Opinion
First-home buyers
As interest rates rise, is now a good time to be a first home buyer?
Home owners may be cursing the RBA board for its string of rate rises but what about wannabe first home buyers?
- by Joel Gibson
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Home loans
It’s time to get real about climbing your mortgage ‘cliff’
How will home owners with fixed-rate mortgages cut expenses when their loan changes to variable interest rates and repayments jump?
- by Joel Gibson
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Health insurance
As costs keep rising, private health funds are facing a new dilemma
Private health insurers are giving money to members with one hand while taking it back with the other.
- by Joel Gibson
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Energy prices
Energy price hikes are coming. Here’s how to soften the blow
Households wanting to save can take solace from the fact there are hundreds of dollars between the cheapest and most expensive energy plans.
- by Joel Gibson
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AI
Can AI save you money on your bills? We put it to the test
There has been a lot of buzz about ChatGPT, a new AI that scans the internet and spits out answers to written queries. But can it help cut your energy costs?
- by Joel Gibson
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Money psychology
Forget your lofty 2023 goals, sometimes money is all in the mind
Being good with money is about numbers, but it’s also largely psychological. If we can get the latter right, the dollars and cents often follow.
- by Joel Gibson
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Back to school
How to do back-to-school on a budget this year
Second hand devices, hand-me-downs and retailers chasing parents’ back-to-school spend – the many ways to save as kids return to the classroom.
- by Joel Gibson
Want to save money on TV streaming services? Become a stream-hopper
The start of the new year is the perfect time to save money on one of the newest slugs to the hip-pocket consumers face.
- by Joel Gibson
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Cybersecurity
How to protect yourself from hacks and scams in 2023
If you’ve been a victim of a hack, what can you do to protect yourself against fraud and scams by people who now have your data, and prevent it happening again?
- by Joel Gibson
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Telecommunications
Running out of data? Why it might be time to change mobile plans
If you haven’t shopped around your mobile plan for a while, you might be surprised to find that the landscape is vastly different to when you last looked.
- by Joel Gibson
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Banking royal commission
$1bn left in the pot: Are you eligible for a royal commission refund?
Banks have now refunded billions of dollars as a result of the dodgy practices revealed by the Banking Royal Commission. But there’s more to be returned.
- by Joel Gibson
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