Financial security is often associated with being wealthy, owning valuable assets or having a large retirement balance. While money and assets can provide important protection, genuine financial secur …
June 30 is upon us: Starting the new financial year on the right foot
June 30 marks more than the end of another financial year. It is an opportunity to review the past 12 months and put better financial habits in place for the year ahead.Tax planning should not be limi …
The life insurance conversation you know you need to have
There are some conversations that are easy to postpone. Life insurance is often one of them.You may have thought about it after buying a home, starting a family, taking on a business loan or watching …
Caring with love: Supporting a parent or grandparent living with dementia
When a parent or grandparent is diagnosed with dementia, life can begin to change for the whole family. Familiar routines may become difficult, conversations may be repeated, and someone who was once …
A new financial year is the right time to review your insurance
The start of a new financial year is often associated with tax returns, business planning and fresh financial goals. It is also an ideal time to review your general insurance and check whether the sum …
Home owners told to ‘take a deep breath’ on tax reforms
Plunging auction clearance rates are not cause for concern, top government ministers are insisting, with one urging anxious home owners to “take a deep breath”.An overhaul of negative gearing and capi …
The AI trap: firms buy too much tech, too little talent
Australian businesses are spending too much on artificial intelligence and not enough on the humans in charge of it, costing them investment returns, according to one tech giant.Companies are also fai …
Labor identifies businesses to be exempt from new tax
A budget backlash has prompted Labor to announce new carve-outs for innovative firms from the capital gains tax, as well as a backdown on a minimum tax on testamentary trusts.WHAT DID LABOR ANNOUNCE I …
The house price question tying politicians in knots
Top government and opposition MPs say they want house prices to continue growing – just at a slower rate – after auction clearance rates plunged to their lowest level since April 2020.Nearly 1900 home …
‘Missed opportunity’ to act on power plan loyalty tax
A proposal to clamp down on the loyalty tax paid by disengaged power customers does not go far enough in the view of consumer and small business groups.Australia’s electricity rule-maker initiated a r …
A look at the fastest-growing gap between what you assume your policies cover, and what they actually do.Every year around EOFY, people pull out their insurance documents, glance at them, and move on. …
