Free visits to the GP could soon be a thing of the past for most people, after the Health Minister Peter Dutton last week proposed a radical overhaul of Australia’s health system. In a hardline speech in Brisbane, Dutton described the current system as “riddled with inefficiency and waste”, saying he wanted to “modernise and strengthen Medicare”. The upshot? You […]

Treasurer Joe Hockey’s “Age of Entitlement” schtick is proving to be the gift that keeps on giving. (Or taking, as the case may be.) Speaking at the start of the G20 finance ministers’ meeting in Sydney last week, the Treasurer again flagged raising the retirement age, saying longer life expectancies imposed costs – including the age pension – which may […]

Your wedding day is supposed to be the happiest, most memorable day of your life, which often means we are prepared to fork out big bucks when planning our special day. And the wedding industry knows it too, with an average Australian wedding now costing $54,294. Whilst the jury is still out on whether parents still pay the lion’s share […]

The cost of living keeps heading skywards, but not everything around the house needs to break the bank. We’ve rolled up our sleeves, pulled on the rubber gloves and compiled a list of the thriftiest household cleaning products. Tell us yours too.  LEMONS And you thought they were just for gin and tonic… Turns out lemons are a secret weapon […]

The Federal Government is poised to introduce sweeping changes to the rules that protect investors from unscrupulous financial planners. But these proposed amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms have drawn criticism from consumer groups, industry superannuation funds and the federal opposition, who argue the interests of mum and dad investors are being sacrificed to protect big banks […]