How do I get my partner more involved in our finances?

How do I get my partner more involved in our finances?

If your partner isn’t involved in your finances,it’s worth spending the time getting them up to speed.

  • byParidhi Jain

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More work,more childcare:the staggering amount we are spending

More work,more childcare:the staggering amount we are spending

Families are spending 30 per cent more on childcare than they were a year ago,in a sign parents are increasing their hours of work to cope with cost-of-living pressures.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Should children pay their parents board?

Should children pay their parents board?

Rose Beaugeard,22,has been paying board since she was 18. Once a financial lesson,more parents are charging their children to help with the cost of living.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Australian families changing as more mothers return to work full-time

Australian families changing as more mothers return to work full-time

As stigma about mothers working full-time plummets and living costs rise,data shows the proportion of dual-earner families has increased to 71 per cent,nearly double the level of 1979.

  • byWendy Tuohy
Lucky enough to get a pay rise? Here’s how to make it count

Lucky enough to get a pay rise? Here’s how to make it count

Pay rises allow you to save more,but they can also lead to more spending. Here’s how to make sure you don’t let your extra money wash away.

  • byKimberly Gillan
$7000 a year:Costly after-school activities weighing on family budgets

$7000 a year:Costly after-school activities weighing on family budgets

The cost of after-school activities is exacerbating the strain on families already struggling with rising household costs.

  • byNina Hendy
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Younger high-income workers urged to prepare for super tax rise
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Younger high-income workers urged to prepare for super tax rise

It’s not just those already sitting on big super balances that should act. High-income couples in their 40s should be making moves now if they want to avoid higher taxes.

  • byJohn Collett
Family finances:Five areas you could cut your kid costs this year

Family finances:Five areas you could cut your kid costs this year

Making sure you have the right game plan for sound finances in 2023 is more crucial than ever.

  • byNicole Pedersen-McKinnon
How Australia’s NDIS system tortured a family it was made to help
Opinion
Disability

How Australia’s NDIS system tortured a family it was made to help

The NDIS,for a time,allowed Maddison to get support,to work and to live with some independence. Then one day it decided her supports were unnecessary.

  • byKathy Stevens
Aussie beach holiday? Prepare to be stung,and not just by the mozzies
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Holidays

Aussie beach holiday? Prepare to be stung,and not just by the mozzies

The soaring cost of the treasured summer getaway means it’s no longer affordable for average families,and that’s a travesty.

  • byJenna Price
How Andrew Myer came to embrace the family name

How Andrew Myer came to embrace the family name

The filmmaker and philanthropist is a third-generation flagbearer for one of Australia’s wealthiest families but happy to have charted his own course.

  • byKarl Quinn