Spending
The new food app luring diners off the couch with discounts
A new food app has been designed to lure customers off the couch and back into restaurants through discounted meal deals.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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ACCC
Lacoste, Converse and Lululemon: Taxpayers fund ACCC's wellness shop
Staff at Australia's competition regulator are using a $300 a year taxpayer-funded healthy lifestyle allowance to buy Converse sneakers, Oakley sunglasses and Lululemon activewear.
- by Rachel Eddie
Shopping
Cost of groceries set to increase as inflation creeps up
Prices for supermarket products are likely to slowly creep up in the coming months as retailers ditch discounting strategies.
- by Dominic Powell
Tax cuts
How different generations plan to spend their tax refunds
Off the credit card or a new TV? Four Australians from different generations talk about how they're going to spend their tax rebate... when they get it.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Opinion
Opinion
Think before you declutter your life of CDs, videos and other gems
Writer and musician Holly Throsby found two boxes of VHS tapes on the street. It struck her how much it was worth not very long ago.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Rates
ACT government works to re-design 'confusing' rates assessment notices
New-look rates notices issued last year made it appear as though the full year's bill had to be paid at once, rather than in instalments.
- by Blake Foden
Opinion
Opinion
Is the price really the price? Extra charges could be lying in wait
Be careful when you buy those event tickets. Baffling fees like paying to print your own tickets usually lurk in the shadows until the last moment.
- by Blake Foden
City life
Cheap entertainment hacks: How to have fun for less
Everyone loves a bargain, so we've done the hard work to help you save money whether you want a night out or a night in.
- by Josh Dye
Bills
A high income and a $100,000 deposit: Why Edward gave up on Sydney
Sydneysiders are spending significantly more on living expenses than their Melbourne cousins, across both essentials and discretionary spending.
- by Anna Patty and Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Canberra
Canberra's cost-of-living ups and downs
The price of three basic goods has increased more here than other cities - but some prices have gone the other way.
- by Blake Foden
Planning & budgeting
Why it's OK to buy yourself a little happiness
Spending on yourself can make you happier - and wealthier.
- by Catherine Robson