This time next year the cash rate could be as high as 5%, meaning this month's rate rise of 0.25 percent is just the beginning of an upward rate cycle.
No-one wants to run out of money when they are old. But plenty of people do – particularly if their investments are hammered by volatile markets.
© AAP 2009" target="_blank" style="font-weight:bold;">Aussies spend more on gambling than petrol, bills, internet
Australians spend more money on gambling than on gas and electricity bills, phone bills and petrol, according to economists.
© AAP 2009" target="_blank" style="font-weight:bold;">Telstra to cut 'out of line' broadband prices
Telstra chief executive David Thodey has flagged an "imminent" reduction to prices for the telco's broadband products after admitting prices are too high.
There are some big expenses for parents when teenagers reach their last years of high school. Coming up in the next couple of months are two rites of passage – schoolies week and the school formal.
Online auctions continue to grow in popularity as more and more Australians discover that you have to be in it to win it.
© AAP 2009" target="_blank" style="font-weight:bold;">Aussie motorists hit by petrol 'rip-off'
Brisbane motorists paid the highest price in metropolitan Australia for unleaded fuel in September.
© AAP 2009" target="_blank" style="font-weight:bold;">Brisbane has Australia's highest petrol prices
Brisbane motorists paid the highest price in metropolitan Australia for unleaded fuel in September.
Other than the odd $2 coin that might go missing under the couch cushion, it’s hard to believe that many people could just “lose” money, but the $564 million of unclaimed money being held by the government is proof otherwise.
The economic downturn has resulted in Aussies taking more sickies than ever, with the average worker now taking 10 days off each year.