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The First Home Super Saver (FHSS scheme) was introduced by the Australian Government in the Federal Budget 2017–18 to reduce pressure on housing affordability. The FHSS scheme allows you to save money for your first home inside your superannuation fund. This will help first home buyers save faster with the concessional tax treatment within super. […]
FEDERAL Treasurer Scott Morrison has handed down his third Budget. Here’s an overview of all the top points. THE ECONOMY — Budget deficit forecast to drop to $14.5 billion in 2018-19, after hitting $18.2 billion in 2017-18. Projected to hit a positive balance of $2.2 billion in 2019-20, before surpluses increase to $11 billion in […]
IMAGINE earning more than $800 a day for doing absolutely nothing. Data from Corelogic reveals house owners in City Beach earned the most money per day in median value growth for their properties over the past year. The oceanside suburb’s median sale price has risen 18.1 per cent to $1.94 million in the 12 months […]
The festive season might be a distant memory but many of us will still be paying for it well into the future. According to the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC), more than a third of us put our Christmas gifts on plastic, racking up an average individual debt of $1,666. The Christmas splurge adds […]
Definitions of financial stress are many and varied. One definition could be where a household fails to pay its bills or scheduled debt repayments on time because of a shortage of money. This is quite narrow – it captures only those households for which stress has already manifested in missed payments. A much broader definition […]