family

The COVID-19 pandemic has left many Australians financially high and dry, prompting them to re-think their approach to family finance. According to a St.George Bank survey of 1000 households, only half felt financially prepared for the pandemic, while ... 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

Children have a view about whether their parents are fair or not from an early age. If their siblings are overly favoured, they will let you know. It always surprises me when one of my kids has calculated - often to the dollar - what I did for their ... More

Hi Paul. I work as a nurse at a hospital on Sydney's upper north shore. My husband and I have two young kids and we are living in a rental unit near the hospital. We are looking to buy a house. However, if we bought a house we wouldn't have ... More

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

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

Many people believe financial success breeds happiness. But while financial success can eliminate some of the stresses associated with unhappiness, the unchecked pursuit of financial success may have the exact opposite effect. A study published by the ... More

I am a 60-year-old female and am currently working a four-day week, which earns me $57,000pa. I salary sacrifice the maximum amount into super and have a balance of $520,000 in a conservative account. I would like to know if a transition to retirement ... More

The number of people preparing a will has jumped dramatically as the coronavirus pandemic shocks Aussies out of their ambivalence about estate planning. "300% more Australians wrote wills in March than in the previous months," says Adam Lubofsky, CEO ... More

Another week, another raft of government announcements. Here are some of the questions you've been asking this week. You can catch up on last week's Q&A here . 1. Who is eligible for the JobKeeper payments? If you have been stood down or retrenched ... More