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Protecting your privacy

Dealing with bank fraud is a nightmare. Drew shares his top five tips to ...

Pension cuts

Tuesday’s budget may very well include cuts to welfare payments received by pensioners.

Budget predictions – Low Income Supplement

With no Age Pension increase on the cards in this year’s Federal Budget, much ...

Budget predictions – Disability Insurance Scheme

This new project will start next year.

Your retirement survival guide

Craig Hall shares ten ways to reduce your financial concerns in retirement.

The ten worst retirement planning mistakes

Paul Clitheroe reviews the ten biggest retirement planning mistakes.

Education cost assistance

Would $500 assist you or your family with education costs?

Binding financial agreements

When a marriage comes to an end, divorce is not always the obvious course ...

Betty’s no-nonsense budgeting tip

When you have lived through periods of abundance, as well as times when money ...

Why are we paying more for our electricity?

Electricity prices are on this rise, especially in Victoria where an increase in fixed ...

Electricity bills explained

Recent news bulletins suggest that our already rising electricity bills are set to rise ...

Five ways to be money smart

The principles of saving money are pretty simple, spend less than you earn. But ...

An alternative to reverse mortgages

Information provided by Centrelink People of Age Pension age (or their ...

Tips to track your spending

Keeping track of where your money goes isn’t the easiest task. It does, however, ...

Stamp duty concessions

There were some questions raised following our article on the new ...

When a reverse mortgage is the right choice

The National Information Centre on Retirement Investments Inc (NICRI) receives many requests for ...

How will carbon emissions be measured?

One of the many responses we received from Senator Eric Abetz’s blog on ...

The mining tax and you

In the last week of Federal Parliament this year, the Labor Government will attempt ...

Carbon Tax Calculators

Whether we like it or not, the Carbon Tax is here. And many people ...

Comparing food prices online

It’s all very well and good to tell you to shop during sales, or ...

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