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Money features
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The trap for high income earners with a cushy super package
The reduction in the annual concessional cap to $25,000 will create significant problems for many taxpayers and the Tax Office.
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Capitol Health, Vocus, the best of the tips
Angie Ellis of 80 20 Investments has taken the lead in week one of the new four-week Shares Race.
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Pound's weakness puts travellers to Britain in the box seat
Good news on Australian unemployment has helped to lift the Australian dollar against major currencies.
![If you love to knit, you could have a side hustle selling cute beanies.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170619105846im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/r/z/b/9/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwryfa.png/1497563163275.jpg)
Five side hustles, for love or money
The side hustle has exploded among Australian millennials and thanks to the internet there's more opportunity than ever to turn a skill or passion into a tidy income outside your nine-to-five.
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Compulsory super turns 25, but is yet to reach maturity
As well as Australia's economy reaching its 26th year of continuous expansion, the longest run of uninterrupted growth in the developed world, this year also marks the 25th anniversary of the introduction of compulsory superannuation.
![Running the economy is like being a pilot in a modern aircraft: there are lots of gauges and controls.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170619105846im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/p/f/z/c/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwpfgw.png/1497402516641.jpg)
Turbulent times for Reserve Bank, but no reason to assume crash landing
For central bankers, the job of steering the economy is a bit like flying a plane.
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Why June is a bloody month for under-performing stocks
If you pay capital gains tax, it's worth thinking about selling loss-making stocks to offset the winners.
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No tax revolt as Australians happy with what they pay
Most of us think high earners pay too little, corporations pay too little, and what we pay is about right.
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'I'm spending my inheritance trying to find my birth family'
The search for my biological family will make us postpone the plans to buy our dream home.
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Ten things you're doing wrong at tax time
Putting together a tax return isn't something most people relish.
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Stretching your household dollar: Get ahead of the 'petrol gap'
Why you should remove your roof racks, and other tips to lower your petrol bill.
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Slower growth is good news for first-home buyers
There's a lot of the talk at the moment about the idea of a housing bubble that's set to burst.
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How to halve your grocery bill
‘I thought I stuffed up the maths’: How Melanie saved $100 a week on groceries.
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Big Un and A2 Milk the best performers so far in year-long sharemarket game
Welcome to our regular check-in with the year-long Shares Race. The race started at the end of January with 12 tipsters selecting 10 stocks each.
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Australia's most respected companies
The US list of most respected companies is out. Who would make the cut here?
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Women make better investors than men
Women are more risk averse and this translates positively in returns.
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Noel Whittaker's verdict after a year of using micro-investment app Acorns
For years I have been going on about the power of investing small sums of money.
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Index funds v actively managed funds
For a combination of reasons, index-following managed and exchange traded funds have become increasingly popular with both individual and institutional investors.
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It's not too late to boost your tax deductions
This year was going to be different.
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Six billion Qantas points cut in credit card overhaul
A government cap from July 1 on the hidden cost of credit card transactions is going to curtail our frequent flyer points.
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Experts warn over the The Next Big Thing in investing
Are providers being too clever with the latest breed of the funds that use "smart beta" strategies that increase the risks for investors and have fees twice that of vanilla exchange traded funds (ETFs).
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Price hikes threaten to take shine off golden years
The prices of energy, health care and even taking companion animals to the vet have risen far in excess of price rises generally.