Money & relationships
‘Spending is part of enjoying life, but it’s all about balance’
Katie Collins has been a spender in the past, but now she is turning her financial life around and investing for her future.
- by Nina Hendy
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The economist who does all the ‘weird’ saving experiments so we don’t have to
The “patron saint of saving”, Jessica Irvine, concedes her budgeting obsession borders on the weird but it’s also an altruistic way of paying her bills.
- by Melanie Kembrey
Gift of super to a partner can help boost age pension
You can maximise your half of a couple’s pension by withdrawing super to reduce the assets subject to deeming.
- by George Cochrane
Meet the couples saying ‘I don’t’ to costly, traditional weddings
“We returned to Australia to mixed reactions. One aunt actually sat me down and said I would regret what I had done for the rest of my life.”
- by Dilvin Yasa
This Japanese man shows up and ‘does nothing’. He’s made a living out of it
Nicknamed “Rental-san”, Shoji Morimoto has built a cult following by offering himself as a warm body who can simply be there.
- by Michelle Ye Hee Lee and Julia Mio Inuma
‘Fear barometer’: Inside the vault where business booms in tough times
As inflation rises, and the conflict in Ukraine intensifies, consumers are trying to get their hands on gold, a traditionally safe asset.
- by Henrietta Cook
Win for women: Ex-partner’s super no longer easy to hide
Changes to start on April 1 will make it harder for former partners to hide their superannuation assets when they separate or divorce.
- by John Collett
Money
Scams
Think you can’t be scammed? Think again
Victims at the centre of Netflix’s Inventing Anna and The Tindler Swindler have been slammed. But we are all primed to be duped by con artists – especially if they pretend to be wealthy.
- by Samantha Selinger-Morris
Hannah Kent on the writing process - and why a standing desk helps
The Australian writer discusses marriage, motherhood, the physical toll writing has on her body, and her complex relationship with religion.
- by Benjamin Law
Why it’s time to tell others how much you get paid
More young workers are shedding the secrecy and disclosing their salary to close friends and colleagues.
- by Sophie Aubrey
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Scams
Lonely Australians lose $200m to romance scams amid pandemic
People over the age of 55 make up half the losses reported to Scamwatch and almost three in five victims were women, often targeted through social networking sites.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons