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Want to set your children up for financial success? Try this tough-love challenge.

Opinion

Financial literacy

The apps and accounts I use to teach my children about money

There are a range of transactional apps with a focus on children saving and becoming economically empowered. These are the ones worth investigating.

by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

Retirement is stereotyped as the perfect time of life. But is it really practical to stop working completely?

Opinion

Retirement living

Why it’s time to redefine how we think about retirement

by Bec Wilson

It may seem counterintuitive, but thinking about how you spend money, rather than save it, could help you get on top of your finances.

Opinion

Consumer spending

Don’t think about saving money, think about how you spend it

by Paridhi Jain

There are some crucial questions anyone selling their property should ask an agent.

Analysis

Property market

How to pick an agent who will maximise your property’s value

by John Collett

There’s a lot to love about the humble granny flat.

Analysis

Property downsizing

Thinking of moving into a granny flat? Here’s what you should know

by Rachel Lane

Ask an expert

How will our joint-owned investment properties affect our pension?

When a couple applies for the age pension, all their assets – such as multiple properties – are assessed.

Noel Whittaker

Money columnist

Our land tax on our holiday home has quadrupled. Should we sell?

Land tax is a state-based tax, so it’s important to be clear on the rules before making any decisions.

Paul Benson

Money contributor

Apps, trackers, buckets: I’ve tried it all, why am I still bad at saving money?

When it comes to a road map for how to save, common advice centres on practical tools. But the crux of the problem goes far deeper.

Paridhi Jain

Money contributor

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Planning & budgeting

It may seem counterintuitive, but thinking about how you spend money, rather than save it, could help you get on top of your finances.

Opinion

Consumer spending

Don’t think about saving money, think about how you spend it

by Paridhi Jain

There are some crucial questions anyone selling their property should ask an agent.

Analysis

Property market

How to pick an agent who will maximise your property’s value

by John Collett

This week on Money Diaries, an accountant on $70,000 spends some of her money on bubble tea.

Consumer spending

Hotpot and groceries: What an accountant on $70,000 spends in a week

by Refinery29 Australia

The Australian housing market doesn’t have the heat in it that many other countries have.

Opinion

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Our land tax on our holiday home has quadrupled. Should we sell?

by Paul Benson

Investing

The one thing most people agree on is that housing policy has gone badly wrong in Australia.

Opinion

Investing

Owning property is an uphill battle, but it’s one worth fighting

by Victoria Devine

Unprofitable small listed Australian miners could be behind the returns of the small companies’ index lagging the big companies’ index.

Analysis

Investing

Bigger is better: Risky small stocks not worth the reward

by John Collett

The median house price in 1976 in Sydney was $36,800 and $32,900 in Melbourne. Today, Sydney’s median house prices now sit 27 times higher.

Opinion

Home loans

The odds may be against us, but buying a house is still an attainable dream

by Victoria Devine

New policies introduced by state governments on Airbnb owners will have a ripple effect on both our housing market and the broader economy.

Opinion

Side hustle

A tax on Airbnb’s short-term stays will have long-term implications

by Victoria Devine

The Responsible Investing Association of Australasia’s Simon O’Connor, says funds have been responding to increased regulator scrutiny of their ethical claims.

Analysis

Investing

‘Greenwashing’ crackdown sinks green investing claims

by John Collett

Auction winner Craig Tan with his family wife Gemma and children Ruben and Harrison.

Architecture

What’s in a name? Boosting the value of your postwar home

by Stephen Crafti

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Borrowing & saving

Want to set your children up for financial success? Try this tough-love challenge.

Opinion

Financial literacy

The apps and accounts I use to teach my children about money

by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

Opinion

Hip pocket

How to talk to your mates about money, minus awkwardness

by Dominic Powell

Opinion

Interest rates

A four-step coping plan now interest rates might stay high

by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

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Property downsizing

Thinking of moving into a granny flat? Here’s what you should know

by Rachel Lane

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Ask an expert

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