Q+A: My wife is receiving a part-age pension because I am still working. She is older than me and I will be old enough to receive a pension in two years’ time. Can we boost her pension now?
Nick Bruining
Fly-in, fly-out workers, young sport stars and social media celebrities can set themselves up for retirement in just a few months with this very easy super hack.
Some seniors will have an opportunity to earn nearly $2000 a week in the lead-up to Christmas Day and not lose a cent of age pension along the way. Here’s why, and how the work bonus system works . . .
Retirement isn’t the end of the road. It’s a chance to redesign life with purpose, meaning and joy. Financial adviser Fran Hughes shares her lessons from a year of living differently.
Fran Hughes
Young Australians are struggling to keep up with the cost of living and now need an insane pay rise just to cover food and rent.
Cameron Micallef
Thousands of Australians are set to lose part of their income when a delivery giant leaves our shores at the end of the month.
Artificial intelligence is quietly remaking how companies set prices. This change isn’t just technical — it raises big questions about fairness, transparency and regulation.
Nitika Garg
The multi-year underpayments breakdown hit everything from leave payments and superannuation to meal allowances.
Duncan Evans
The lucky ticket was sold in WA and has netted one Aussie Thursday night’s $50m Powerball jackpot, defying odds of one in 134 million.
Andrew Hedgman
Supermarket giant Woolworths has invested $1.3bn in two new distribution centres set to benefit Aussie shoppers and get groceries on shelves faster.
Emma Kirk
The corporate watchdog has launched a legal blitz against three companies it claims misled thousands of Aussies before the horror collapse of investment funds First Guardian and Shield.
There’s been a huge development in the proposed Seven West-Southern Cross Media merger deal, set to transform Australia’s media landscape.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission alleges InterPrac Financial Planning, SQM Research and MWL Financial Services failed investors in the Shield and First Guardian funds.
Sean Smith
For electricity workers, the biggest danger on the job isn’t the voltage, it’s the people and pets they encounter.
It wasn’t just the bottom line that shareholders were interested in, as a 14-year-old put Coles executives to the sword over an “unwanted world first”.
If you had good personal financial intentions for the year but haven’t quite stuck to them, there’s never a better time than before Christmas to recalibrate your spending.
Sarah Wells
Financial advisers who recommend SMSFs have been put on notice that ASIC will be ramping up surveillance of their activities following the release of a damning report.
DEBTMAN: Annual superannuation statements are on their way. If you think you’ve got enough know-how, there are probably about half a dozen things you need to look at.
Bruce Brammall
A former NAB employee has been charged over his alleged role in a $200m fraud scheme that police say is among Australia’s largest financial fraud cases.
Blake Antrobus
WA has one of the quickest returns on investment for a solar power system. Here’s how long will it take to get a return on your investment in a solar energy system ...
Kim Macdonald
Streaming services could soon be forced to make more Australian-based content under new laws to be debated in parliament.
A major city council that includes some of the country’s most iconic real estate is asking residents to approve a huge jump in rates.
The Australian Tax Office is desperate to overturn a landmark ruling allowing remote workers to claim thousands, with an expert warning it could ‘lead to a marked increase in other work-related deductions’.
Kimberley Braddish
WA’s gen Zers are cementing their position as the powerhouse generation when it comes to spending, outpacing their older rivals who are further tightening their belts amid the lingering cost-of-living squeeze.
Daniel Newell
