Why is retirement spending so difficult to navigate?

Why is retirement spending so difficult to navigate?

Super through our working life is relatively straightforward. The retirement phase presents an entirely different situation.

  • byBec Wilson

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How young people could have been $4700 better off over last six months
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How young people could have been $4700 better off over last six months

Just over two weeks before the federal budget,the Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee has again urged the government to provide more help to those struggling the most.

  • byRachel Clun
I watched nothing but SBS On Demand for a week. Here’s what I learnt

I watched nothing but SBS On Demand for a week. Here’s what I learnt

The cost-of-living crisis is making it hard to justify paying for five different streaming services every month. Could I survive on just one free app?

  • byNell Geraets
Property prices defy gravity as average households priced out

Property prices defy gravity as average households priced out

The average home buyer’s budget has been slashed by about 30 per cent over the past two years,but there’s little sign of house prices following suit.

  • byElizabeth Redman
Chance of rate cuts dims as rents,education costs soar
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Chance of rate cuts dims as rents,education costs soar

Economists say the lift in quarterly inflation means any interest rate cuts are now likely to start in November or later.

  • byRachel Clun
The Brunch Index:See how inflation is impacting the cost of your meal

The Brunch Index:See how inflation is impacting the cost of your meal

To look at how inflation changes,here’s how the prices for the ingredients that make up a classic Aussie brunch have changed.

  • byRachel Clun
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New Sydney housing targets rattle advocates and developers

New Sydney housing targets rattle advocates and developers

Details about the government’s transport development zones have peak community housing groups as well as developers in agreement.

  • byMax Maddison
Where to find the cheapest and most expensive coffee in Melbourne

Where to find the cheapest and most expensive coffee in Melbourne

The price of a cup of coffee in Melbourne varies wildly depending on which suburb you order it in. Search our interactive graphic to find out how coffee prices compare in your suburb.

  • byCara Waters
Chalmers prepares for weak economy to hit budget bottom line

Chalmers prepares for weak economy to hit budget bottom line

Jim Chalmers is on track to deliver successive budget surpluses,but a slowing economy may force the nation’s finances back into the red.

  • byShane Wright
‘A laughable offer’:Thousands of WA teachers will stop work on Tuesday in bid for better pay

‘A laughable offer’:Thousands of WA teachers will stop work on Tuesday in bid for better pay

“A 0.25 per cent increase from first to second offer is not an offer that we can present to our membership ... they would reject it instantly,” union president Matt Jarman said.

  • byHolly Thompson
Labor vote falls to new low as Australians buckle under cost-of-living pressure

Labor vote falls to new low as Australians buckle under cost-of-living pressure

Australians have cut their support for the federal government as they feel the financial damage from rising prices and higher interest rates,according to the Resolve Political Monitor.

  • byDavid Crowe