Posts tagged "savings"

This year's rendition is shaping up to be extremely important: as cost of living pressures clamp down on discretionary income, Australians appear more likely than ever to focus their spending on heavily discounted events like Black Friday.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said his government, if re-elected, would let first home-buyers withdraw up to 40% of their super.

"The Morrison government cannot be forgiven for missing another opportunity to address economic insecurity for women in retirement."

Pouring a greater proportion of each pay packet into the hands of super funds will not benefit Australians heading for retirement.

The Morrison government will delay the superannuation guarantee rise until mid-2021, in response to the COVID-19-induced economic fallout.

The government has pumped tens of billions of dollars into the economy, but households are shoving much of it under their mattresses.

Australians saved rather than spent most of the budget tax cuts, almost doubling the proportion of household income saved, leaving spending languishing.

Are you feeling overwhelmed at the enormity of your savings goals? Perhaps you are drowning in debt and unable to get ahead?

The government will introduce reforms to improve flexibility in paid parental leave entitlements for workers and small business owners.

Labor wants to change the rules to ensure that mums and dads on paid parental leave continue to receive superannuation contributions.

With less than a week left for businesses to perfect their tax returns, time is running out for SMEs to claw every penny back from the ATO. …

A superannuation fund aimed at the millennial market has been fined by the corporate regulator for falsely claiming it offers the “very best…