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What government can do to reduce super gender gap

What government can do to reduce super gender gap

Reforms to the retirement system are needed if progress is to be made in closing the retirement savings gender gap. Next week’s federal budget could be a good starting point.

  • by John Collett

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Cost-savings tips to take the stress out of moving house
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Cost-savings tips to take the stress out of moving house

Added to the worry of moving all your posessions is the added hassle involved in closing all your utility and insurance accounts and re-opening new ones.

  • by Joel Gibson
Financial advice too expensive for many consumers

Financial advice too expensive for many consumers

Affordable advice is needed, but not at the price of diluted consumer protections.

  • by John Collett
Telcos slammed over hardship responses

Telcos slammed over hardship responses

Telecommunication companies score poorly on how they respond to customers that get into financial difficulty.

  • by John Collett
Seven big ideas to help you easily teach your kids about money

Seven big ideas to help you easily teach your kids about money

There is much we do in our everyday family lives that can provide a chance to teach your kids about money and help set them up for financial success.

  • by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Big bank helps customers collect half-a-billion dollars

Big bank helps customers collect half-a-billion dollars

CBA is applying behavioural economics to help customers claim benefits they would not likely have claimed otherwise

  • by John Collett
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Balance of power shifts as tenants prepare to negotiate cheaper rents

Balance of power shifts as tenants prepare to negotiate cheaper rents

Many property investors holding apartments in inner-city Melbourne and Sydney are being forced to slash rents, with some are asking up to 25 per cent less than a decade ago.

  • by Nina Hendy
Longevity risk of parents weighs on ageing boomers
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Aged care

Longevity risk of parents weighs on ageing boomers

An increasing number of adult children are being forced, often urgently, into their ageing parents’ lives and often into their financial lives, too.

  • by Noel Whittaker
Switch and save with big-brand offshoots
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Bills

Switch and save with big-brand offshoots

Multi-brand strategies may be good for the big companies but, if you are smart, they can be good for your hip pocket, too.

  • by Joel Gibson
The hidden costs of having a baby

The hidden costs of having a baby

The costs of childbirth for private patients can add up to many thousands of dollars, with large out-of-pocket costs between rebate amounts and practitioner charges.

  • by Nina Hendy
Free help to enable women to get better with their money

Free help to enable women to get better with their money

The starting point for change is to realise that money does not control you. You control it

  • by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon