Money
Planning & budgeting
The real cost of removing head lice
Treating head lice can be an expensive and time-consuming problem.
- by Georgina Dent
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Budgeting
Childhood money moments matter most
Teaching your children about money can pay off big time later in their lives
- by Melissa Browne
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Pension concession card fears
Pension concession cards issued by Centrelink will be cancelled if you leave Australia to live in another country, or for more than six weeks.
- by George Cochrane
Credit cards
Know your score: How to hack your credit health
Lenders look to your credit report to determine your attractiveness as a customer, so enhancing your score improves access and costs for future loans.
- by Catherine Robson
Shopping
Claiming 'cashback offer' a lot more difficult than it appears
The process of claiming a "cashback offer" can be both extremely frustrating and time consuming.
- by Noel Whittaker
Budgeting
Here’s how to level the ‘paying’ field
Gender pay gap plus childcare could put a big dent in your super.
- by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Banking royal commission
Poor financial literacy continues to leave consumers vulnerable
Improved financial literacy does not absolve the financial services industry from lifting its game, but it would help
- by John Collett
Budgeting
It's time to Marie Kondo your finances
Now that the silly season is over it’s the perfect time to start a 30-day financial detox.
- by Melissa Browne
Budgeting
By Royal decree: Five new consumer no-nos in the new banking world
Here are the newly bad banking behaviours to avoid if you want to take advantage of the brave new wealth world.
- by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Financial planning
How taxes can affect your inheritance objectives
What are the impacts of various taxes on a will?
- by George Cochrane
Banking royal commission
Dawn of a new world for financial consumers
The recommendations of the royal commission will give financial consumers much greater confidence in the financial services sector, provided the recommendations are implemented in full
- by John Collett