Here’s some food for thought about cutting your daily grocery bill
CAN you feed your family for just $10 a day? It’s possible, especially if you all go vegetarian and avoid the need to buy expensive meats. But if going cold turkey
Seniors can stay at home longer with help from new aged care rules
A NEW era in aged care started last week and gives senior Australians greater flexibility around the help they can get while remaining in their own home. The home care overhaul
Government announces new scheme to provide rent-subsidised housing
THE government is taking a critical first step in a financing scheme to put affordable housing closer to the reach of 1.3 million low-income families paying rent. It is announcing a task
Prepaying private health insurance can reduce premium hike pain
EXCLUSIVE LOOMING private health insurance premium hikes have prompted one in four Australians to prepay their policies in full before the April 1 increase. As health cover continues to soar — this
Home loan customers need to examine offset account charges
MORTGAGE customers trying to slash their interest bills by parking money in an offset account need to ensure having this type of account is worthwhile. New analysis by financial comparison website
Price-checking will damage insurance industry: Allianz
A BIG insurer has built price-setting technology so powerful and accurate it can produce 29,500,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 different premiums for Australian homes, meaning the insurer can lose bad-risk customers to smaller cover
How to say Goodbye to a home full of memories
We all know that it is the memories and the people who really make a house a real home. Saying goodbye to your old home and starting new can be
9 important money tips + How to improve the income of your rental + What’s best – new or established?
Sonya asks if a depreciation schedule is a good indication of a unit’s value. It appears an agent said it is just an estimate. Brad Beer from BMT Tax Depreciation sets the
Check your family’s life insurance protection before super rule change
HOLDING life insurance in a superannuation fund is about to get trickier. It’s still a great way to protect a family’s finances without having to pay premiums from household budgets, but