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Wednesday 29 April 2009
Tax office 'bogged down by bonuses'
This year’s tax returns are likely to be a little late in coming, as the Australian Tax Office (ATO) is too busy handing out Kevin Rudd’s $900 cash bonuses.
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Tuesday 17 February 2009
Late bank charges set to be banned
Bank charges deemed unfair, such as late fees, may soon be a thing of the past under the new Australian Consumer Law, it has been reported.
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Monday 16 February 2009
Bagging a bargain online
Aussie consumers are finding that the quickest way for them to bag a bargain is to log on to the internet, it has been claimed.
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Monday 02 February 2009
Rate cut widely predicted
A cut in the interest rate is widely predicted to be made by the Reserve Bank later today.
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Tuesday 27 January 2009
Call on cash accounts to avoid debt misery
One Aussie who is struggling with debt has been advised to use her bank account to pay off all her bills and put her credit cards out of sight.
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Friday 09 January 2009
Westpac 'sensitive to St George customer needs'
With St George now taken under Westpac’s wing, one expert has said that the bank will have to tread carefully to avoid losing customers.
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Tuesday 30 December 2008
Cash registers keep ringing
Sales-mad Aussies are set to spend over $5.5 billion between Boxing Day and the end of December in a bid to bag the best bargains, it has been revealed.
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Tuesday 23 December 2008
Blokes beat girls in battle of the big spenders
Despite tired stereotypes of women splashing huge amounts on new shoes and other hot fashion trends, it turns out guys are actually more indiscriminate when it comes to spending splurges.
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Monday 22 December 2008
Baby bank accounts used as a drug front
Shady cocaine-smuggling grandparents have been opening up child bank accounts in a bid to clean their proceeds, it has emerged.
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Monday 15 December 2008
Australians still hooked by phishers
A record number of Australians have fallen victim to phishing scams this year, figures cited by the Courier Mail show.
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Friday 28 November 2008
Money off the social agenda for women
While many topics of conversation may be fair game for Australia’s women, it seems money talk is still taboo.
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Friday 28 November 2008
St George extends help to Queensland residents
St George has urged Queensland customers using its bank accounts and home loans services to get in touch as soon as possible if they have been hit by the recent storms.
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Wednesday 19 November 2008
Westpac weds the shining knight
Both Wespac and St George have welcomed the approval of their merger after a federal court ruled in their favour at the start of the week.
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Friday 14 November 2008
Smiles will stave off economic strife
Amid all the doom and gloom of the current economic situation, the Treasury’s top money man has claimed that a smile will go a long way to getting the nation back on track.
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Tuesday 11 November 2008
Aussies lose $500 million to credit card fraud
Australians lost more than $500 million to credit card fraudsters during the course of 2007, new stats have shown.
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Thursday 06 November 2008
Switching banks less of a burden
A new government-backed switching service offered by all banks, credit unions and building societies means that consumers looking to refinance are in for an easy ride.
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Tuesday 14 October 2008
Fraudsters target NAB bank account
Online fraudsters have sent out a slew of emails that try to trick people into providing bank account login details and other personal info, NAB has warned.
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Friday 10 October 2008
Young and old 'fall behind' in money literacy
Young people and senior citizens are falling behind in the financial literacy stakes, a new poll by ANZ has claimed.
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Friday 03 October 2008
Credit cards and a coffee at BankWest
In an effort to put a bit of fun back into sorting out bank accounts and credit cards, BankWest is opening up a store in Willetton, Western Australia, which isCredit designed to take the stress out of money management.
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Tuesday 23 September 2008
Buyers 'spooked' by global turmoil
It seems many first-home buyers have been spooked by the recent crisis in global financial markets.
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Friday 19 September 2008
Questions of wealth answered
While solid definitions of what it means to be wealthy are difficult to come by, it seems many millionaires still take a "mum and dad" approach to investing their cash.
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Monday 01 September 2008
Crunch claims billions in US
The credit crunch has claimed more than US$503 billion ($590 billion) from US businesses since it first bit into the economy more than a year ago.
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