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Dear Paul, My fiancee and I are long-term renters, always in credit, no problems. I work for a state government agency and my average income is $85,000. My fiancee does not work, but this may change in the near future. We live on the NSW south coast ... More

Employers are now able to make their first claims for the JobMaker program that opened this week. The new scheme is part of the government's transition from JobKeeper and JobSeeker, putting the onus on employers to create new jobs with the incentive ... More

Speeding fines are big business for state governments around Australia. Last financial year NSW reaped $79 million from almost 230,000 speeding offences. Big bickies, although nothing compared with Victoria, which is budgeting for a 44% increase in ... More

Faced with an economy battered by lockdowns and border closures, the federal government delivered a big-spending Budget, with plenty of the cash splash pitched at small businesses. The government has flipped open its cheque book with a program of spending ... More

Lifting the super guarantee would mean more superannuation in retirement but lower wages today, according to the findings of the long-awaited Retirement Income Review. The report found that lifting the super guarantee (SG) rate to 12% would lead to ... More

Victims of the Centrelink robodebt saga will share in a further $1.2 billion compensation after a landmark class action was settled on Monday. The settlement from the Gordon Legal class action, the largest in Australian history, includes an additional ... More

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says Australia's Budget faces the most severe "economic crisis since the Great Depression". So just how far are we away from recovery? COVID-19 means the Australian government had to spend, spend and spend - to the tune ... More

More than 11 million low and middle income earners are set to save thousands in future and backdated tax, in what is one of the key pillars of this year's historic Federal Budget. Previously announced "stage two" tax cuts, originally slated for ... More

When Australians took to Twitter during tonight's Budget Speech, it was less to celebrate what was included in the government's spending plan, and more to point out just what was missing. No increase to JobKeeper or JobSeeker While Treasurer ... More

Ten thousand additional first home buyers will be able to access the First Home Loan Deposit Scheme (FHLDS), allowing them to get into their first home with a deposit as small as 5%. The new places will be available from today until June 30 next year. ... More