Energy rebates seem to be the flavour of the month for our politicians, with QLD and Victoria getting confirmation this week of rebates coming their way.  Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk remains confident she will win enough seats to form a majority government, paving the way for $100 in promised rebates over two years. Meanwhile, 285,000 Victorian households were promised a refu... read more>

Delayed gratification. I practice it often, usually at the dinner table. I eat my least favorite food first and save the best until last. Some people do it with TV. Record their favorite shows and then watch them later when they can sit down and binge.  Delayed gratification is something we should be practising with our money as well. We’re facing the reality of having to work longer or r... read more>

When the Flybuys reward program launched onto the scene in 1994 it was hugely popular. More than a million Aussie households joined up in the first 6 weeks. Mind you, at the time airfares were a lot more expensive than they are now so the idea of getting free travel was very appealing.  It didn’t take long for most of us to work out that you would need to spend thousands to redeem a flig... read more>

Like it or loathe it, the National Broadband Network (NBN) is coming to your home, if it hasn’t arrived already. More than half of Aussie homes are now wired into the NBN, with the most of the remainder to be connected by the end of next year.  What a lot of people don’t realise is that once the NBN is connected to your house, you have just 18 months to switch to an NBN service before your e... read more>

The cost of filling up at the bowser just got even more expensive with the Christmas Grinch revealing its ugly head this week to announce that petrol prices are set to rise just in time for Christmas.  The Australian Newspaper reports that petrol prices are predicted to hit as high as $1.401 a litre over the Christmas period. If only we all had magical reindeer to slug our sleighs this co... read more>