jus, the stress, the negotiation, the juggle and the guilt make the whole process, simply, crap.

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"Kids are a lot. Pick a category - money, time, energy, emotion, peace - and you better believe kids take up a lot of ...

Should you have a third child or not?

I thought our family had been complete with our two boys. I had no idea how much I needed my daughter until she was here.

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Studying after parenthood

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Nannies may be a more affordable option than you think

Nannies: How much do they really cost?

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Updating your resume after parental leave

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Keeping it all in the business: workplaces that offer child care

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<i>Wonderland</i> is a serious take on a seemingly frivolous subject. Columbus didn't just discover America; he ...

The winners and losers out of the Turnbull government's revamped childcare plan

The Turnbull government has moved closer to victory on its signature $3.5 billion child care package by watering down proposed cuts to family payments and extending the taxpayer-funded paid parental leave scheme.

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Attempts to phone Centrelink would end up with me on hold and no further advanced in the phone queue by the end of my ...

How Centrelink has terrorised me over an ex-partner's debt

Threatened with having my wages held back to pay for a false debt, I feared my single-parent budget would fall to pieces.

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Orphaned children may have a loving extended family but if their parents don't nominate a testamentary guardian, it ...

Why everyone needs a will, especially parents

One of the biggest reasons parents need a will has nothing to do with who gets their money if they die.

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Centrelink is deliberately ripping off thousands of Australians, alleges whistleblower.

What should you do if you get a Centrelink debt letter?

Centrelink has faced a storm of criticism over its automated data-matching system, which has hit almost 170,000 people with notices that they owe the agency money.