Horse races and frozen Coke:What a teacher on $97,000 spends in a week

Horse races and frozen Coke:What a teacher on $97,000 spends in a week

On Money Diaries this week,we meet a secondary school teacher diarist who goes for a run almost daily,shops for new bras and makes HelloFresh meals.

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How much the cost of living crunch has cost you – and what you have cut out
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How much the cost of living crunch has cost you – and what you have cut out

Two years of high inflation and rising interest rates has slashed our spending power. These charts show by how much.

  • byMatt Wade
Why are more businesses charging extra to pay by card?

Why are more businesses charging extra to pay by card?

More businesses are now placing surcharges on all card payments,while they were previously only common on credit cards.

  • byMary Ward
Want to stretch money like a solo parent? Here are our 11 best hacks
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Want to stretch money like a solo parent? Here are our 11 best hacks

You are welcome to debate me,but I believe no one stretches money like a solo parent. Here’s the best tips I’ve heard.

  • byNicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Croissants and egg freezing:What a consultant on $130,000 spends in a week

Croissants and egg freezing:What a consultant on $130,000 spends in a week

On Money Diaries this week,we meet a diarist with severe endometriosis and adenomyosis who spends $9796 on fertility treatments and finishes four books.

Broken phones and snacks:What a piano teacher on $40,000 spends in a week

Broken phones and snacks:What a piano teacher on $40,000 spends in a week

On this week’s Money Diary,our diarist has recently dropped her phone and the touchscreen no longer works,so she makes do with a mouse and voice-to-text.

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Read it and weep:The Forbes billionaires just got a lot richer
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Read it and weep:The Forbes billionaires just got a lot richer

Billionaires now account for $US14.2 trillion of the world’s wealth. To put this into perspective,this is larger than the gross domestic product of any country other than the US and China.

  • byElizabeth Knight
Why you shouldn’t feel ashamed of dipping into your savings
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Why you shouldn’t feel ashamed of dipping into your savings

There is no shame in the game of spending the savings you worked damn hard to attain in the first place.

  • byVictoria Devine
Endless oat lattes:What a copywriter on $67,000 spends in a week

Endless oat lattes:What a copywriter on $67,000 spends in a week

On Money Diaries this week,a copywriter gets a Brazilian wax,enjoys oysters with a friend,and drinks many oat lattes.

Handbrake on consumer spending means long tail for retail recession

Handbrake on consumer spending means long tail for retail recession

As shoppers curbed their Christmas spending,accounting firm KPMG has lowered its forecast for the retail sector’s recovery.

  • byJessica Yun
Afterpay and chocolate:What a model on $45,000 spends in a week

Afterpay and chocolate:What a model on $45,000 spends in a week

On Money Diaries this week,a model/waitress/aspiring writer manages period pain with cranberry tablets and has plenty of cute moments with her boyfriend.