If you receive the Age Pension, or certain other government payments, you may notice some extra money in your pocket thanks to the government’s decision to pass on indexation to ease cost-of-living pressures. For singles on the Age Pension, Disability Support Pension and Carer payment, fortnightly payments have increased $4.60 to $1149 ($29,874 per year). […]
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Not rich enough to buy cheap
It’s tempting to buy cheap when trying to reduce the costs of living – but are cheaper consumer goods a solution to save you money, or part of the problem? The consequences of our increasingly ‘throw away’ culture have already had a dire impact on the planet. We just need to look at the unprecedented […]