Category: Personal finance
How can you guarantee safe shopping online?
A Current Affair has been made aware of an Australian shopping site Home Appliances Plus which has been accepting payment but not sending the products ...
$31.65 for a loaf of bread baked at home
An article in the ABC demonstrates that whilst you may assume that baking bread at home is cheap, if you put a price on labour, a ...
Offset inflation with better money habits
There is no denying that the cost of living for Australians is on the rise with inflation at 5.1%. But whilst we can’t control ...
Prison! The consequence of failing to lodge tax returns and BAS
A Western Australian doctor, has been sentenced to seven months in jail for failing to lodge 18 income tax returns and business activity statements ...
What costs more than champagne and Chanel No.5 perfume? Ink!
At $8296 per litre, standard black HP ink for your home printer costs more than champagne, designer perfume and human blood according to Choice. ...
The cost and benefit of Easter
Easter, Pascha or Resurrection Sunday is a ‘Christian festival and cultural holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the ...
Do I really need insurance?
For most of us, our human brain optimistically assumes bad things will happen to others but not to us. This survival wiring allows us ...
How to turn your rental property into your first home
If you love your rental property and wish you owned it, you may be able to make it happen. Here are five tips to ...
New Year resolutions that kill two birds
Most of us set resolutions for the New Year, but very few achieve them. We often envision our perfect selves and set goals too ...
12 days of Christmas finance tips
12 days of Christmas Finance Tips On the 1st day of Christmas, I set out my financial goals for the New Year. On the ...