For many West Australians, this global uncertainty can bring financial instability and stats show many are struggling with the weight this stress can bring. Here’s how to keep calm.
Angela Newland
Seniors moving into retirement village lease-for-life arrangements have been warned to check the exit process and fees, or risk a shortfall when it comes time to cover hefty accommodation payments.
Nick Bruining
Q+A: I want to use some of the profits from the sale of an investment property to contribute to my super. With an ABP of less than $500,000, I can make six years of concessional contributions.
Your Money has received a large number of complaints about the hefty exit fees charged by retirement villages, including one involving a two-year stay that cost a couple more than $200,000.
Australian teens are confident about their financial skills, with fresh bank data showing the younger cohort feel most assured in opening a bank account and tracking expenses.
Cheyanne Enciso
Housing is almost always front and centre during election campaigns and a flood of opinions is swirling around ways to solve the housing crisis in the lead-up to this Federal poll.
Noel Whittaker
Collectively Aussies will spend millions of dollars in additional costs as the price of visiting cafes, pubs and restaurants is set to soar over the long weekend.
Cameron Micallef
A new energy provider is vowing to free customers of the ‘loyalty tax’ by automatically switching Aussies to the cheapest provider on the market.
The number of Australian consumers feeling ‘very highly’ stressed has crept up amid growing concern over the ability to fund retirement, which has risen to a seven-year high.
Thursday’s unemployment figures showed a spike in Aussies finding a job, but it might not be a boom in the Australian economy.
Renters across Australia are copping a flogging to their hip pocket with new data showing rents are on the rise over the first quarter.
A 100-year-old company that survived two world wars has been taken down by the cost-of-living in 2025.
Summer Liu
The local market slid on sea-sawing session as investors wait to see the fallout from the latest Trump announcement.
The two people vying to be the next housing minister have different views on how to solve the housing crisis, as new data shows new homes are lagging behind expectations.
Blair Jackson
All this talk of tariffs has stirred up a passionate defence of our local producers and manufacturing industries. It’s also a time to remember what we have right on our doorstep.
Daniel Newell
Petrol prices are tipped to drop heading into the Easter long weekend, with Aussies in these major cities set to get the best deals at the bowser.
Alexandra Feiam
In a major win for cash advocates a big four bank has reversed its plan to close down three previously abandoned banking facilities.
Economists have picked apart the key Labor and Liberal housing policies, saying house prices will likely go up further.
Older Aussies say their biggest fear is running out of money in retirement, as cost of living continues to put pressures on household budgets.
Given Trump’s unpredictability, what happens in the short term is anyone’s guess but amongst uncertainty, those who keep their cool during these tumultuous times will be best-placed when market recovery begins.
Jason Featherby
Sadly, like an old low-cost frying pan, it appears the Teflon coating used to adorn the industry super fund network is starting to break down.
Why investors should be very wary of funds that appear to have outsmarted last week’s savage market decline.
DEBTMAN: Remember the British comedy series The Young Ones? In one episode, the lads’ bus crashes over a cliff and rolls dramatically. A bit like the markets last week.
Bruce Brammall
Q+A: ‘I plan to convert my super into an account-based pension and live off that after retirement.’ Here’s why you might elect to defer the start of the ABP until after July 1.
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