How to put your credit card debt on ice

How to put your credit card debt on ice

Are you still managing to clear your credit card in full each month? If you are,you’re one of the lucky ones.

  • byNicole Pedersen-McKinnon

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‘Band-Aid on a bullet wound’:Credit card spend of $390b as cost of living hits

‘Band-Aid on a bullet wound’:Credit card spend of $390b as cost of living hits

Australian spending on credit cards is up almost 20 per cent in the year to April and there are signs some borrowers are finding it harder to repay.

  • byMatt Wade
What they don’t tell you about how the budget works

What they don’t tell you about how the budget works

We all have budgets,but the federal government’s budget ain’t like any other budget you’ve known.

  • byRoss Gittins
We just paid off our credit card. How do we avoid getting into debt again?

We just paid off our credit card. How do we avoid getting into debt again?

Staying out of debt and saving money can sometimes feel like an unattainable goal. It can be better to start off small.

  • byParidhi Jain
Your top budget questions answered:Our experts explain the details

Your top budget questions answered:Our experts explain the details

From energy prices to housing affordability,here’s what you wanted to know about the federal budget.

  • byRoss Gittins andRachel Clun
Coronation a lip service
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Coronation a lip service

While life gets tough in the spaghetti sector.

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The statistics that show the depth of our worsening mental health crisis
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The statistics that show the depth of our worsening mental health crisis

Data from Lifeline and the National Debt Hotline show soaring costs are taking a toll on mental health.

  • byHenrietta Cook andAisha Dow
‘They tell you it is interest-free’:Cherish feels stuck in HECS debt trap

‘They tell you it is interest-free’:Cherish feels stuck in HECS debt trap

The 23-year-old is among current and former university students whose loans will jump in line with inflation from June.

  • byPaul Sakkal andChristopher Harris
‘Sensible option’:More looking into bankruptcy as financial stress rises

‘Sensible option’:More looking into bankruptcy as financial stress rises

The rising cost of living and wider economic uncertainty are expected to increase personal insolvencies from current historic lows.

  • byEmily Chantiri
‘An alluring trap’:Desperate shoppers use buy now,pay later for groceries and petrol

‘An alluring trap’:Desperate shoppers use buy now,pay later for groceries and petrol

Soaring numbers of people are resorting to buy now,pay later services for food,bills and fuel as experts warn of a troubling trend in Australians having their entire wages deducted to pay back spiralling debts.

  • byMelissa Cunningham
HECS? Help! Why your student debt is about to skyrocket
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HECS

HECS? Help! Why your student debt is about to skyrocket

Three million Australians with student loans will likely see the size of their debt increase by at least 6 per cent on June 1,more than double the ‘standard’ increase.

  • byJohn Collett