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Alison Cheung

Finance Writer

ANZ reduces savings and term deposit interest rates

ANZ has shaved rates on some of its savings and term deposit accounts, as savers continue to feel the pinch from low interest rates.

Savings Accounts

14 Oct, 2020

4 min read

ANZ reduces savings and term deposit interest rates
Alison Cheung

Finance Writer

Financial stress due to COVID-19 easing but still rife

Money worries due to COVID-19 are easing for many households, but not everyone is out of financial strife yet.

Savings Accounts

13 Oct, 2020

4 min read

Financial stress due to COVID-19 easing but still rife
Alison Cheung

Finance Writer

The four numbers you need to know in your life

Many Australians are not across some of the most important numbers in their lives, which can have serious financial implications.

Savings Accounts

09 Oct, 2020

5 min read

The four numbers you need to know in your life
Tony Ibrahim

Senior Journalist

Federal Budget 2020: Making sense of the government’s tax revisions, offsets and cuts

Two big rule changes will see millions of Australians save $12.5 billion in taxes within the next year, under federal budget announcements designed to get people spending and the country out of a recession.

Savings Accounts

07 Oct, 2020

4 min read

Federal Budget 2020: Making sense of the government’s tax revisions, offsets and cuts
Tony Ibrahim

Senior Journalist

Federal Budget 2020: Housing initiatives, tax breaks, superannuation changes and more

The federal government plans on chartering Australia out of its first recession in almost three decades by spending big on employment initiatives, infrastructure projects and tax breaks.

Savings Accounts

07 Oct, 2020

5 min read

Federal Budget 2020: Housing initiatives, tax breaks, superannuation changes and more
Alison Cheung

Finance Writer

Australians putting financial and life goals on hold due to COVID-19

Australians are being forced to push back their financial goals and major life events, as COVID-19 impinges on consumer confidence and money habits

Savings Accounts

01 Oct, 2020

4 min read

Australians putting financial and life goals on hold due to COVID-19
Alex Ritchie

Personal Finance Editor

The best savings accounts for October 2020

With talk amongst economist and experts alike that the Reserve Bank of Australia may cut the cash rate close to zero per cent next Tuesday, it’s a challenging time to be a saver in Australia.

Savings Accounts

01 Oct, 2020

3 min read

The best savings accounts for October 2020
Tony Ibrahim

Senior Journalist

Is the new $100 note, out October, the last update to a banknote we’ll see?

The RBA has been busy printing 400 million hundred-dollar bills in anticipation of rolling them out into public wallets, bringing to a close a banknote redesign program decades in the making.

Savings Accounts

30 Sep, 2020

3 min read

Is the new $100 note, out October, the last update to a banknote we’ll see?
Tony Ibrahim

Senior Journalist

Changes to JobSeeker and JobKeeper take effect

The first decrease in the welfare payment keeping more than a million people financially afloat drops by $300 today, while the other keeping millions more in work tapers too.

Savings Accounts

25 Sep, 2020

4 min read

Changes to JobSeeker and JobKeeper take effect
Tony Ibrahim

Senior Journalist

Household wealth grew by $5881, a partial recovery for the quarter

Some of the value people lost in superannuation, shares and savings due to the COVID-19 pandemic has been recovered, quarterly figures reveal, but a larger rebound was held back by falling property values.

Savings Accounts

24 Sep, 2020

4 min read

Household wealth grew by $5881, a partial recovery for the quarter
Alison Cheung

Finance Writer

Budget day rate cut on the cards for October: big banks

Two of the big four banks predict a budget day rate cut of 15 basis points could be on the cards.

Savings Accounts

23 Sep, 2020

6 min read

Budget day rate cut on the cards for October: big banks
Alison Cheung

Finance Writer

Australians tipped to be saving more of their incomes in the next three years

Australians are hanging on tight to their money, with savings levels tipped to stay high in the next three years.

Savings Accounts

22 Sep, 2020

5 min read

Australians tipped to be saving more of their incomes in the next three years