Fast food fashion:What’s hot,what’s not

Fast food fashion:What’s hot,what’s not

Fast food brands are slaves to consumers who might daily choose between a burrito,a burger,fried chicken,some sushi or pizza or cooking for themselves.

  • byElizabeth Knight

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Boomers spend,Zoomers struggle as economic divide widens

Boomers spend,Zoomers struggle as economic divide widens

Prabhat and Neena Sinha love to travel and have plenty of hobbies in their retirement,but they see the effect the cost of living is having on their children.

  • byShane Wright andMillie Muroi
Coalition proposes relaxation of HECS,lending rules to help home buyers

Coalition proposes relaxation of HECS,lending rules to help home buyers

The federal opposition says banks need to take more risks or there will be a whole group of people unable to own a home.

  • byPaul Sakkal andMillie Muroi
Cost-of-living crisis? It pays to be a Boomer

Cost-of-living crisis? It pays to be a Boomer

Life is getting desperate for those bearing the full brunt of the economic crisis,but it is a very different story for cashed-up older Australians.

  • byColin Kruger
Menu prices tough to swallow,but how much are customers willing to cough up?
Perspective
Cost of living

Menu prices tough to swallow,but how much are customers willing to cough up?

Inflation has been falling,but that doesn’t mean prices are coming down – and Brisbane venue owners say they’re working harder than ever.

  • byCourtney Kruk
Young people say they don’t need a bank. Here’s what they do instead
Analysis
Analysis

Young people say they don’t need a bank. Here’s what they do instead

Generation Alpha kids are circumventing the need to ever step inside a local bank branch,opting instead for a fully digital experience.

  • byNina Hendy
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Telstra lifts prices amid cost-of-living crunch

Telstra lifts prices amid cost-of-living crunch

More than a quarter of Australians have struggled to pay their phone bill in the past 12 months,survey data shows.

  • byDavid Swan
Brunch,yoga and burritos:What an adviser on $110,000 spends in a week

Brunch,yoga and burritos:What an adviser on $110,000 spends in a week

This week on Money Diaries,an adviser impulse-purchases a kneeling chair for her home office and attends a few Pilates sessions.

Marketplace and burgers:What a marketer on $114,000 spends in a week

Marketplace and burgers:What a marketer on $114,000 spends in a week

On Money Diaries this week,a media manager on $114,000 sells her belongings on Facebook Marketplace and saves for an “adult gap year”.

Here’s what you’ll be paying more for from today

Here’s what you’ll be paying more for from today

Water bills,car registration and a levy on ride-share and taxi trips are among the areas hit with price rises.

  • byBroede Carmody andKieran Rooney
From Gen Z to Millennials,young Australians are truly in a mess
Opinion
Budgeting

From Gen Z to Millennials,young Australians are truly in a mess

While it may make you uncomfortable,it’s an irrefutable fact that younger people are vastly more disadvantaged than older ones.

  • byVictoria Devine