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Financial abuse is a powerful and dangerous form of intimidation which is a lot more common in Australia than you think. A recent report from the Tax Ombudsman has highlighted the devastating impact of financial abuse. It found one in six women and one in 13 men have experienced financial abuse by an intimate partner,… Read more »
Getting your kids living in the right school catchment area is a big priority for many Australian families. But it comes with a premium price tag. Using a new custom boundary analysis, property research group Cotality compared property values inside popular public high school catchments with comparable homes in the same suburbs, just outside the… Read more »
Financial matters don’t make for particularly romantic pillow talk, but being on the same page about money will certainly help your relationship last. Almost 56,000 couples divorce in Australia every year, and money is one of the most commonly cited reasons for a split. Just like love, money can conjure up strong emotions in people.… Read more »
With the school holidays upon us, plenty of grandparents are ‘on the job’. They’re part of the ever-growing ‘greycare’ workforce … grandparents who step in to care for their grandkids so their adult children can work. It is a two-income society except, when you think about it, it might actually be three incomes … grandparents… Read more »
With winter in full swing and colds and influenza sweeping the nation, there may be a way for those with appropriate hospital cover to receive care in the privacy, and comfort, of their own homes. Several leading health insurance providers offer at-home care with some of their policies, meaning Australians with cover who meet eligibility… Read more »
While construction costs have dramatically slowed from their pandemic peaks of 17.8 per cent annual growth in December 2022, the damage it has done to housing affordability has been severe. While building costs have declined significantly in NSW and Victoria, they are still rising by 10 per cent in WA. This cost inflation has fundamentally… Read more »
When a couple decides to get hitched, chances are neither party is basing their decision on how financially compatible they are together. At least I hope that’s not the case … I’m a romantic at heart. But once the dregs of the wedding cake have finally been thrown away and the honeymoon snaps are safely… Read more »
As I often say, we tend to forget that when we talk about markets, we’re really seeing the behaviours of real people. Markets are just platforms that let people trade investments. That’s why market behaviour can seem erratic … because people are. They panic, follow fads, or chase returns that are too good to be… Read more »
Super funds have delivered a third straight year of strong returns with shares rallying in the final quarter to push full year returns into double digits. Leading superannuation research house SuperRatings estimates that the median balanced option returned 1.4 per cent over the month of June, bringing the return for the financial year to 30… Read more »
If you’re spoiled for choice when it comes to what to watch at night, because of multiple streaming services, then please be mindful of what this is costing you. We are all guilty of staying up past our bedtime to binge-watch our favourite shows. But our addiction to on-demand content (and finding out what happens… Read more »
