Retirement often feels a long way off when you are in your 40s and even your early 50s. Life is busy, mortgages are still being paid, children may still be at home, careers are demanding, and there always seems to be another financial priority competing...
Tax is one of those things that can quietly sit in the background for most of the year — until suddenly it is time to lodge a return, prepare financial statements or deal with an unexpected tax bill. Whether you are an employee, investor, property owner...
For many of us, work has a habit of expanding to fill almost every available space in our lives. Emails creep into evenings, weekends become recovery time, and personal appointments are squeezed around meetings and deadlines. Most of the time, we simply keep going. But a...
For many people, the words “aged care” immediately bring to mind thoughts of nursing homes, medical appointments and losing independence. But aged care can be about something much broader. It can be about staying connected, feeling safe, maintaining routines, enjoying time with family and continuing to live...
When it comes to selling your home, the open for inspection is one of the most important opportunities to create a strong first impression. Potential buyers may have already seen professional photos, studied the floorplan and researched the neighbourhood, but the inspection is where they experience...
For many business owners, years — sometimes decades — of hard work go into building a business. Yet while considerable thought is often given to starting and growing a business, far less attention can be given to how that business will eventually end or change...
The rising cost of oil and iPhones is concerning the Reserve Bank of Australia as it approaches a crucial interest rate decision, the central bank’s chief economist says. With rising inflation pressures from the Middle East and more broadly around the globe, the Reserve Bank faced...
Changes to property tax breaks in the federal budget are working, the housing minister says, as data shows most home vendors are still making massive profits despite a downturn. Clare O’Neil brushed off figures from the Housing Industry Association showing a 10 per cent fall in...
Queensland has usurped Western Australia at the top of Australia’s state economic rankings, as cracks emerge in the resource-rich state’s performance. WA slid two places to third in CommBank’s revamped State of the States rankings for the June quarter, after holding top spot in four of...
Domestic travellers risk paying more for airfares leading into the busy Christmas and New Year holiday period. The prospective increases by Qantas, Jetstar and Virgin Australia on major routes are being driven by capacity cuts and ongoing management of higher fuel costs linked to the Middle...