Business
Consumer affairs
It's still not too late to set money resolutions for 2019
One month in, perhaps your resolve to stick to your New Year's resolutions has waned. Don't despair - it's not too late to set and achieve some money goals.
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Opinion
Franking Inquiry
Labor is exploiting misunderstandings about franking credits
The problem the electorate has with the Labor Party policy proposal is unraveling the terminology.
- by Tony Dillon
Banking royal commission
What do the superannuation changes mean for you?
Australian workers will be better off in retirement under the royal commission’s recommendations designed to overhaul the $2.6 trillion superannuation sector. But what will this mean for you? We break it down.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
Aviation
Terminal illness? Nope, review finds airports aren't gouging anyone
Australia's largest airports aren't ripping off the airlines who use their runways or the travellers who pay up to $17 an hour to park near their terminals, according to the Productivity Commission.
- by Patrick Hatch
Energy
Energy regulator proposes safety net for households struggling with high power bills
The energy regulator plans to roll out new guidelines electricity retailers must follow when dealing with vulnerable customers as an increasing number of households struggle to pay rising power bills.
- by Cole Latimer
Exclusive
Energy
Power bills could drop by a third under a regulated electricity price
A new study shows a national regulated power price could save households up to $440 off annual power bills but the energy market rule maker says it would more likely drive up electricity prices.
- by Cole Latimer
Investigation
Disability
Penny-pinching, raking in huge fees: public trustees under scrutiny
The case of Steven Colley is only too familiar for thousands of people who are, or whose loved ones are, under financial management orders.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Australian Human Rights Commission
'Progress is incredibly slow': Australia lagging on disability rights
The current system of guardianship is "butchering a number of human rights" and it's taking too long to reform the system, the Disability Discrimination Commissioner says.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Courts
Toy seller fined $415,000 for selling dangerous musical candles
A children’s toy retailer who sold candles which played Happy Birthday before bursting into flames and melting has been fined $415,000 by the Federal Court.
- by David Estcourt
Energy
Energy companies launch industry charter to win back consumers' trust
Nearly 20 energy companies have vowed to lift accountability and restore Australians' trust in the electricity sector with a plan to improve industry behaviour.
- by Cole Latimer
Opinion
At first I was irate. Then the red-light fine changed something in me
If every indiscretion resulted in a penalty, many of us would be bankrupt.
- by Meredith Williams