Saving a house deposit might seem more out of reach than ever before for many, but renters will be financially better off in the long run if they don’t give up.
The average deposit for a new home is now...
‘I have a $3,000-a-month pension. I am living with my ill father, and I am currently not working and looking for a job. I am going to college using the GI Bill. I am almost 50, and have no...
Home loans are being approved much faster but rates on longer-term fixed-rate mortgages are on the up as banks prepare for a cost hike.
That’s what we learned this week as Australia’s bankers opened their books for public viewing, reporting...
‘Spending almost 3% of our investable assets on a piece of jewelry just feels very excessive to me. My husband said I should buy it.’
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Westpac faces the prospect of massive penalties and cascading legal actions after regulator ASIC launched insider trading proceedings against the bank over a $12 billion power deal.
ASIC says Westpac took advantage of inside knowledge in October 2016 to profit...
‘I claim him as a dependent on my taxes because I pay more than half of his household expenses (actually, all of his expenses).’
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A billion-dollar investment gap in the upkeep of Australia’s electricity grid could undermine our ability to keep the lights on during natural disasters.
That’s the warning from a new report into the state of our poles and wires by progressive...
‘What do you think of the way she has treated her inheritance? If we divorce, will I have to pay her alimony?’
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Smiggle owner Premier Investments has bowed to public pressure and promised to pay back $15.6 million worth of JobKeeper payments received during the pandemic last year.
But that’s only about 22 per cent of the $68.7 million the profitable company...
Here’s a good line for the office water cooler: The federal government will spend about the same amount of income servicing its debt this financial year as it did the year before, and even less than the year before...
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