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Australians are using financial products as budgeting tools.

More consumers using buy now, pay later and loyalty rewards for everyday expenses

Paypal, Flybuys and Afterpay say more people are using financial products and rewards programs as households battle cost-of-living pressures.

  • Jessica Yun

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It is possible to have meaningful relationships in today’s imperfect climate.

Six tips to save you from a financial hangover this Christmas

It may be the most wonderful time of the year, but Christmas can also be the most expensive for many of us.

  • Victoria Devine
Crawford said she’s heading into the busiest time of the year, however, business is always seasonal.

The Sydney suburb where nobody is behind on their mortgage

As some Sydneysiders fall behind on their repayments in the cost-of-living crisis, other neighbourhoods are better placed to keep up.

  • Kristy Johnson
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Graduates to get early career reprieve from crippling student debts

The salary threshold at which student loans must be repaid will rise more than $10,000 a year under a federal Labor policy shift that will make the average HELP debt-holder $680 a year better off.

  • James Massola
Sydney University is leading the field in converting casual academic roles to permanent tenured positions.

Radical plan to slash student debts by tens of thousands of dollars

University debts could be slashed by up to 20 per cent under an Albanese government plan targeted at young voters.

  • Paul Sakkal
While all of us have benefited from the recent cuts to the tax rate, confused messaging from the government may have you wondering what to do with it.

Should you spend or save your stage 3 tax cash?

While all of us have benefited from the recent cuts to the tax rate, confused messaging from the government may have you wondering what to do with it.

  • Victoria Devine
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Rob Herron has owned and operated Crows Nest Pawn Shop for 35 years. He says business has been slow since the pandemic, but he still sees people come in struggling to pay their household bills.

‘Once they max out, they come to us’: Pawnbrokers buoyed by cost of living

The industry says it’s providing a line of credit to people with nowhere else to go amid financial pressures, but advocates say it’s a legislative blind spot.

  • Penry Buckley
Consumers are still to go on a stage 3 tax cut spending spree. One of the issues may be efforts to recoup tax.

Tax attack could be next challenge for cash-strapped shoppers

Shoppers have yet to dip into their stage 3 tax cuts to boost spending. And they may face a new problem – the tax man.

  • Shane Wright
QCOSS CEO Aimee McVeigh speaks after the release of the 2024 Living Affordability Report.
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QCOSS reveals Queensland families struggling with cost of living

QCOSS CEO Aimee McVeigh speaks after the release of the 2024 Living Affordability Report.

With the fat in most borrowers’ finances is well and truly gone and the repayment pain now real and far-reaching, here are some methods to try cutting your repayments.

Will applying for financial hardship hurt my credit score?

There are plenty of strategies to protect your credit score if your budget is under pressure.

  • Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

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