Wealth

New data has been released about Aussie workers’ average salaries.
Wealth
Dominique Tassell

Average income for each Aussie age group revealed

How does your pay packet stack up?

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Video
Budget Busters: How to avoid rising electricity bills in WA
Wealth
Caitlin Vinci

Budget Busters: How to avoid rising electricity bills

In this week’s Budget Busters segment, Graeme Butler reveals how west Aussies can save ‘thousands of dollars’ each year and avoid rising electricity prices.

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While no asset test applies to the CSHC, it is subject to an income means test. The cut-off thresholds will increase from September 20.
Wealth
Nick Bruining

More cashed-up seniors to pocket coveted health care card

Even self-funded retirees who have maxed out their super can get it. Here’s how.

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Treasurer Jim Chalmers has threatened to make a deal with the Greens after talks with the Opposition about an overhaul of the RBA were scrapped.
Australia
Katina Curtis

Chalmers threatens deal with Greens over RBA shake-up

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says he could be forced to negotiate with the Greens on a planned overhaul of the Reserve Bank after the Opposition said it would not support the legislation.

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Applications for 600 seasonal jobs at Amazon Australia are now open.
Australia
Hayley Taylor

Hundreds of jobs are on offer and no qualifications or experience is required

The roles are up for grabs in all the mainland state capitals, and several regional centres.

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Video
The increases translate to a sizeable shift in payment cut-off limits.
Wealth
Nick Bruining

Are you worth over $1m? Yes, you can still score a pension

A sizeable hike in Centrelink pensions later this month will have the added bonus of allowing thousands of currently ineligible seniors to claim an age pension for the first time. Even millionaires qualify!

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Federal housing council boss Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz addressed the National Press Club.
Politics
Andrew Brown

Housing boss wants more support for life-long renters

The head of the federal government's housing council says the property system is against renters and they need more support.

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A six-figure increase in the amount that can be moved into tax-free pensions might be lost if you start a pension in the next nine months.
Wealth
Nick Bruining

How deferring your retirement could earn you extra dollars

Those likely to retire with sizeable super fund balances in the near future have been urged to consider deferring retirement until July next year.

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Professor of Finance Lee Smales, pictured at the UWA Business School.
Wealth
Nick Bruining

Billion-dollar hit to AustralianSuper reignites concerns

A billion-dollar hit to super fund behemoth AustralianSuper has reignited concerns about the valuations and investment returns of super funds investing members’ money in unlisted assets.

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Jim Chalmers is 'at war' with the RBA.
Politics
Dan Jervis-Bardy

Chalmers wages ‘war’ on RBA as rate rises smash economy

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has waged ‘war’ on the RBA, declaring rate rises are ‘smashing the economy’ in a surprise attack, as he attempts to set expectations ahead of the release of GDP figures on Wednesday

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Increases to Rent Assistance and Jobseeker, and an indexation of Services Australia payments and pensions, will come into effect on September 20.
Australia
Hayley Taylor

Cash boost coming to millions of Aussies in just weeks

Here’s what you need to know.

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Millions of Australians can expect a bump in their government payments, including the age pension, but it’s not all it’s cracked up to be.
Wealth
Georgina Noack

Millions of Aussies to get pension increase within weeks

Millions of Australians can expect a bump in their government payments, including the age pension, but it’s not all it’s cracked up to be.

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Rising prices are putting strain on our relationships.
Opinion
David Koch

The real cost-of-living victim that no one talks about

DAVID KOCH: Interest rates will stay higher. Inflation is stickier than expected. And while experts pore over economic data, I worry about the human cost of this financial crisis.

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Almost three million Australians missed out on billions of dollars in unpaid super. File image.
Business
Summer Woolley

Almost three million Australian workers have been underpaid $1800 each. Here’s who

New analysis found about 2.8 million workers have been short-changed.

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There is opportunity and risk for homeowners in Australia’s property windfall.
Wealth
Kim Macdonald

Property wealth a double-edged sword for some owners

Australian homeowners are making $17 billion a week, and with it comes both opportunity and risk.

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