Planning
How the Girl Guides are tackling financial inequality
The Girl Guides are launching a new set of financial literacy programs for girls and young women.
Daunting cost of funding aged care for a spouse
At 69 years of age Evelyn Cronk should be looking forward to an active retirement in reasonable comfort.
Why women and men need to negotiate pay rises differently
The trick to closing the gender pay gap is not for women to simply ask for more.
The truth about measuring the gender pay gap
Australia seems to lack consistency when it comes to reporting the difference between what men and women are paid.
'We're spending our life savings on a family trip of a lifetime'
In less than a week's time our family of five is setting off on a big adventure.
Readers ask when they should retire. This is my answer
The boring choice isn't always the best choice.
More choice for elderly to receive aged care at home
People who receive aged care services in their home now how much more control over which provider they use.
'Covert violence': The hidden cost of financial abuse
More than 15 per cent of women and 7 per cent of men have experienced economic abuse in their lifetimes, research shows.
We can all do more to close gender pay gap
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.
A working mother's guilt and gratitude
How do women balance work and family and, at the end of it, still have enough to retire on, asks Sarah Saunders.
The wins and losses in financial wellbeing for Australian women
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.
Reducing the risk of helping adult children into property
Parental support is now a huge factor in the first home buyer market.
The best-paid jobs have the biggest gender pay gaps
The pay gap is biggest in sectors that pay the most and hire the fewest women.
The secret to finding more time
Everyone gets one 1440 minutes in a day, but are your spending habits draining your time?
How to rebuild financially after divorce
Men and women take about five years to stabilise their finances after a divorce.
Pre-empt the legal limits to powers of attorney
Enduring powers of attorney are common but widely misunderstood.
The one thing pollies agree on is money – that is, ours
When Canberra concurs, perhaps we should start paying attention. The fabulous and free tools to help you get money smart.
How to help adult children buy a home
There are several avenues, but which is best?
Staying at home for longer leaves parents counting the costs
More young adults are living at home for longer, not able or willing to leave the nest.
The wait continues at Centrelink and tips to navigate it
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.
The awkward conversation you need to have with your Valentine
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.
Smart money moves to avoid share-house hell
Top priority – make sure you know your legal responsibilities when moving into a share house.
The four stages of love - and money
With Valentine's Day coming up it's a good time to think about love and money, and how to marry the two together.
Time to reallocate assets within the family
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.
Home care program for elderly to expand
In 2017, the number of Home Care Packages available will increase by nearly 30,000.
Women playing footy? It's for love, not money
If you had to give up some of your income to do something else that you loved, would you?
Centrelink overload sees families unable to access payments
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.
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.
Clock ticks on $1 million super deadline
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.