Surge in wealth transfers:Australians giving away billions

Surge in wealth transfers:Australians giving away billions

The first in-depth study of wealth transfers and their effect on the economy finds $120 billion was transferred in gifts and inheritances in 2018. The money was mostly given to family and friends.

  • byNoel Towell

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‘I can get this deal done’:Pengana chief says Turnbulls informed of merger

‘I can get this deal done’:Pengana chief says Turnbulls informed of merger

Pengana boss Russel Pillemer says he was upfront about a potential merger with Hunter Hall and repeatedly encouraged the Turnbulls to remain invested.

  • byCharlotte Grieve
Turnbull defends $6m ‘gift’ to children and values ‘transparency’

Turnbull defends $6m ‘gift’ to children and values ‘transparency’

A longstanding family relationship between former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull and Pengana boss Russel Pillemer is the subject of a lawsuit involving allegations of lies and deception.

  • byCharlotte Grieve
Parents breathe sigh of relief but childcare boost not enough

Parents breathe sigh of relief but childcare boost not enough

Without high quality and affordable early learning,women cannot work. They cannot even look for work,or study to prepare for future employment.

  • byGeorgie Dent
The rise of collaborative divorce:Families with ‘skin in the game’ avoiding court
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The rise of collaborative divorce:Families with ‘skin in the game’ avoiding court

More separating couples are avoiding the well-worn path to the Family Court by engaging in “collaborative divorce” where the professionals work as a team and all parties commit to not go to court.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
She makes six figures cleaning – and filming herself doing it

She makes six figures cleaning – and filming herself doing it

“Clean with me” videos grinding through some of the most mundane tasks we all do every week are the latest YouTube sensation.

  • byRonda Kaysen
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Why school banking has had its day
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Schools

Why school banking has had its day

The main legacy of my school banking enrolment was the fact that I still had a Commonwealth Bank account years later. That,I now realise,was the point.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
'Baby bonus not back':MPs want childcare and tax benefits instead

'Baby bonus not back':MPs want childcare and tax benefits instead

A baby bonus will not be the solution to a plummeting fertility rate in Australia,as MPs call for a re-examination of family tax benefits and cheaper childcare instead.

  • byJennifer Duke
One in five young children living in poverty in Australia:Curtin University

One in five young children living in poverty in Australia:Curtin University

Rates in Queensland and Western Australia have worsened despite the mining boom depositing billions of dollars into government coffers over the past decade.

  • byJennifer Duke
Bills getting on top of you? Just pick up the phone
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Bills getting on top of you? Just pick up the phone

Knowing that you have the best speeds,the most data,the best plans and the lowest mortgage rate is a great feeling.

  • byNoel Whittaker
Midlife crisis? Puh-lease. I don't have the energy

Midlife crisis? Puh-lease. I don't have the energy

When you're a busy Gen Xer,there's really not much time to deal with existential emergencies.

  • byAmanda Hooton