Spending
Opinion
Rich List
Read it and weep: The Forbes billionaires just got a lot richer
Billionaires now account for $US14.2 trillion of the world’s wealth. To put this into perspective, this is larger than the gross domestic product of any country other than the US and China.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Opinion
Opinion
Why you shouldn’t feel ashamed of dipping into your savings
There is no shame in the game of spending the savings you worked damn hard to attain in the first place.
- by Victoria Devine
Endless oat lattes: What a copywriter on $67,000 spends in a week
On Money Diaries this week, a copywriter gets a Brazilian wax, enjoys oysters with a friend, and drinks many oat lattes.
Handbrake on consumer spending means long tail for retail recession
As shoppers curbed their Christmas spending, accounting firm KPMG has lowered its forecast for the retail sector’s recovery.
- by Jessica Yun
Afterpay and chocolate: What a model on $45,000 spends in a week
On Money Diaries this week, a model/waitress/aspiring writer manages period pain with cranberry tablets and has plenty of cute moments with her boyfriend.
Opinion
Drugs
Our cocaine sewers tell a story of affluence not effluence
Australians live amid two distinct and irreconcilable cost of living crises. Our affection for cocaine draws a line between the two.
- by Malcolm Knox
Analysis
Pay
Just how much of a pay rise can you expect this year?
The first real wage increases in three years are expected to hit bank accounts this year, easing inflationary pressures in households.
- by Nina Hendy
Opinion
Household debt
Good, bad, or just okay? How to know when to take on debt
Any debt is bad if you can’t pay it back, but some debts are better to have than others.
- by Grace Bacon
‘It’s a bit dismal’: How do you save a high street like Glebe Point Road?
One year after the community gathered to “save” the much-loved main drag, little has changed. It’s a problem facing high streets all over Sydney.
- by Michael Koziol
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Local government
Pilbara council spends $20k to send 15 councillors and staff south for one-day workshop
The decision has raised the eyebrows of some ratepayers in the Pilbara city, who questioned why the workshop couldn’t be held at a local venue.
- by Hamish Hastie
ACCC cracks down on fake specials, dodgy online claims amid cost of living pressures
The chair of the competition and consumer watchdog has put supermarkets, airlines, banks, telcos, ecommerce players and digital platforms on notice.
- by Jessica Yun