Money
Planning & budgeting
Opinion
Money Makeover
Six money lessons I learnt in 2021
Here is a wrap-up of some of the main things I learnt about money amid a global pandemic in 2021.
- by Jessica Irvine
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Opinion
Budgeting
Time for your year-end money reality check
Here is a quick money test to determine whether you have made progress, or taken a step back, in securing your long-term financial future this year.
- by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Opinion
Petrol prices
5 ways to save on petrol (and not pay $2 a litre like I just did...)
This week I nearly sold my car and bought a push-bike after being forced to fork out $2.07 a litre at the bowser. Wowsers.
- by Jessica Irvine
Opinion
Health insurance
The insurance that saved my life
For me, having health insurance was priceless. It gave me the choice to immediately stop breast cancer in its tracks.
- by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Stockpiling: Pandemic changes the way we shop
Supermarkets, bottle shops and chemists are reporting much bigger shopping basket sizes. The shopping changes adopted over the past year and a half may become entrenched in our money psychology.
- by Nina Hendy
‘A teeny bit of nostalgia’: Why Eddie Woo doesn’t mourn the demise of Dollarmites
NSW Education Minister Sarah Mitchell announced the end of school banking programs effective from the start of 2022.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Opinion
Property market
How I bought and sold a home in pandemic (amid marriage breakdown)
Many Aussies are selling up and buying elsewhere because the pandemic has proven they can work from anywhere.
- by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Analysis
Travel tips
Airlines gear up, but how much will it cost?
Domestic and international airlines are gearing up for a flood of tourists, as well as thousands of people that have not travelled to see their families in almost two years, when borders re-open.
- by Emily Chantiri
House price rises race ahead of units
It is getting harder for apartment owners to upgrade to a house as the price gap widens, particularly in Sydney and Melbourne.
- by John Collett
Opinion
Household debt
How to get your post-pandemic finances back on track
Four ways to avoid a financial crisis and set you on the right path to being free of debt.
- by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Opinion
Phones
Upgrade your phone plan, or risk falling behind
Competition for your mobile phone plan dollar is intense. If you have not changed providers in the past two years, there are likely many better deals now available in the market.Â