Aussies

Australians with disability will not be forced off the National Disability Insurance Scheme without alternative support services in place, Labor frontbencher Bill Shorten has reassured. The NDIS Minister earlier this week released the…

More and more Aussies are lying on their home loan applications, as cost-of-living pressures continue to bite, according to one financial tech company.Fortiro works with big banks and lenders to detect fraudulent documents.Co-founder Sean…

Despite being used by less than 1.06 million Australians (or 4.1 per cent of the population) in the latest available data, negative gearing is a hotly debated issue and seen by many as political Kryptonite for governments and oppositions…

One Aussie has revealed that there’s a massive downside to earning more money, leading to people becoming trapped in six-figure salary jobs.Twenty-six-year-old Sienna Mallon recently revealed that, after moving to Central Queensland and…

“I’m curious to know what your weekly spend on groceries is?”The cost of living crisis has turned people’s grocery bills into certified small talk. Everyone wants to know how much you are spending to feed yourself – so they can feel better…

Cash-loving Aussies are using Wednesday’s nationwide Optus outage as “proof” that becoming a completely cashless society would be a “total disaster”.At least 10 million customers were left without service for more than nine hours after an…

Renters are paying on average a house deposit every five years in rent, according to fresh data. The research from the Parliamentary Library, commissioned by the Greens, compiled Australian Bureau of Statistics data and estimated the…

Ticket and Facebook Marketplace scams have cost Aussies a whopping $36m over 2023 by exploiting a “fear-of-missing-out” phenomena, a security expert has revealed.The staggering figure comes in light of major music acts like Paul McCartney…

Despite catastrophic predictions of the fixed rate mortgage ‘cliff’ that has generated headlines for months and sowed fears of widespread defaults and increasing arrears, household borrowers have, so far, weathered the interest rate…

With a tax deadline looming, one particular group of workers is delaying their annual return due to “tax paralysis”, according to new data.The Australian Taxation Office is urging anyone wishing to lodge their own tax return to move quickly…