Australia seems to lack consistency when it comes to reporting the difference between what men and women are paid.

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In less than a week's time our family of five is setting off on a big adventure.

The boring choice isn't always the best choice.

People who receive aged care services in their home now how much more control over which provider they use.

More than 15 per cent of women and 7 per cent of men have experienced economic abuse in their lifetimes, research shows.

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​Most Australians would be aware that there is a problem with gender and money. Or, more specifically, inequalities between men and women when it comes to both spending and earning.

How do women balance work and family and, at the end of it, still have enough to retire on, asks Sarah Saunders.

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Lesley Anton has traded life as a corporate high-flyer for showing open homes on Sydney’s upper north shore, and she is right on trend for Australian women.

Parental support is now a huge factor in the first home buyer market.

The pay gap is biggest in sectors that pay the most and hire the fewest women.

Everyone gets one 1440 minutes in a day, but are your spending habits draining your time?

Men and women take about five years to stabilise their finances after a divorce.

Enduring powers of attorney are common but widely misunderstood.

When Canberra concurs, perhaps we should start paying attention. The fabulous and free tools to help you get money smart.

There are several avenues, but which is best?

More young adults are living at home for longer, not able or willing to leave the nest.

Centrelink's phone lines are about to get better… no really, they're meant to, but you just have to wait a little longer for it to happen.

You need to have the talk. No, not the one about your sexual history, whether you want to have kids or where you want to live.

Top priority – make sure you know your legal responsibilities when moving into a share house.

With Valentine's Day coming up it's a good time to think about love and money, and how to marry the two together.

With the opportunities for investing or reinvesting money into super soon to be severely limited, now's the time to plan ahead for alternative tax-effective strategies.

In 2017, the number of Home Care Packages available will increase by nearly 30,000.

If you had to give up some of your income to do something else that you loved, would you?

Parents are being prevented from accessing the government's childcare rebate and other family payments because Centrelink staff are blocking phone lines and fudging caller wait times when reporting back to their bosses.

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

It's the $1 million opportunity – the last hurrah to get a lot of money inside super and take advantage of super's concessional tax rates before July 1 this year.

Real change takes work, not just good intentions and a dash of hope.

The amount of money a working couple spends on childcare is eye-watering but there are benefits too.

Australians – when asked about their assets – inevitably talk about their house, their vehicles and their superannuation.