Money
Planning & budgeting
Giving your child a brighter financial future
Here are some tips to help educate your kids about money.
- by Olivia Maragna
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Home loans
Six tips to help you pay down your mortgage
It all comes down to making more repayments.
- by Paul Benson
Banking products
What to do if your bank transaction disappears into cyberspace
So if you’ve sent your dollars winging in the wrong direction, what can you do?
- by Christine Long
Sharing economy
Sharing economy booms as Australians yearn for extra cash
A recent survey estimates one in five Australian adults are turning to the sharing economy for additional income.
- by Nina Hendy
Budgeting
Discovering money values key for couples
Our values shape our core beliefs and actions with money and, even if your love one’s background seems superficially like yours, their core motivators might be very different.
- by Catherine Robson
Kids & money
Kids and money: Accounts, apps, jars or stars?
Are accounts, apps, jars or stars the best way to promote the best life for your littlies?
- by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
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Jumping through hoops to access Pension Loan Scheme
Accessing the pension loan scheme continues to be a big problem for those who need it
- by Noel Whittaker
Women at work
Don't rely on the 'man plan' for your first home
More women have decided to take wealth creation into their own hands rather than waiting for a white knight
Holiday homes
How to set up your house as a short-term rental
The short-term rental market offers a path to a lucrative second income
- by Nina Hendy
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Setting up a comfortable Blue Mountains retirement
To spend $60,000 a year for 31 years, indexed at just two per cent a year, you would need $1.25 million in super earning five per cent a year.
Budgeting
Credit trap: Card providers snaring refunds while requiring repayments
The policy impacts consumers who purchase goods on credit, decide they cannot afford them and return them, only to be left with the debt they couldn’t afford and no goods.
- by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon