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Once upon a time, frugality was so uncool. It was unhip to talk about saving money. It was cool to aspire to live a luxury lifestyle, and anything budget related was dull. Back in 2015, I went to a national blogging conference on the Gold Coast called ... More

Concerts, theatre, opera, ballet, and sporting events are being cancelled or postponed under strict new social distancing measures introduced in response to the coronavirus, so where does that leave you if you've already paid for tickets? Consumers ... More

Dilruk Jayasinha moved from Sri Lanka to Australia to study accounting and worked for one of the Big Four firms before ditching spreadsheets for stand-up. He won the Graham Kennedy Award for Most Popular New Talent at the 2018 Logie Awards for his work ... More

Feeling that you need to be more frugal after our unusual summer holidays, and not sure where to start? Why not do a Frugal February challenge. How Frugal February works February is a good time to make savings as it is the shortest month of the year ... More

Sick of true crime podcasts but need something to listen to on your morning commute or evening run? These five podcasts will challenge your thinking about wealth, spending, business and retirement. 1. This Abundant Life The Joyful Frugalista, Serina ... More

The champagne flowed freely on The Block finale on Sunday night. Winners Tess and Luke watched the hammer fall a whopping $630,000 over reserve. Even last-place finishers Mitch and Mark enjoyed a windfall of $384,000. While hysteria surrounding the ... More

Confession time. I love a good spring clean. Not just the "dust and tidy" variety, but a good old "pull everything out, scrub everything clean and only put back what you want in an ordered way" type of clean. My wife often takes a deep breath when I ... More

Recent proposals that would have potentially seen Australians paying a "Netflix tax" just to make sure their broadband service was fast enough for them to watch their favourite shows had consumers up in arms. Despite the National Broadband Network (NBN) ... More

Australians with a fascination for Netflix and other subscription services, and those temporarily fanatical about fitness or gym memberships, are potentially in a financial fluster. An industry superannuation fund says Australians are losing at least ... More

What will you be doing on May 18? After grabbing an election day sausage and maybe a fete cake or two (oh, and voting!), I'll be shopping at Aldi. And so will thousands of other Australians. That's because May 18 is the day for Aldi's annual snow sale ... More