coronavirus

You get approved for a home loan. Happy days. But then COVID-19 hits, your employer loses revenue and puts you on JobKeeper. Despite still being gainfully employed, the bank comes back and lowers the approved amount. This experience, had here by a reader ... More

JobKeeper 2.0 starts on September 28 and there are some big changes to who will receive it and who won't this time around. About 2.1 million of the 3.5 million Australians currently receiving JobKeeper are expected to be ineligible for the payments ... More

The toilet paper panic buy of 2020 was a great example where our brand loyalty went out the window. And now researchers have verified what we really think about Australia's trusted brands. Three separate studies released in September have come to the ... More

New South Wales (NSW) residents can now access a $1500 cash payment if they're unable to work due to COVID-19 and meet certain criteria. The Pandemic Leave Disaster Payment is a federal program, but isn't available in every state. As it stands, it's ... More

The government's six month moratorium on evictions ends this month. While some states have kicked the can down the road, it's not too early for renters and landlords to start preparing for the inevitable. Queensland's moratorium will wind ... More

The Australian economy generated 111,000 new jobs in August, lowering the unemployment rate to 6.8% from its 22 year high of 7.5% in July. The shock result sees full-time employment lift from 36,200 to 8.58 million people, while part-time employment ... More

Christmas is just 99 days away. Let that sink in. As we grapple with the onslaught of a global pandemic and a faltering economy, the idea of sitting around a table for Christmas lunch seems about as distant as an international holiday. But despite the ... More

Former US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld once infamously quipped that there are "known knowns", "known unknowns", and "unknown unknowns". Divining the trajectory of economic recovery from COVID-19 is a lot like this. There are just so many variables ... More

COVID-19 has triggered a perfect storm for women's finances. It has hit their typical work industries - travel, retail and hospitality - particularly hard. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has shown that women have suffered a disproportionate ... More

We recently received an email from a Money reader, Kay. Kay had put down $11,586 for a trip. Then the borders shut in response to the spread of coronavirus, shrinking the prospect of travel to zero. She asked the company for a refund, which it agreed ... More