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Scott Pape warns against switching superannuation strategies. Supplied

FINANCEPremium‘Dirty’: Barefoot’s blunt super call

Barefoot investor Scott Pape has given his brutal opinion about Australians swapping their superannuation fund, likening it to a married bloke swiping through Tinder.

Cameron Micallef

Australians are being urged to check their super accounts after shocking cases emerged of retirement savings being almost completely wiped out.

LifestyleVideoCommentsAussies warned to check super after savings vanish

Australians are being urged to check their super accounts after shocking cases emerged of retirement savings being almost completely wiped out.

Troy de Ruyter

The strong annual result concealed a sudden fall and recovery late in the financial year.

Your MoneyCommentsPremiumIs your super fund on this year’s best-performers list?

Super funds shrugged off war, inflation fears and market turmoil to return 9.5 per cent in 2025-26, extending their run of 9 per cent-plus gains to four years. How did your fund perform?

Ryan Johnson

Australians are swapping restaurant meals, takeaways and holidays for nights on the couch, while a growing share use credit to cover groceries and other essentials.

Your MoneyCommentsPremiumAustralians cut outings as credit covers essentials

Australians are swapping restaurant meals, takeaways and holidays for nights on the couch, while a growing share use credit to cover groceries and other essentials.

Ryan Johnson

The real tangible value of professional financial advice is for those with modest savings, trying to wrestle with a complicated retirement income system. There’s one way to make sure they can get it.

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Your MoneyCommentsPremium
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Simple fix that would make financial advice so much cheaper

The real tangible value of professional financial advice is for those with modest savings, trying to wrestle with a complicated retirement income system. There’s one way to make sure they can get it.

Nick Bruining

Financial advice costs are set to soar after the industry was asked to stump up for higher regulator fees, putting quality advice even further out of reach for many.

Your MoneyCommentsPremiumWhy financial advice is about to become even more expensive

Financial advice costs are set to soar after the industry was asked to stump up for higher regulator fees, putting quality advice even further out of reach for many.

Nick Bruining

Too many people focus on the years until retirement instead of the years until the money is actually spent.

Your MoneyCommentsPremiumWhy you’re thinking about retirement savings all wrong

DEBTMAN: One of the most dangerous numbers in investing is your age. Not because age doesn’t matter. It does. The problem is people often focus on the wrong age and they’re often solving the wrong problem.

Bruce Brammall

If only there was a legal way for seniors to dodge the new capital gains tax rule. There is! A little rejigging of your personal finances for those close to these thresholds could get you a free pass.

Bruining Q+ACommentsPremiumThis one move can help seniors dodge new CGT rules

Q+A: If only there was a legal way for seniors to dodge the new capital gains tax rule. There is! A little rejigging of your personal finances for those close to these thresholds could get you a free pass.

Nick Bruining

Oil prices could pass $2 a litre. NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

updatedPremiumGrim warning for motorists as oil soars

Australians are being warned the price of fuel is about to rise, as the US and Iran resume their fighting.

Cameron Micallef

Australians collectively gave away $9.1bn to charities. NewsWire / Nicholas Eagar

CHARITYPremium‘Huge impact’: Big call to Aussie business

Australia’s biggest businesses are being urged to close a glaring generosity gap, with households currently shouldering the bulk of donations to charity.

Cameron Micallef

Some of the luxury items gen Z may splurge on as they start to inherit their parents' wealth.

RetailCommentsPremiumBoomers’ wealth transfer set to rewrite luxury retailing

Those set to inherit trillions of dollars in family fortunes are preparing to splurge the money very differently from the generations that built. This is particularly true when it comes to high-end retailing.

Cheyanne Enciso

More than 10,500 BMWs have been recalled over a fire risk caused by a manufacturing default in the starter motor.

NewsPremiumOver 10,000 BMWs recalled over fire risk

BMW has recalled thousands of vehicles over a fire risk caused by a manufacturing defect in seven different models.

Emma Kirk

EconomyCommentsPremiumWhat a Maccas run tells us about Aussie living standards

Australia’s low-income workers remain the world’s best paid according to an international study which shows life is still pretty good in the Lucky Country.

Matt Mckenzie

Scammers are using fake endorsements from finance industry figures like former CommSec economist Tom Piotrowski.

FINANCEPremium‘Pump-and-dump’ scams costing Aussies millions

Images of well-known economists including Tom Piotrowski are being used to lure unsuspecting Aussies into WhatsApp groups, with life-altering consequences.

Cameron Micallef

Union members in Brisbane supporting Port Hedland BHP workers who stopped work for eight hours to strike for fairer work conditions following months of failed negotiations. Supplied.

NewsPremiumHundreds of BHP workers strike

Hundreds of BHP workers have gone on strike at one of the world’s largest iron ore ports at Port Hedland.

Emma Kirk

Australians have stopped spending even as shops announced heavy discounts. NewsWire / Nicholas Eagar

FINANCEPremiumGrim reason Aussies stopped spending

Massive end of financial year discounts have failed to move the needle for Australian retailers, as households keep their wallets closed.

Cameron Micallef

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NewsPremiumDumped e-bikes sees council scrap scheme

One Aussie council has cancelled its e-bike scheme over a row with the operator who refused to pick-up dumped bikes.

Emma Kirk

Households are getting smashed on insurance costs as inflation and bad weather lead to higher premiums. NewsWire / Nicholas Eagar

FINANCEPremium‘Thousands dearer’: Major bill shock for Aussies

Insurers are charging Australians more than $3000 a year for home cover in some cities, as three main factors push premiums to new highs.

Cameron Micallef

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updatedPremiumColes in major Flybuys shake-up

Coles has announced a major shot at supermarket rival Woolworths, unveiling a new Flybuys scheme and a potential $100 saving.

Cameron Micallef

A woman who won a $15m Sunshine Coast apartment block could not be contacted during Telstra’s nationwide outage. Image: Dream Home Art Union

NewsPremiumLottery winner uncontactable during outage

A woman who won a $15m luxury apartment block through a charity lottery could not be contacted about her new fortune during Telstra outage.

Emma Kirk

Motorists have already started changing their fuel habits. NewsWire / Andrew Henshaw

moneyPremiumTrump’s new toll to increase Aus petrol prices

In the latest cost-of-living blow, motorists are being warned the price of fuel is set to soar, as the US takes on the role of “guardian of the Strait”.

Cameron Micallef

Gains in consumer confidence could be short-lived thanks to rising fuel prices. NewsWire / John Appleyard

FINANCEPremiumLooming threat to how Aussies feel

Australian households have grown slightly more confident about their future, but a looming problem threatens to wipe out those gains.

Cameron Micallef

Origin Energy will refund $270,000 after overcharging 4500 customers. Supplied

FINANCEPremium$60 refund for thousands of Australians

Thousands of Australians will be refunded after a major electricity provider overcharged customers on a misleading plan.

Cameron Micallef

Super Consumers Australia is calling for mandatory customer service standards after a mystery shopping study of 20 major super fund call centres gave the industry a failing grade. 

Your MoneyCommentsPremiumThe big super funds flunking customer service test

Australia’s biggest super funds have failed a call centre test, with AustralianSuper answering just one in 10 calls as pressure mounts on the Government to bring in mandatory service standards.

Ryan Johnson