For a long time, it may seem like old age and retirement are faraway life events. However, like everybody else, you age every day, and it’s only a matter of time until you realise that you’ll be retiring in a couple of years. By that time,...
The significance of choosing the appropriate structure to make the protection and maintenance of your assets possible cannot be overstated. This is necessary regardless of whether you have acquired your fortune on your own or through inheritance. In this instance, you may want to consider estate and...
Financial responsibility refers to the practice of handling money and other assets in a way that is in your (as the owner of the assets) or your family’s best interest. Being financially responsible entails a certain level of proficiency in seeing beyond current wants to meet future needs. However,...
Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the government is willing to open its coffers to help ease energy price pain. Ahead of a national cabinet meeting on Friday, Dr Chalmers said all options remained on the table with the government preparing to hand down its path forward before...
Consumers are a little uneasy about their personal finances in the lead-up to Christmas, with confidence edging lower. ANZ and Roy Morgan’s weekly consumer confidence indicator has dipped 0.5 per cent, led by a 6.2 per cent plunge in its “current financial conditions” measure. Its “future financial...
Sky-high living costs continue to crush household budgets, with a monthly inflation gauge picking up pace again. The one per cent lift in November recorded in the Melbourne Institute’s monthly inflation gauge follows smaller increases in October and September. In October, the index lifted by 0.4 per...
Hundreds of Australian motorists will be able to access cheaper loans for electric vehicles as part of a $20.5 million investment by the Clean Energy Finance Corporation. The cash injection, announced on Monday, will be used to fund more than $100 million in loans for battery...
Australians could see their parcels delivered more quietly and with less environmental impact following a $20.1 million investment in building the country’s largest fleet of electric trucks. The Australian Renewable Energy Agency announced its investment on Tuesday as part of a $44.3m project to create a...
A few lucky Victorians could help give people with low vision and blindness a life-changing Christmas gift by becoming volunteer puppy raisers. Guide Dogs Victoria is on the hunt for up to 20 people across the state – including in Melbourne, Bendigo, Ballarat, and Geelong –...
Hitting producers with higher fossil-fuel taxes and scrapping the diesel fuel rebate enjoyed by mining and agriculture could free up revenue for Australians stung by rising power prices. That’s the call from independent think-tank Climate Energy Finance as fossil-fuel producers benefit from surging oil, gas and...