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Belinda Grant-Geary is Head of Yahoo Finance Australia. Her focus is cost of living, telling the stories of everyday Australians battling through the current crisis and creating solutions based content to help people keep their heads above the rising tide of interest rate rises and inflation. You can contact her at belinda.grantgeary@yahooinc.com
Yahoo Finance AU$121 a week: Treasurer reveals 'additional' Centrelink cash boost for Federal Budget 2024
Welfare recipients are set to have their Centrelink payments increased in next week's federal budget.
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RBA holds interest rates but Australia on cusp of ‘genuine recession’ after ‘rotten’ update
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has kept the cash rate on hold at a 12-year high of 4.35 per cent.
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RBA boss deals major 2025 interest rate cut blow that will devastate millions of struggling Aussies
The Reserve Bank of Australia has held interest rates, but there's no sign of reprieve for those under mortgage stress.
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RBA governor Michele Bullock's mistake before interest rate decision: 'Needs to fix this'
Michele Bullock needs to get to grips with the narrative surrounding interest rates as millions of struggling Aussies feel clueless about what 2024 will look like.
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Unusual tax claims ATO approves that Aussies may not have considered for return boost
Either you or your accountant will know the main tax deductions to be made. But an expert has lifted the lid on some more unusual claims that have been approved by the Australian Taxation Office.
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Commonwealth Bank pushes back interest rate cut prediction in devastating warning to Aussie borrowers
The Commonwealth Bank was the only of the big four still forecasting a cut in September, but now borrowers are being warned to 'plan for a hike'.
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Interest rates cut by Aussie bank ahead of RBA move
A major Australian bank has dropped its interest rates as economists speculate whether the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will cut the cash rate at all this year.
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Cash boost: Aussie parents have days left to claim $200
Parents in Victoria have just days to claim a cash boost of up to $200 worth of vouchers to help pay for children's sporting costs.
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Australian workers cop largest tax increase in developed world
Australian workers copped the largest tax increase in the developed world last year. The tax spike disproportionately impacted low and middle-income earners.
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Westpac pushes back interest rate cut prediction in stark warning to Aussie borrowers
Westpac economists have pushed back their prediction for when the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will reduce the cash rate.
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Anzac Day warning as Aussie tradition of two up under threat
Some make money on Anzac Day, others lose. But the real loss is if you fall for this.
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Surcharge for using cash in Australia: Expert’s alarming claim and RBA governor’s candid take
We are already paying the cost of convenience with digital payments, but is it fair for consumers to take a financial hit for using cash?
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Major 'concerns' after Woolworths, Coles and Aldi shoppers put to test by 'confusing' supermarket tactic
The major supermarkets are confusing customers with labels that don't clearly indicate if something is on special or not.
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Aussie bar’s unique offer to pay back drinks bill if you get a hangover
A new bar is offering to cover the cost of your drinks if you get a hangover.
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Broken high-rise lifts tear apart Aussie families in $35k strata 'disaster': 'Months of stairs'
Residents forced to walk the fire-stairs of a nine-storey Sydney apartment have been in a six-month battle to get the lifts fixed..
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ATO 'hit list' revealed as taxpayer's common claim targeted for $8.7 billion 'tax gap'
The Australian Taxation Office is carefully reviewing the areas where taxpayers may try to pull the wool over their eyes, or accidentally make mistakes in their claims, to boost their returns.
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Woolworths CEO Brad Banducci's defiance a credibility nightmare or 'good cop, bad cop' tactic?
Woolworths Brad Banducci was threatened with jail when he refused to answer a question about the company's profitability. and one expert said this has shot his credibility as a leader.
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Woolworths on cash woes and Coles changing dockets: 5 things you missed from supermarket grilling
Cash access at tills, shrinkflation and which CEO uses their staff discount card were discussed in the Senate supermarket inquiry.
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$20,000 in HECS wiped and $183 cost-of-living allowance for these Aussies
HECS debts are about to be indexed again, which means they are getting bigger. But there's a way to get $20,000 taken off yours.
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Winx breaks another record - this time for $10 million foal
The first foal from legendary Australian racehorse Winx has sold at auction for $10 million.