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Offsetting carbon emissions: claims that don't cut it

You can buy all sorts of goods that claim to have carbon offsets: credit cards, cars, loans, phones, flights, bus trips, holidays and even beer.

The fairytale wedding, without the price tag

Allison Tait shows how to have the fairytale without the price tag.

Your say: Are government 'sin taxes' fair?

The government is targeting smokers and drinkers with higher taxes under a new plan to improve Australians’ health.

Kids and money: How kids' tax works

Keen Money reader Angela asked Kids & Money to explain tax rates for kids, so here goes. Kids’ tax rates are higher than adults’ rates for income earned from savings or investments.

Your say: Would you pay to read news online?

News Corp boss Rupert Murdoch plans to charge people to read his newspapers’ websites within the next year.

Green saver: Fuel-efficient cars

I’m a big fan of the fuel-efficient diesel car I bought 18 months ago. It burns less fuel than my former petrol car, which means less carbon emissions and lower fuel costs. I’ve cut back visiting the service station to every two and a half weeks instead of every week as I did with my petrol car. My rough estimate is that I am saving around 25% in running costs, even though diesel is typically 10 cents a litre more expensive than premium unleaded.

Your say: scared of the sack?

Unemployment has been rising with thousands of people joining the dole queue over the past year.

Free cash: the lowdown on ceiling insulation

Insulation is meant to be one of the simplest, most effective and cheapest ways to make a house more energy efficient, keeping it cooler in summer and warmer in winter.

Ross Greenwood looks into bank fees

Australian banks made $4.8 billion in fees last year. That's $590 per household. Ross Greenwood takes a look at banking fees in the wake of NAB's decision to waive overdraft charges.

Ross Greenwood on why rates are going up

Interest rates are going up. Not today - the RBA voted to keep rates on hold at 3 percent - but it has laid the foundations for a future rise. Ross Greenwood takes a look at why rates are expected to rise.

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