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The tax office will receive a barrage of tax claims early in July as people experiencing financial stress try to get refunds as soon as possible. Refunds may be higher this year, thanks to the new working-from-home deductions, and if you've lost ... More

Hi Paul, My family and I bought and moved to our new Gold Coast home in April 2018. Our mortgage is $585,000 and we have a five-year fixed-interest rate of 4.45%. We decided to go with a fixed-rate loan, thinking on the safe side that if interest rates ... More

Australians have had to adapt after their livelihoods took a hit from government restrictions introduced to curb the spread of coronavirus. In this series called Making It Work , we look at how individuals and businesses have pivoted to stay afloat ... More

The COVID-19 pandemic has hit global markets for six, introducing a volatility whereby the only certainty seems is uncertainty. Indeed, while the Aussie market plunged in late February, it's already clawed back about half of the losses. But what ... More

Stock market uncertainty has many investors spooked. The market's volatile, and the looming threat of a second wave of coronavirus infections could foreshadow further losses. Yet on the other hand, the Aussie stock market has already recovered about ... More

During the pandemic, one of my sons had the good fortune of having a job at a local supermarket. This gave him front-row tickets to the Covid-19 human behaviour experiment. At the height of the toilet paper panic, he was given the task of rolling a ... More

Australia's economy is in recession for the first time since 1991, thanks to global COVID-19 pandemic. On its face, the term is a statistical acknowledgement bandied through the media of the economic pain wrought by this global pandemic. But what conditions ... More

There's often a fine line between a legitimate work-related tax deduction and something that is primarily for personal use, and knowing the difference is important at tax time. Radio hosts who are expected to be familiar with news and what people ... More

Young adults, like my own children, have been hit disproportionately hard by COVID-19. Their lives - and often those of their parents - have been turned upside down. How do you set them right again? Many adult children are moving back home with their ... More

Paul, I am looking to start investing in the sharemarket for the first time. When buying bank shares, is it wise to buy into multiple banks or just one? It seems they all move together. - Scott I am not so sure about that, Scott. The dividends have ... More