New rules will require super to be paid with wages from July 1, changing how workers check payments and businesses manage cash flow. Here’s everything you need to know ...
Ryan Johnson
Thousands of WA property buyers could be caught up in a costly contractual nightmare as the residential housing market turns. Here’s the one clause you must now include to protect yourself.
Nick Bruining
Those who are expecting a refund this year might be keen to lodge their 2026 income tax return as soon as the clock ticks past midnight on July 1. But that could prove costly.
Q+A: What are the medical reasons that would allow you to access superannuation early? How do you do it? And is it worth the tax whack you’ll cop?
Increasingly for many retirees the biggest risk isn’t market volatility, it’s running out of money. At the core of that challenge is one key thing. Without it, life will be nothing but a guessing game.
Amie Baker
Australian household spending bounced back strongly in May, partially driven by travel-related refunds normalising after being elevated in April due to flight cancellations.
Cameron Micallef
For young low and middle-income Australians, a $1,000 superannuation top-up could boost their retirement by $40,000, according to figures from HESTA.
Derek Rose
New ATO data shows WA women are retiring with median super balances far below men’s.
Self-Managed Fund managers have hit out at the federal government's deal with the Greens to get its tax reform agenda through the upper house.
Lucinda Garbutt-Young
Mortgage holders could face further interest rate pain as economists warn inflation remains well above the Reserve Bank’s target ahead of Wednesday’s official figures.
Two in five businesses have no idea a landmark super shake-up is coming, and experts warn those that aren’t prepared could face a serious crisis.
Details have been released covering how the new $1000 tax deduction for work-related expenses will work when it starts on July 1. Here’s what you can and can’t claim under the new rules.
Daniel Newell
Australians are overestimating how much superannuation they will need to retire comfortably, with more than half of those aged 25 to 49 thinking it’s this astronomical number. It’s not.
Unravelling the ubiquitous family trust to avoid a new 30 per cent income tax is likely to cost WA families, including tradies, thousands of dollars.
DEBTMAN: There’s a point when super stops being background noise and becomes the main event. For most, that happens in your 50s. Here’s what you should be doing right now to make your money last.
Bruce Brammall
Q+A: Too many assets to qualify for an age pension? The Commonwealth Seniors Health Card might be a consolation prize but the savings still add up. Are you eligible?
Multiple central Perth suburbs have broken through the $100,000 wage barrier, along with a picturesque Hills neighbourhood and a Pilbara resources hub.
Rebecca Le May
Australia's buy now, pay later segment is maturing in its first year governed by consumer credit laws after roughly a decade in a regulatory wilderness.
Adrian Black
The Middle East peace deal and falling oil prices were enough to give the RBA pause. But with CPI still well outside its comfort zone, is another hike later this year needed to slay the inflation dragon?
A Perth startup founder has warned CGT changes could turn early-stage tax breaks into ‘government-sponsored gambling’ for ordinary investors.
While Australia can rightfully claim to be one of the world’s best retirement income systems, it is arguably the world’s most complicated. Here’s your easy-to-follow guide to what you need to know.
Hotter-than-expected inflation has flowed through to Centrelink’s means tests. As well as lifting the age pension, higher limits mean you could now get a part-pension. Here’s the new numbers you need to know.
While only 15 per cent of pre-retirees expected to leave the workforce before 65, nearly two-thirds of people already retired had done exactly that, TAL research found.
Few phrases create more anxiety for homeowners than negative equity. And for first-homebuyers who entered the market with smaller deposits, it can feel like a financial nightmare.
Chris Foster-Ramsay
