Wealth

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JACKSON HEWETT: After driving through 11 Treasury-related bills during a week of Parliamentary mayhem, Jim Chalmers took a moment to congratulate himself. But he may have been a bit quick to do so.

With deficits soaring, their finance ministers will have to be smart

Ah, Christmas. The time of year when your to-do list rivals Santa’s, and there are elves everywhere you look. Follow these merry tips to keep your wealth safe from holiday budgeting missteps.

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The price of an aged care room for Mum or Dad is about to increase by a whopping $200,000. And that’s not the only big change coming to the system.

‘Washing’ your superannuation with this easy-to-follow hack could spare your loved ones a more than $60,000 tax bill when your money passes to them.

DAVID KOCH: Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers reckons the Albanese Government’s policies aren’t contributing to the cost-of-living crisis. Let’s fact check that statement.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has hit back at accusations that a planned overhaul of the $230 billion Future Fund will compromise the body’s independence or force it to underwrite pet government projects.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has defended changes to Australia’s $230 billion Future Fund, saying it’s his job to ‘improve it’.

Tumbling iron ore prices and a softening labour market has hit Federal coffers, leaving Treasurer Jim Chalmers with a ‘sliver’ of the revenue windfalls that have propped up his Budget bottom line.

The Federal prudential watchdog has revealed defects in industry superannuation fund HESTA’s valuation processes as it was grappling with coronavirus market volatility in March 2020.

Alys McDonough hasn’t had a hot shower in almost two years. It was spiralling rents in Sydney and the cost-of-living crisis that forced her to turn to Google for help.

DEBTMAN: Crypto is riding a Trump wave of renewed optimism. But don’t forget, there have been plenty of people burned badly in the past. Here’s one way to test the waters without losing your shirt.

With wedding costs and property prices continuing to soar every year, many couples are finding they have to choose one or the other because they just can’t afford both.