Jarni Blakkarly
Investigative Journalist at CHOICE Magazine (Australia)
Award-winning Investigative Journalist at CHOICE. Fed Council of MEAA. Melbourne via Malaysia. Ex SBS, ABC, Al Jazeera. Views own. Tips to [email protected]
Articles
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2 weeks ago |
choice.com.au | Jarni Blakkarly
A new report finds survivors are being put at risk due to poor protections from their essential service retailers This article mentions family violence. If you or anyone you know needs support, contact 1800Respect on 1800 737 732 or visit 1800respect.org.au. When Tina* fled a relationship with her abusive partner in 2017, she was very careful to make sure he didn't know her new address.
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3 weeks ago |
choice.com.au | Jarni Blakkarly
Partnering with Beforepay, H&R Block is offering $1000 advances on tax refunds, but there are dangers With tax time fast approaching, many Australians feeling the cost-of-living crunch will be looking forward to receiving a tax return. But the global tax accounting firm H&R Block says you don't have to wait – you can get a tax 'refund' of up to $1000 before you've even filed your return. Except it's not actually a refund; it's a loan that comes with a 5% fee.
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1 month ago |
choice.com.au | Jarni Blakkarly
This Northern Territory council serves an area bigger than New Zealand, but has only one bank branch left. It's a Thursday morning outside the office of Catholic Care Northern Territory in Tennant Creek, an unassuming building just off the main highway that splits the town in two. For many of the financial assistance charity's clients, it's payday.
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2 months ago |
choice.com.au | Molly Inglis |Jarni Blakkarly
Salespeople offer to help connect your utilities, but are you getting the best deal from this conflicted company?
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2 months ago |
choice.com.au | Jarni Blakkarly
Adelaide couple left $20K out of pocket and fuming at company's "heartless" response. Adelaide couple Penn Housman and Alex Cole have been together for almost three decades. Unfortunately, many of those years have been accompanied by Alex's cancer diagnosis, recurrences and extensive chemotherapy. "All her scans had been clear for a while and the doctor said now would be a good time to go on a trip if we wanted to.
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