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Jan 13, 2025 | 
choice.com.au | Pru Engel
CHOICE parents share their back-to-school life hacks to get the year off to a great start.
Whether you're bursting with joy at the thought of dropping your little terrors off at the school gate after a long summer holiday, or riddled with stress about all the school supplies you have to buy, we're here to help.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
choice.com.au | Pru Engel
Will a Wi-Fi-enabled oven change your life and improve your cooking, or is it an overpriced gimmick?
Wish you could preheat your oven while on your way home from work? Or reduce the cooking temperature of your roast while you're in the back garden? More and more smart appliances are finding their way into Australian homes, and the latest generation of Wi-Fi-connected ovens with advanced cooking features are 'smarter' than ever before.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
choice.com.au | Pru Engel |Daniel Graham
Need to know
All of the major supermarkets offer home insurance.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
choice.com.au | Pru Engel |Adrian Lini
Need help choosing the best coffee pod machine? Find out which models CHOICE experts rate as the best.
If you're in the market for a new coffee machine, there are a lot of reasons why you may be considering a coffee pod or capsule machine over a manual or automatic model. If you don't want to mess around with grinding coffee beans or steaming your own milk in the morning when you're in need of a caffeine hit, they're a convenient choice.
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Oct 27, 2024 | 
choice.com.au | Pru Engel |Margaret Rafferty
Whether you’re a long-time air fryer fan or upgrading to a new model, here are five things you should know before you buy.
As we steamroll towards the end of the year, with plenty of sales events (such as Black Friday) soon to come and lots of Christmas gifts to buy, you may be thinking of adding an airfryer to your wishlist.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
choice.com.au | Pru Engel |Uta Mihm
Some expert home insurance tips and tricks from CHOICE, so you don't pay more than you need to.
With the current cost of living, Australian households are looking for ways to cut down their everyday bills. Just like with your health insurance and utility bills, there are some simple things you can do to cut the cost of your home insurance, says CHOICE insurance expert Daniel Graham. Here's where to start.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
choice.com.au | Alice Richard |Pru Engel |Matt Steen
We reveal the super saver that'll make your dishes sparkle for a sixth of the price of big-name detergents.
There's nothing quite as satisfying as finding out that one of the cheapest products on the market is also one of the best. And that's exactly what happened during our latest round of dishwasher detergent testing: an expensive big-name brand took out first place, but it shares the honour with a dirt-cheap supermarket detergent and a lower-priced 'eco' product.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
choice.com.au | Pru Engel |Uta Mihm
If you're paying for Gold cover you don't really need, you're spending thousands more than you have to on health insurance.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
choice.com.au | Pru Engel |Daniel Graham
Looking for home insurance or reviewing your existing cover? CHOICE experts advise you to avoid these bad-value policies.
As the cost of living continues to bite, high insurance premiums are hitting Australians particularly hard. Unfortunately, home and contents insurance is not one of those things you can simply strike from your household budget – it's wise to ensure your assets are covered in the event of minor or major disasters.
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
choice.com.au | Pru Engel
We compared prices on 100 grocery products – here’s what we found. Plus, tips for bulk buying and saving money on your shop
In this day and age of skyrocketing household expenses, grocery shopping has almost become an Olympic sport. Tracking specials, comparing prices, venturing to new retailers and even gaming loyalty programs have all become essential weapons in the battle to shave dollars off our ever-mounting grocery bills.
